TODAY’S HISTORY
1773
Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle(66°33'S)
1882
1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office
1885
British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan
1899
US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
1913
Raymond Poincaré elected president of France
1916
Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City
1920
First day Prohibition comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th amendment
1934
Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
1938
Joseph P. Kennedy becomes the 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1945
Soviet army enters the devastated city of Warsaw and clears the German resistance
1946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1949
he Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
1951
China refuses ceases-fire in Korea
1955
US Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1961
Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1962
NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690m
1966
Martin Luther King Jr. opens campaign in Chicago
1966
Martin Luther King Jr. opens campaign in Chicago
1969
Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 5 lands
1971
At a party conference in Dublin, Sinn Féin end their 65 year abstentionist policy and agree that any elected representative could take their seat at the Dáil
1976
Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1979
USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981
Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege
1983
Alabama Governor George Wallace, becomes governor for a record 4th time
1989
Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
1991
Operation Desert Storm begins against Saddam Hussein
1994
6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
1995
Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
1996
Iraq agrees to talks concerning a UN plan to allow for the Iraqi sale of $1 billion of oil; proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes
1998
US President Bill Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones
2002
Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people
2013
33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
2013
8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas, Mexico
2013
Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
2016
Fourth Democratic presidential candidates debate: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clash over healthcare and gun control in Charleston, South Carolina
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1706
Benjamin Franklin, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)
1732
Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95)
1789
August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
1828
Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898)
1851
A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
1860
Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. 1949)
1871
David Beatty, Nantwich, Cheshire, 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet
1876
Frank Hague, American politician (d. 1956)
1881
Alfred Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist (Andaman Islanders), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1955)
1887
Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
1891
Walter Eucken, German economist
1900
Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts
1918
Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician
1923
Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift)
1923
Carol Raye, Australian actress
1927
Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2008)
1928
Vidal Sassoon, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson), born in London, England (d. 2012)
1934
Donald Cammell, film director
1942
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], American world heavyweight boxing champion (1964-7 74-8), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
1942
Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and businesswoman
1945
Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
1950
Luis López Nieves, Latin American writer
1951
Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1961
Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director
1964
Michelle Obama, 1st African-American US First Lady (2009-16), born in DeYoung, Illinois
1967
Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
1970
Candace Murray, softball shortstop (Olympics-96), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1972
Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
1977
Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta)
1977
Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler
1982
Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
1983
Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
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