German writer Theodor Fontane is born. He is regarded as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer. His works include On Tangled Paths and Trials and Tribulations, Before the Storm, Jenny Treibel.
In 1865 English short-story writer, poet, and novelist Rudyard Kipling is born. One of his best known stories is The Jungle Book.
In 1953, the first colour televisions go on sale in the U.S. The first such television has cost over a thousand dollars.
In 1975, the American golfer Tiger Woods is born.
In 2006, in Baghdad Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging.
MUSIC HISTORY
1967 – On the American singles chart No. 1 is The Beatles with ‘Hello Goodbye', in second place are Gladys Knight and the Pips with 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' and in third place are The Monkees with 'Daydream Believer.'
2001 - Nickelback takes the No. 1 spot on the American charts with 'How To Remind Me'.
2004 – American jazz player, clarinettist and composer Artie Shaw dies.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1928 – Bo Diddley, American rhythm and blues singer ('Who Do You Love?').
1939 – singer Del Shannon (1961 'Runaway').
1945 – Davy Jones, singer with The Monkees (1967 'I'm A Believer').
1946 – singer Patti Smith (1978 'Because The Night').
1959 – singer and actress Tracy Ullman.