In 1924 the Slovene poet Ivan Minatti is born.
In 1931 actor William Shatner is born.
In 1933 the American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed a law permitting the sale of wine and beer.
In 1935 Adolf Hitler confirms the beginning of the first regular television program. With three evenings a week of regular television programmes Germany overtook the English and the BBC by a few months.
In 1992 at the United Nations conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro adopted the so-called Agenda 21, in which this day was proposed as World Water Day.
MUSIC HISTORY
1980 - Pink Floyd is No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'Another Brick In The Wall'.
1984 - Queen recorded their video for ‘I Want To Break Free’.
1986 - Heart is No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'These Dreams'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1936 - Roger Whittaker (1975 'The Last Farewell').
1943 - George Benson (1980 'Give Me The Night').
1947 - Patrick Olive, singer in Hot Chocolate (1975 'You Sexy Thing').
1962 - MC Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Kirk Burrell (1990 'U Can't Touch This').
1963 - Susanne Sulley, singer in The Human League (1981 'Don't You Want Me').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1749 se je rodil Johann Wolfgang Goethe, nemški pisatelj, pesnik, dramatik in filozof. Njegovo najpomembnejše delo je pesnitev Faust.
Leta 1924 se je rodil slovenski pesnik Ivan Minatti. Med njegovimi številnimi deli velja izpostaviti pesem Nekoga moraš imeti rad.
Leta 1931 se je rodil igralec William Shatner.
Leta 1933 je ameriški predsednik Franklin Delano Roosevelt podpisal zakon, ki je dovoljeval prodajo vina in piva.
Leta 1935 je Adolf Hitler potrdil začetek prvega rednega televizijskega programa. S tremi večeri rednega programa so za nekaj mesecev prehiteli Angleže in BBC.
Leta 1958 se je rodil Janez Potočnik, nekdanji komisar v Evropski komisiji.
Leta 1992 so na konferenci Združenih narodov o okolju in razvoju, v Riu de Janeiru, današnji dan predlagali za dan voda.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1980 - Pink Floyd so na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'Another Brick In The Wall'.
1984 - Queen so posneli video za pesem ‘I Want To Break Free’.
1986 - Heart so na 1. mestu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'These Dreams'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1936 - Roger Whittaker (1975 'The Last Farewell').
1943 - George Benson (1980 'Give Me The Night').
1947 - Patrick Olive, pevec v Hot Chocolate (1975 'You Sexy Thing').
1962 - MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), (1990 'U Can't Touch This').
1963 - Susanne Sulley, pevka v The Human League (1981 'Don't You Want Me').
