Notable birthday. Olivia Wilde. 1934 Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, the first man to orbit the Earth. History today: 1975 Iraq launches an offensive against the rebellious Kurds. 1986 Navy divers find the crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger along with the remains of the astronauts.
Notable birthday : Garth Anthony Crooks OBE 1909 Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama's Bank Account). History today: 515 BC The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed. 241 BC The Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthaginian ships in the Battle of Aegusa. 49 BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy. 1656 In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion. 1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published. 1924 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women. - See more at: http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history#sthash.HgmIWva8.dpuf
Notable birthday. Nigel Lawson History today. 1935 The German Air Force becomes an official organ of the Reich
Notable birthday: Ian Scott Holloway David Mellor Joe ***an History today: 1496 The Jews are expelled from Syria .1609 The Bermuda Islands become an English colony. 1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony. 1809 Great Britain signs a treaty with Persia forcing the French out of the country. 1879 The British Zulu War begins. 1894 Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time 1909 British Parliament increases naval appropriations for Great Britain. 1939 Pius XII is elected the new pope in Rome 1985 The United States and the Soviet Union begin arms control talks in Geneva 1994 The Church of England ordains women priests
Notable birthday: Mark Clattenburg. Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos 1615 Innocent XII, Roman Catholic Pope 1764 Charles Earl Grey, British Prime Minister History today, 483 St. Felix begins his reign as Catholic Pope. 1868 The U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. 1941 Hitler issues an edict calling for an invasion of the Soviet Union. 1974 The U.S. Senate votes 54-33 to restore the death penalty. 1974 Arab nations decide to end the oil embargo on the United States.
Notable birthday: Eva Longoria please log in to view this image History today: 44 BC Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators. 1820 Maine is admitted as the 23rd state. 1955 The U.S. Air Force unveils the first self-guided missile
Notable birthday: Theo James Walcott History today: 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 1814, the British actually captured Washington and forced Madison to flee to Virginia 1917 Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicates his throne. 1968 U.S. troops in Vietnam destroy a village consisting mostly of women and children, the action is remembered as the My-Lai massacre .
Notable birthday: 1869 Neville Chamberlin, British Prime Minister (1937-40). Brad Dourif Movie Actor please log in to view this image History today: 1970 The U.S. Postal Service is paralyzed by the first postal strike. 1913 Greek King George I is killed by an assassin. Constantine I is to succeed. 1922 Mahatma Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India.
Notable birthday: David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) 1589 William Bradford, governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years History today: 1945 Adolf Hitler orders a scorched-earth policy for his retreating German armies in the west and east. 1977 Congo President Marien Ngouabi is killed by a suicide commando..
History today: 1413 Henry IV of England is succeed by his son Henry V. 1906 Army officers in Russia mutiny at Sevastopol.
