Dutch geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator dies. He drew the first modern maps, today the Mercator projection in drawing maps is still used today.
In 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte won the battle of Three Emperors at Austerlitz triumphing over the combined armies of Russians, Austrians and their allies. The Austrian Emperor the following day signed an armistice with Napoleon.
In 1814 the famous French writer Marquis de Sade, known for novels that were full of sexual violence, dies. Named after him is one of the forms of sexual gratification, sadism.
In 1848 the Austrian empire reigns Franc Joseph I.
In 1859, the U.S. Army hung black leader John Brown. Brown led an armed uprising of black slaves in Kansas and Virginia. Today, we mark World Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
In 1915 Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity.
In 1923 Greek opera singer Maria Callas is born.
In 1946 Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is born.
In 1982, in the state of Utah in the USA Dr. Barney Clarc is implanted with the world's first artificial heart, he lived for 112 days.
MUSIC HISTORY
1978 - Rod Stewart with 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy' is No. 1 on the British singles chart.
1979 - Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand take the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart with the song ‘You Don't Bring Me Flowers’.
1983 - MTV for the first time presented the 14 minute long video hit Thriller by Michael Jackson.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1906 – Dr. Peter Carl Goldmark, who in 1945 invented the LP (long-playing microgroove record). The invention signified a revolution in music listening.
1960 - Sydney Youngblood (1989 'If Only I Could').
1978 - Nelly Furtado (2001 'I'm Like A Bird').
1981 - Britney Spears ( 1999 'Baby One More Time').