1431 Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
1760 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat.
1839 Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science.
1909 Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23′ south).
1941 6,000 Jews murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania.
1947 Japan’s Christian Layman’s Association is formed under Dr. S. Uzawa, a former president of the Japanese bar association, and Dr. T. Yamamoto, a prominent scientist.
2007 Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
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1959 “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV.
Today in Music
2002 Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American Music Awards.
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1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame for betting on baseball
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1969 First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner, Bristol, England
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1768 Philip Astley stages the world’s first modern circus in London
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