In 1893, in France the registration of motor vehicles is introduced.
In 1945, the German film director Wim Wenders is born. He is famous for his films Paris, Texas and The Sky over Berlin.
In 1956, in Berlin, German playwright, poet and theatre director Bertolt Brecht, who is considered the founder of epic theatre, dies. He wrote the drama Mother Courage and Her Children, The Three penny Opera, and Galileo's life.
In 1966, Hollywood actress Halle Berry is born. She became the first black winner of an Oscar for a leading role.
In 1988, the Italian motor racing driver Enzo Ferrari dies. He was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - Sonny & Cher are at the top of the American singles chart with 'I Got You Babe'.
1992 - Tony Williams, lead singer in the group The Platters dies (1959 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes').
1993 - Freddie Mercury takes the No. 1 spot on the British charts with his first solo hit 'Living On My Own'.
1999 - Ronan Keating is at the top of the British charts with 'When You Say Nothing At All'.
2005 - James Blunt takes over two No. 1 spots in Great Britain, with the song 'You're Beautiful' and the album 'Back to Bedlam'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1941 - David Crosby, one of the three Crosby Stills Nash & Young (1969 'Marrakesh Express').
1961 - singer Sarah Brightman (1978 'I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper').
1974 - Ana Matronic, singer in Scissor Sisters (2004 ‘Laura’).
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1885 so na Japonskem prvič patentirali izum. Šlo je za barvo proti rji.
Leta 1893 so v Franciji uvedli registracijo motornih vozil.
Leta 1945 se je rodil nemški režiser Wim Wenders, režiser filmov Paris, Teksas in Nebo nad Berlinom.
Leta 1956 je v Berlinu umrl nemški dramatik, pesnik in gledališki režiser Bertolt Brecht, ki velja za utemeljitelja epskega gledališča.
Leta 1966 se je rodila hollywoodska igralka Halle Berry, prva temnopolta prejemnica oskarja za glavno vlogo.
Leta 1988 je v Modeni umrl italijanski dirkač Enzo Ferrari. Ferrari je ustanovitelj dirkaškega moštva Formule 1 Scuderia Ferrari ter avtomobilske tovarne Ferrari.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1965 - Sonny & Cher sta na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'I Got You Babe'.
1992 - umrl je Tony Williams, pevec v skupini The Platters (1959 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes').
1993 - Freddie Mercury zasede vrh britanske lestvice s svojim prvim solo hitom 'Living On My Own'.
1999 - Ronan Keating je na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'When You Say Nothing At All'.
2005 - James Blunt je na 1. mestu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'You're Beautiful' in z albumom 'Back to Bedlam'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1941 - David Crosby, eden od trojice Crosby Stills Nash & Young (1969 'Marrakesh Express').
1961 - pevka Sarah Brightman (1978 'I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper').
1974 - Ana Matronic, pevka v Scissor Sisters (2004 ‘Laura’).
