399 BC Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety
590 Khosrau II, the last great Sasanian king is crowned King of Persia
1763 Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years’ War
1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends as the last Soviet troops cross the Soviet-Afghan border
2001 First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal “Nature”
2003 An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq
Historical Events Today Events in 2023
Today in Film & TV
2005 YouTube, Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States
Today in Music
1941 Duke Ellington first records “Take the A Train”
Today in Sport
1932 As a member of gold medal winning US 4-man bobsleigh team at Lake Placid, Eddie Eagan (boxing gold Antwerp 1920) becomes only Olympian to win gold medals at both summer & winter Games in different sports
1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
1967 Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
Famous Weddings
1867 Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1919 Author Maurice Maeterlinck (56) weds actress Renée Dahon (27) in Nice, France
1943 Model Bettie Page (19) weds high school sweetheart Billy Neal in Gallatin, Tennessee
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