the German astronomer Johannes Kepler dies. He published a law on the movement of the planets around the Sun, and he also discovered the breaking of stellar light beams through the atmosphere.
In 1891 the German General Field Marshal and Commander of the African Corps, Erwin Rommel, is born. Because of his African successes he earned the nickname "Desert Fox". Rommel was linked to the failed conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Hitler wanted to eliminate him, so he issued Rommečl with an ultimatum - commit suicide or stand before the people's Court. Rommel commited suicide on 14th November 1944.
In 1898 baron Anton Codelli brought the first car on the Slovenian and caused a real sensation.
In 1916 Polish writer and winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature Henryk Sienkiewicz dies. His best known novels are The Teutonic Knights, With Fire and Sword, Quo vadis?, and In the Field of Glory.
In 1925 in Bled the Slovene writer of folk stories and novels Tone Svetina dies.
MUSIC HISTORY
1980 – American group Blondie is No. 1 on the British and American singles charts with the song 'The Tide Is High'.
1980 – Kenny Rogers with 'Lady' is at the top of the American singles chart; the text was written by Lionel Richie.
1987 – In England, the British group Dire Straits sells over 3 million copies of their album Brothers in Arms. On the album are their hits ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘So Far Away,’ ‘Walk of Life,’ ‘Brothers in Arms’ and ‘Your Latest Trick.’
1998 – best sold album in England is 'The Best Of 1980-1990' by U2.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1932 - English singer Petula Clark (1984 'Downtown').
1945 – singer in the group ABBA, Frida Lyngstad.