In 1915, French cabaret singer Edith Piaf is born.
In 1922, Partisan poet Karel Destovnik Kajuh is born. He died in an attack by German soldiers.
In 1941, Adolf Hitler assumes full command of the German army.
In 1966, the Italian skier Alberto Tomba is born.
In 1986, Soviet nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov, 1975 Novel Peace Prize winner, is released from exile in Gorki. Due to a disagreement with the arrival of Soviet troops in Afghanistan he was exiled to Gorki.
In 1996, Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni dies.
MUSIC HISTORY
1964 - at the top of the American singles chart are The Supremes with thesong 'Come See About Me'.
1987 - at the top of the British singles chart are The Pet Shop Boys withan adaptation of the song 'Always On My Mind'.
1999 - Irish boys group Westlife with an adaptation of ‘I Have A Dream' areat the top of the British singles chart.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1941 - Maurice White, singer and founder of the group Earth Wind and Fire ('Shining Star').
1944 - singer Zal Yanovsky, also guitarist in the group The Lovin Spoonful.
1958 - Chris Hamill - Limahl ('Neverending story'), also singer in Kajagoogoo.
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1871 je umrl slovenski slikar Mihael Stroj, najpomembnejši predstavnik našega bidermajerskega slikarstva.
Leta 1915 je umrl nemški nevrolog Alois Alzheimer, po katerem se imenuje Alzheimerjeva bolezen.
Leta 1915 se je v Parizu rodila francoska pevka šansonov Edith Piaf imenovana 'pariški slavček'.
Leta 1922 se je v Šoštanju rodil partizanski pesnik Karel Destovnik Kajuh, napisal je pesniški zbirki Markacije in Pesmi.
Leta 1941 je Adolf Hitler prevzel popolno poveljstvo nad nemško vojsko.
Leta 1966 se je rodil italijanski smučar Alberto Tomba.
Leta 1986 so iz izgnanstva v Gorkem izpustili sovjetskega jedrskega fizika Andreja Saharova, Nobelovega nagrajenca za mir 1975. Izgnali so ga, ker je nasprotoval sovjetskim četam v Afganistanu.
Leta 1996 je umrl italijanski igralec Marcello Mastroianni.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1964 - na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov so The Supremes s skladbo 'Come See About Me'.
1987 - vrh britanske lestvice singlov osvojita The Pet Shop Boys s priredbo pesmi 'Always On My Mind'.
1999 - irska fantovska skupina Westlife je s priredbo Abbine 'I Have A Dream' na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1941 - Maurice White, pevec in ustanovitelj skupine Earth Wind and Fire ('Shining Star').
1944 - pevec Zal Yanovsky, tudi kitarist skupine The Lovin Spoonful.
1958 - Chris Hamill - Limahl ('Neverending story'), tudi pevec v Kajagoogoo.
