the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi dies.
In 1929, the State of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed Yugoslavia.
In 1964 British actor Clive Owen is born.
In 1988, the American space shuttle Discovery, after a four-day mission in space, safely lands on Earth. This was the first flight of an American space shuttle after the Challenger disaster.
In 1990, with the demolition of the Berlin wall, Eastern and Western Germany are officially united, thus bringing to a halt 45 years of continuous division of the country and the Cold War.
In 1995, the American football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald l. Goldman.
In 2004, American actress Janet Leigh, known for her role in the Hitchcock film Psycho, dies.
MUSIC HISTORY
1960 - at the top of the American singles chart is Rickie Valance with 'Tell Laura I love her'.
1967 – American singer and guru of American folk music Woody Guthrie dies. He strongly influenced the work of Bob Dylan.
1987 - M/A/R/S is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Pump Up The Volume.'
1999 - Tom Jones takes the No. 1 spot on the British albums chart with 'Reload', on the same album is also his hit 'Sexbomb'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1938 – singer Eddie Cochran (1958 'Summertime Blues').
1941 – singer Chubby Checker (1960 'The Twist').
1947 - Lindsey Buckingham, guitarist and singer in the group Fleetwood Mac (1987 'Little Lies').
1962 - Tommy Lee, drummer and founder of the group Motley Crue (1988 'You're All I Need').
1969 - Gwen Stefani, singer in the group No Doubt (1997 ‘Don’t Speak’).
1978 - Jake Shears, singer with Scissor Sisters ('I don't feel like dancing).