daughter of Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette is born. She became the queen of France. In 1793 she was executed at the guillotine.

In 1766 Joseph Wenzel Radetzky, commander-in-chief of the Austrian army, is born.

In 1874 Winston Churchill, the British Conservative politician and prime minister is born. In 1941, he concluded a friendly treaty with the Soviet Union.

In 1950, George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist and writer of Irish descent, dies. Among his many works, the most famous is Pygmalion. The book was also made into a film called My Fair Lady.

In 1948, Harry Truman is elected president of the United States. He declared Truman's doctrine, according to which the U.S. should help nations threatened by communism.

In 1963 Slovene president Borut Pahor is born.

In 1988 one of the first computer worms – the Morris worm – is distributed via the Internet.

MUSIC HISTORY
1969 - 'Sugar Sugar' by The Archies is No.1 on the British singles chart; it remains there for eight weeks.
1991 - 'The Fly' by the group U2 takes the No. 1 spot on the British singles chart.
1985 - 'Part time Lover' by Stevie Wonder is at the top of the American singles chart.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1960 – Austrian singer Andy Borg (1982 'Adios Amor').
1961 – singer Kathryn Dawn Lang, known as KD Lang (1993 'Constant Craving').