474 Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire together with his son Leo II (age 6 or 7)
661 Rashidun Caliphate, then the largest empire in history, ends with the death of its leader, Ali. Succeeded by the Umayyad Caliphate.
1595 William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.
1886 Karl Benz patents the “Benz Patent-Motorwagen” in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world’s 1st automobile with a burning motor
1892 The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia
1896 American Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes “regimes that sponsor terror” an “Axis of Evil”, which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea
Today in Film & TV
1964 “Dr Strangelove”, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, premieres
Today in Music
1996 6,138th performance of “Cats” is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway’s longest-running musical, “A Chorus Line”
Today in Sport
1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
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1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)
1978 Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban
Famous Weddings
1839 English naturalist and “On the Origin of Species” author Charles Darwin (42) marries Emma Wedgwood (41)
1917 Sculptor Auguste Rodin (76) weds Rose Beuret
1923 President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (41) weds Latife Hanim; divorce in 1925
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