Archbishop of Ljubljana Tomaž Hren is born. In 1660 he became president of the Reformation Commission. With the Commission's mass destruction of Protestant books, Slovenian cultural and literary development slowed dramatically.
In 1805 Johann Georg Lehner invented the 'hot dog'.
In 1850 Scottish novelist and travel writer Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson is born. His most famous work is Treasure Island.
In 1868 in Paris Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer and author of The Barber of Seville, dies.
In 1944, the operational headquarters for the destruction of the gangs, German police and the Slovenian Home Guard launch an attack on the liberated territory in Bela Krajina.
In 1945, Charles de Gaulle is appointed interim Prime Minister of France.
In 1955 American actress Whoopi Goldberg is born.
In 1971, the U.S. spacecraft Mariner 9, the first artificial satellite, is consolidated in the Mar's orbit.
MUSIC HISTORY
1968 - Hugo Montenegro is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'The Good The Bad And The Ugly’; the title song is from Clint Eastwood's film of the same name.
1976 - Rod Stewart is in the top spot on the American singles chart with 'Tonight's The Night'.
1982 - Men At Work is at the top of the American albums chart with their first album 'Business As Usual'.
1982 - Eddie Grant is at the top of the British charts with the song 'I Don't Wanna Dance'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1934 – American singer Timmy Thomas (1972 'Why Can't We Live Together').