1637 Trial begins for Anne Hutchinson, who will be exiled as a result and become a founder of Rhode Island. She had led religious meetings in her home and advocated a covenant of grace.
1875 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela in Angola, from Africa’s east coast, 1st European to cross equatorial Africa.
1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine.
1930 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty.
1949 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state.
1966 The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US.
TODAY’S HISTORICAL EVENTS
TODAY IN FILM & TV
1936 At 3pm the BBC begins the world’s first regular high-definition TV broadcast service from specially constructed studios at Alexandra Palace, North London.
2020 Baby Shark by Pinkfong becomes the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views.
TODAY IN MUSIC
1983 “Thriller” single released worldwide by Michael Jackson.
TODAY IN SPORT
2016 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs’ title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist.
DO YOU KNOW THIS FACT ABOUT TODAY? DID YOU KNOW?
Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota, On this day in 1898.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE THIS FACT ABOUT TODAY? WOULD YOU BELIEVE?
The “Great Emu War” begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns sought to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia, on this day in 1932.
