In 1741, the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi dies. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons.
In 1750, the German composer of the Baroque period Johann Sebastian Bach dies.
In 1794, in Paris the French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre is beheaded. He was the most important leader of the French revolution.
In 1804, the German philosopher Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach is born.
In 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
In 1929, in New York Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the first lady of the United States of America between 1961 and 1963, is born.
THIS DAY IN MUSIC
1960 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows are at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'Please Don't Tease'.
1960 - Roy Orbison entered the UK chart with 'Only The Lonely', which went on to give Roy his first of 3 UK chart toppers.
1979 - 'I Don't Like Mondays' gave The Boomtown Rats their second UK No. 1 single. Bob Geldof wrote the song.
2000 - Five and Queen are at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'We Will Rock You'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1945 - Rick Wright, keyboard player and singer with Pink Floyd (1973 'Dark Side Of The Moon').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1655 je umrl francoski dramatik Cyrano de Bergerac. Ljudje so ga poznali kot moža s prevelikim nosom.
Leta 1741 je umrl skladatelj Antonio Vivaldi. Štirje letni časi so največkrat poslušana programska glasba v glasbeni zgodovini.
Leta 1750 je umrl Johann Sebastian Bach.
Leta 1794 so v Parizu obglavili revolucionarja Maximiliena Robespierra. Bil je najpomembnejši voditelj francoske revolucije.
Leta 1822 je Peru postal neodvisna država.
Leta 1897 je umrl slovenski pisatelj Janko Kersnik. Napisal je tudi deli Jara gospoda in Kmetske slike.
Leta 1914 je Avstro-Ogrska Srbiji napovedala vojno, s čimer se je začela 1. svetovna vojna.
Leta 1929 se je v New Yorku rodila Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, prva dama Združenih držav Amerike med letoma 1961 in 1963.
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GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1960 - Cliff Richard and the Shadows so na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov s 'Please Don't Tease'.
1979 - pesem Boba Geldofa 'I Don't Like Mondays' prinese skupini The Boomtown Rats 1. mesto na britanski lestvici.
2000 - skupini Five in Queen obudita hit 'We Will Rock You', ki zasede vrh britanske lestvice.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1945 - Rick Wright, klaviaturist in pevec pri Pink Floyd (1973 'Dark Side Of The Moon').
