a Greek soldier runs the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of victory over the Persians.
In 1598 the Russian government elects Boris Godunov as the new tsar of Russia. He continued the policy of centralizing the state and tried to limit the privileges of the clergy.
In 1851 Slovenian priest and viticulturist Matija Vertovec dies.
In 1872 at the 5th congress of the First International in The Hague, a resolution is passed on the relocation of the General Council to the United States. The decision was taken after the collapse of the Paris Commune in 1871, working in London was impossible because of violent reaction of European countries.
In 1945, representatives of the Japanese High Command on the military ship Missouri signed the full capitulation of Japan. By signing the capitulation the Second World War was ended on all battlefields.
In 1964 actor Keanu Reeves is born.
In 1966 actress Salma Hayek is born.
In 2001, South African surgeon Christiaan Neethling Barnard dies. He was the first surgeon in the world to transplant a human heart.
MUSIC HISTORY
1972 - Rod Stewart takes the top spot on the British charts with 'You Wear It Well'.
1995 - Michael Jackson is No.1 on the American singles chart with 'You Are Not Alone'.
2000 - Madonna is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Music'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1940 – Singer Jimmy Clanton (1962 'A Part Of Me').
1943 – Singer Joe Simon (1975 'Get Down, Get Down On The Floor').
1946 - Billy Preston, singer and pianist (1973 'Will It Go Round In Circles').
