1815 Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson’s 6,500 volumes
1902 Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan’s ‘special interest’ in Korea
1933 President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany who forms a government with Franz von Papen
1939 Adolf Hitler threatens Jews during his speech to the German Reichstag (Parliament)
1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse
Churchill’s cortege in London during the funeral of Winston Churchill
1965 State funeral for Winston Churchill at St Paul’s Cathedral in London; at the time, the world’s largest ever state funeral
1972 Bloody Sunday: 27 unarmed civilians are shot (14 are killed) by the British Army during a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland; this is the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during ‘the Troubles’
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Today In Film & TV
1931 “City Lights”, American silent romantic comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself and Virginia Cherrill, premieres at Los Angeles Theater
Today In Music
1961 “I Fall to Pieces” single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)
Today In Sport
1994 Kapil Dev takes 2/41 as India beats Sri Lanka by an innings and 95 runs in 2nd Cricket Test in Bengaluru; equals Sir Richard Hadlee’s world record of 431 Test wickets
1969 The Beatles perform their last live gig, a 42 minute concert on the roof of Apple Corps HQ in London, England
1977 8th (final) part of “Roots” is most-watched US entertainment show ever (100 million)
Famous Weddings
1853 Emperor and French President Napoleon III marries Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Teba
1929 Mitford sister Diana Mitford (18) marries Irish peer Bryan Walter Guinness (23) in the British society wedding of the year
1934 American comedian and actor Lou Costello (27) weds American burlesque dancer Anne Battler (21)
