1790 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)
1877 Thomas Edison’s Phonograph is announced by Scientific American
1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
1990 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland’s 1st popularly elected president
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Today In Film & TV
1932 “The Mummy” directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US – 1st Mummy horror film
Today In Music
1894 Claude Debussy’s first orchestral masterpiece “Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune” premieres in Paris
Today In Sport
1894 United States Golf Association forms in New York
1956 Colo is born, the first gorilla to be bred in captivity at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio
1849 The execution of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky by firing squad is called off at the last second
Famous Weddings
1882 Australian soprano Nellie Melba (21) weds Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong in Brisbane
1915 Biologist Alexander Fleming (34) weds Sara McElroy
1936 Austrian-American filmmaker Billy Wilder (30) weds first wife Judith Coppicus; divorce in 1946
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