1805 Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle.
1854 Florence Nightingale with a staff of 38 nurses is sent to the Crimean War
1944 World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
1948 UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
1950 Chinese forces occupy Tibet
1993 Failed military coup in Burundi, led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, includes assassination President Ndadaye; 525,000 Hutus flee
Today’s Historical Events
Today in Film & TV
1921 “The Sheik”, a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles
1964 Film version of “My Fair Lady” directed by George Cukor and starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1965)
Today in Music
1858 Jacques Offenbach’s operetta ” Orpheus in the Underworld” (Orphée aux Enfers) premieres in Paris, includes “Infernal Galop” (can-can tune)
Today in Sport
1980 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes and become the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific Ocean, On this day in 1520
Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min, On this day in 1918
