In 1892 American film actor Oliver Hardy is born. Together with Stan Laurel they were the most popular comic pair in the history of film. They are known as Stan and Ollie.
In 1896 x-ray was presented for the first time.
In 1955 American actor Kevin Costner is born.
In 1998 ski-jumper Primož Peterka wins the World Cup in Zakopane in Poland. It was his tenth victory of his career.
In 2013 disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has held a no-holds barred interview with chat show host Oprah Winfrey in which he admitted to cheating.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - The Rolling Stones record their song 'The Last Time'.
1975 - Barry Manilow takes the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart with 'Mandy'.
1975 - Status Quo is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Down Down'.
1986 - 'That's What Friends Are For' takes Dionne Warwick to No. 1 on the American singles chart.
1989 - Barely 38 years old, Stevie Wonder, as the youngest musician gets his place in the 'The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'.
2005 - Slovenian singer Marjana Deržaj dies.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1941 - singer Bobby Goldsboro (1968 'Honey').
1941 - David Ruffin, singer in the group The Temptations (1971 'My Girl').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1778 je James Cook odkril Havaje, ki so jih sto dvajset let pozneje priključili ZDA.
Leta 1896 so prvič predstavili rentgen.
Leta 1892 se je rodil ameriški filmski igralec Oliver Hardy. Skupaj s Stanom Laurelom sta bila najpopularnejši komični par v zgodovini filma, znana kot Stan in Olio.
Leta 1904 se je rodil angleško-ameriški igralec Archibald Alexander Leach, bolj znan kot Cary Grant.
Leta 1955 se je rodil ameriški igralec Kevin Costner.
Leta 1996 je Andreja Grašič na 15-kilometrski preizkušnji v Osrblieju dosegla prvo slovensko zmago v biatlonu za svetovni pokal.
Leta 1998 je Primož Peterka zmagal na tekmi za svetovni pokal v Zakopanah na Poljskem. To je bila njegova deseta zmaga v karieri.
Leta 2013 je bil predvajan intervju z ameriškim kolesarjem Lanceom Armstrongom, v katerem je priznal, da je užival poživila.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1965 - The Rolling Stones so posneli pesem 'The Last Time'.
1975 - Barry Manilow zasedel 1. mesto ameriške lestvice s pesmijo 'Mandy'.
1975 - Status Quo so na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'Down Down'.
1986 - s pesmijo 'That's What Friends Are For' je Dionne Warwick na vrhu ameriške lestvice.
1989 - star 38 let je Stevie Wonder, kot najmlajši glasbenik, dobil svoje mesto na aleji slavnih 'The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'.
2005 - umrla je pevka Marjana Deržaj.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1941 - pevec Bobby Goldsboro (1968 'Honey').
1941 - David Ruffin, pevec skupine The Temptations (1971 'My Girl').
