In 1749, the English physician Edward Jenner, who started with the experimental vaccine against smallpox, is born.
In 1821, the German born Catholic priest, natural healer and founder of hydrotherapy, Sebastian Kneipp is born.
In 1900, the Iranian religious leader, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini is born.
In 1936, the American actor and director Dennis Hopper is born.
In 1950, the Slovenian politician and former president Janez Drnovšek is born.
In 1970, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl accompanied by six comrades sets sail from the Moroccan port of Safi towards America on a ship made of papyrus. With his venture he wanted to prove that the Egyptians sailed with similar ships to America 5000 years ago.
MUSIC HISTORY
1971 - Dawn is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'Knock Three Times'.
1975 - Earth Wind and Fire are No. 1 on the American albums chart with 'That's The Way Of The World. '
1975 - Elton John receives a platinum disc for sales of exceeding one million copies of his record 'Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1959 - Paul Dianno, first singer in the heavy metal group Iron Maiden ('Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter').
1960 - Simon Fuller, creator of the music program concept 'Idol'.
1961 - Irish singer Enya ('Orinoco Flow').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1510 je v Firencah umrl vodilni slikar renesanse Sandro Botticelli.
Leta 1749 se je rodil angleški zdravnik Edward Jenner, ki je začel s poskusnim cepljenjem proti črnim kozam. Leta 1792 je bila ustanovljena newyorška borza.
Leta 1821 se je rodil nemški naravni zdravilec Sebastian Kneipp, začetnik hidroterapije.
Leta 1900 se je rodil iranski verski voditelj, ajatola Ruholah Musavi Homeini.
Leta 1936 se je rodil ameriški igralec in režiser Dennis Hopper.
Leta 1950 se je rodil slovenski politik, nekdanji predsednik Janez Drnovšek.
Leta 1970 je norveški raziskovalec Thor Heyerdahl izplul iz maroškega pristanišča Safi proti Ameriki na ladji narejeni iz papirusa. S svojim podvigom je hotel dokazati, da so Egipčani že pred 5000 leti s podobnimi ladjami pripluli v Ameriko.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1971 - Dawn so na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov s skladbo 'Knock Three Times'.
1975 - Earth Wind and Fire so na 1. mestu ameriške lestvice albumov z 'That's The Way Of The World. '
1975 - Elton John je prejel platinasto ploščo za prodanih več kot milijon izvodov plošče 'Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy'.
2005 - Akon je na vrhu britanske lestvcie s pesmijo ‘Lonely’.
2010 - umrl je Ronnie James Dio, legenda heavy metala, ki je v skupini Black Sabbath nasledil Ozzyja Osbourna.
2012 - umrla je diskodiva Donna Summer ('On the radio').
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1959 - Paul Dianno, prvi pevec heavy metal skupine Iron Maiden ('Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter').
1960 - Simon Fuller, idejni kreator glasbenih oddaj 'Idol'.
1961 - irska pevka Enya ('Orinoco Flow').
