Historical Events
- 1660 English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
- 1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
- 1846 Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War
- 1915 First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by ANZAC forces during World War I
- 1920 San Remo conference establishes three League of Nations mandates: a French mandate for Syria, and British mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine with effect to the terms of the Balfour Declaration
- 1945 "Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in World War II
- 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in "Nature" magazine
- 1954 Bell labs announces the first solar battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
- 1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
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Today in Film & TV
- 1964 11th National Film Awards (India): "Shehar Aur Sapna" wins the Golden Lotus
Today in Music
- 1926 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan
Today in Sport
- 1950 Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st African American to be drafted into the NBA (for Boston Celtics)
Did You Know?
German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller is the first to use the name America on his world map "Universalis Cosmographia"
Famous Birthdays
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Ella Fitzgerald
1917 - 1996
Albert Uderzo
1927 - 2020
Celebrity Birthdays
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1947 - 2016
Al Pacino
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Fun Fact About Today
1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton in 60 days, 21 hours
Famous Weddings
- 1972 Comedic actor Bob Denver (37) weds third wife Carole Abrahams
- 1973 Singer and actor Dean Martin marries third wife Catherine Hawn (divorced 1976)
- 1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
Famous Divorces
- 1991 American fashion designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce from Kohie Yohannan (23)
- 2012 Comedian and actor Martin Lawrence (47) files for divorce from Shamicka Gibbs due to irreconcilable differences after 1.5 years of marriage
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