In 1789, in an attack by the population of Paris on the notorious prison and fortress Bastille the French bourgeois revolution begins.
In 1867, inventor Alfred Nobel in Red Hill introduces the use of dynamite.
In 1889, in Paris the II. International, an international organization of socialist and labour parties.
In 1918 the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman is born. He is most famous for films such as The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries in Fanny and Alexander .
In 1932 in Ljubljana Slovenian botanist Franc Jesenko, who dealt mainly with the crossing of plants, especially wheat and rye, dies.
In 2002, an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac is carried out.
MUSIC HISTORY
1962 - Bobby Vinton takes the top spot on the American charts with the song 'Roses Are Red, My Love'.
1964 - The Rolling Stones are No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'It's All Over Now'.
1979 - Donna Summer is No. 1 on the American charts with 'Bad Girls'.
1986 - Madonna is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'Papa Don't Preach'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1975 - Rapper Taboo, singer in Black Eyed Peas (2003 'Where Is The Love').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1223 je Ludvik VIII. postal francoski kralj.
Leta 1789 se je z napadom pariškega prebivalstva na zloglasno trdnjavo Bastiljo začela francoska meščanska revolucija.
Leta 1795 je umrl slovenski pesnik in dramatik Anton Tomaž Linhart, znan po delu Ta veseli dan ali Matiček se ženi.
Leta 1867 je izumitelj Alfred Nobel v Red Hillu predstavil uporabo dinamita.
Leta 1881 je umrl razbojnik Henry McCarty, bolj znan kot Billy the Kid.
Leta 1889 je bila v Parizu ustanovljena II. internacionala, mednarodna organizacija socialističnih in delavskih strank.
Leta 1932 je v Ljubljani umrl slovenski botanik Franc Jesenko, ki se je ukvarjal predvsem s križanjem rastlin, zlasti pšenice in rži.
Leta 2002 so na francoskega predsednika Jacquesa Chiraca neuspešno izvedli atentat.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1962 - Bobby Vinton zasede vrh ameriške lestvice s pesmijo 'Roses Are Red, My Love'.
1964 - The Rolling Stones so na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov z 'It's All Over Now'.
1979 - Donna Summer je na 1. mestu amerike lestvice s pesmijo 'Bad Girls'.
1986 - Madonna je na 1. mestu britanske lestvice singlov s 'Papa Don't Preach'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1975 - raper Taboo, pevec v Black Eyed Peas (2003 'Where Is The Love').
