n Venice Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, who is recognised as the first significant opera composer, dies.
In 1780 in Vienna Maria Theresa, Empress of the Habsburg Monarchy dies. During her reign, she introduced a number of reforms, general tax liability and a unified penal code.
In 1881, in Ljubljana Slovenian publicist and politician, Janez Bleiweis, dies.
In 1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who in his operas invoked dramatic theatrical happenings and gentle mood, dies in Brussels. He is famous for the operas La Boheme, Tosca, Manon Lescaut and Madame Butterfly.
In 1943 in the Bosnian town of Jajce the II. AVNOJ session begins, where the decision was taken on the establishment of the Socialist Federal Yugoslavia.
In 1981 American actress Natalie Wood drowns. She was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the film Rebel Without a Cause.
In 1986, actor Cary Grant dies.
MUSIC HISTORY
1969 - The Beatles are No. 1 on the USA charts with their song 'Come Together / Something'.
1975 – The German trio Silver Convention with 'Fly Robin Fly' is at the top of the American charts.
1997 – At the top of the British singles chart is Celine Dion with 'Let's Talk About Love.'
BORN ON THIS DAY
1917 - Country singer Merle Travis.
1941 - Denny Doherty, singer in The Mamas And The Papas (Monday Monday).
1979 - Jayceon Terrell Taylor, American rapper known as The Game.