In 1862, the American president Abraham Lincoln announced the abolition of slavery.
In 1969, China carried out its first nuclear underground test.
In 1973, Argentineans vote for Juan Peron as the country's new president and as vice president his wife Isabel.
In 1996, Australian Bob Dent becomes the first person to die from a legal, voluntary lethal injection.
In 2007, the French actor and mime Marcel Marceau dies. He is most famous for his stage persona as 'Bip the Clown'.
MUSIC HISTORY
1958 - Connie Francis is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Carolina Moon, Stupid Cupid'.
1984 - John Waite with the song 'Missing You' takes the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart.
1991 - Bryan Adams with the song Everything I Do, I Do It For You' for the 20th week running is in the top spot on the British singles chart.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1949 - David Coverdale, singer with Whitesnake (1987 'Here I Go Again').
1953 - Richard Fairbrass, singer with the group Right Said Fred (1991 ‘I’m Too Sexy’).
1957 - Nick Cave, Australian singer, also a member of The Bad Seeds (' Dig, Lazarus, Dig ').
1958 - Italian singer Andrea Bocceli ('Con te partiro').
1958 - Singer Joan Jett (1982 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1791 se je rodil angleški fizik in kemik Michael Faraday. Odkril je elektromagnetno indukcijo in osnovne zakone o elektrolizi. Po njem so poimenovali mersko enoto za električno kapaciteto.
Leta 1862 je ameriški predsednik Abraham Lincoln odpravil suženjstvo.
Leta 1969 je Kitajska izvedla svoj prvi jedrski poskus pod zemljo.
Leta 1973 so v Argentini za predsednika izbrali Juana Perona, za podpredsednico države pa njegovo ženo Izabelo.
Leta 1996 je Avstralec Bob Dent postal prvi človek, ki je umrl s pomočjo evtanazije.
Leta 2007 je umrl legendarni francoski pantomimik Marcel Marceau. Zaslovel je z likom žalostnega črno-belega klovna gospoda Bipa.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1958 - Connie Francis je na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov s 'Carolina Moon, Stupid Cupid'.
1984 - John Waite zasede s pesmijo 'Missing You' vrh ameriške lestvice singlov.
1991 - Bryan Adams je s pesmijo Everything I Do, I Do It For You' že dvanajsti teden zapored na prvem mestu britanske lestvice singlov.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1949 - David Coverdale, pevec skupine Whitesnake (1987 'Here I Go Again').
1953 - Richard Fairbrass, pevec skupine Right Said Fred (1991 ‘I’m Too Sexy’).
1957 - Nick Cave, avstralski pevec, tudi v The Bad Seeds (' Dig, Lazarus, Dig ').
1958 - italijanski pevec Andrea Bocceli ('Con te partiro').
1958 - pevka Joan Jett (1982 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll').
