54 Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor
1307 French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged with idolatry and corruption
1884 Greenwich in London established as the universal time meridian of longitude
1924 Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1944 US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during World War II
2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile comes to a happy end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground
Historical Events Today
Today In Film & Tv
1973 “Badlands” directed by Terrence Malick and starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek premieres at the New York Film Festival
Today In Music
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding & British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
2016 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Today In Sport
1903 1st Baseball World Series: Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0 in Game 8 at Huntington Avenue for a 5-3 series victory
2019 Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
More Facts…
1976 First electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, working at the C.D.C.
1987 1st military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)
Famous Weddings
1941 NFL halfback Red Grange (38) weds flight attendant Margaret Hazelberg
1956 MLB player Roger Maris (22) weds high school sweetheart Pat Carvell at St. Anthony Padua Church
1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
Famous Divorces
1995 Golfer champ Nick Faldo (41) divorces manager’s secretary Gill Bennett after 9 years of marriage
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