1482 “Pentateuch” the Jewish Bible is 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the Union Flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day. Referred to as Invasion Day by some First Nations people.
1998 President Bill Clinton says “I want to say one thing to the American people; I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky”
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Today In Film & TV
1926 John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London
Today In Music
1790 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera “Cosi Fan Tutte” premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
Today In Sport
1871 The Rugby Football Union is formed at a meeting of 21 clubs at the Pall Mall Restaurant, London, England
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
1972 Serbian air stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute – world’s highest fall without a parachute
Famous Weddings
1858 Inventor Cyrus McCormick (48) weds Nancy Fowler
1905 General officer John J. Pershing (44) weds Helen Frances
1925 Politician Seán MacBride (21) weds Catalina Bulfin in Dublin, Ireland
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