in Dublin Irish inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies. He invented the automobile pneumatic rubber tyre.
In 1940, the Brazilian footballer Pelé is born, his real name is Edison Arantes do Nascimento. Pelé is still considered one of the best footballers in the world.
In 1957 Christian Dior died.
In 1958, the Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Boris Pasternak, one of the greatest Russian lyrists of the 20th century, for his novel Doctor Zhivago. Due to the strong political pressure of the Soviet authorities Pasternak refused the prize.
In 1958 the Smurfs were first introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian comics artist Peyo.
In 2002 the Moscow theater hostage crisis was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater by armed Chechens, who took 850 hostages. They demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. After a three day siege, Russian forces pumped an unknown chemical agent into the building's ventilation system and killed many people.
MUSIC HISTORY
1961 – No. 1 on the American charts is Dion with 'Runaround Sue'.
1976 – at the top of the American charts is the group Chicago with 'If You Leave Me Now'.
1982 – the group Culture Club with their single 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me' land at the top of the British charts.
1993 – Meat Loaf with the romantic song 'I'd Do Anything For Love' (But I Won't Do That') is at the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart.
2005 – Arctic Monkeys with 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' is No.1 on the British charts.
2008 – Beyonce with 'If I Were A Boy' is at the top of the British and American charts.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1940 – British singer Freddie Marsden, founder of the group Gerry And The Pacemakers.
1957 – British singer Kelly Marie ('Feels like I'm In Love').