the year 1815 the French naturalist and doctor Balthasar Hacquet, who from 1778 to 1789 explored our region and was the first to write Slovenian place names.
In 1839 tea from India first arrives in the United Kingdom. It quickly became the English national drink.
In 1883 Russian writer Aleksej Nikolajevic Tolstoj is born. He is known for his novels Prince Serebrenny, the drama Ivan the Terrible, the trilogy entitled The Road to Calvary and the biographic novel of Peter the Great.
In 1898 Sergej Mihajlovic Eisenstein is born. He became a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist. In 1925 he made the film Battleship Potemkin, which due to the consistent application of the principle of mounting left a decisive impact the viewer’s perception of the film.
In 1917 Legend of the Wild West, William Frederic Cody dies. Better known as Buffalo Bill he was a Pony Express rider, and a guide and tracker in the US army.
In 1971 Gabrielle Chanel – Coco or Coco Chanel, the French fashion designer dies. She became famous for her creation of the little black dress and numerous innovations. She introduced bow, gilt buttons, handbags with chain straps and the perfume Chanel No. 5. Her costume is a symbol of traditional elegance.
MUSIC HISTORY
1958 - Jerry L. Lewis is at No. 1 on the British charts with 'Great Balls Of Fire'.
1981 - John Lennon is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'Imagine', 10 years after it was recorded. On this day Lennon is also among the top 5 with 'Happy Christmas', (War Is Over') and '(Just Like) Starting Over.'
1997 - James Brown got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1927 – singer Johnnie Ray (1956 'Just Walking in the Rain').
1935 - singer Ronnie Hawkins (1959 'Mary Lou').
1939 – singer Scott McKenzie (1967 'San Francisco').
1945 – singer Rod Stewart ('Sailing').
1953 – Pat Benatar (1985 'Love is a Battlefield').