1874 Edward Mote, English cabinetmaker and hymnwriter passes on. He penned the lines to the hymn “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less.”
1933 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota
1956 US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
1980 US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero
Today’s Historical Events
Today in Film & TV
1940 “Fantasia” animated film by Walt Disney, starring Leopold Stokowski and Deems Taylor, is released
Today in Music
2002 Eminem releases single ‘Lose Yourself’ from soundtrack of “8 Mile”, 1st rap song to win Academy Award Best Original Song
2020 Kylie Minogue becomes the first woman to top the UK album chart over five consecutive decades with “Disco”
Today in Sport
1982 WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini beats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma and dies 4 days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA & WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
1895 First shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
2017 World’s earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC
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