In 1861, Bucharest becomes the capital of Walachia and Moldova, which took on the joint name of Romania.
In 1892, rocket engineer of Slovenian descent, Herman Potočnik, one of the founders of space technology, is born. His nickname was Noordung.
In 1962, English actor Ralph Fiennes is born.
In 1979, Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic is born.
In 1989, the Romanian President Ceausescu Nicolaj falls from power. In a secretly expedited court process he and his wife Elena were sentenced to death and executed.
In 1989, in Berlin after almost thirty years the Brandenburg Gate is opened. This ended the division of East and West Germany to the entrance and west.
In 1989, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett dies. His best known work is Waiting for Godot.
MUSIC HISTORY
1972 - Little Jimmy Osmond takes the No. 1 spot on the British singles chart with 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'. Aged 10 he was the youngest performer to reach the highest spot on the charts. The song was the best sold song in 1972.
1973 - Elton John takes the top spot on the British albums chart with 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'. On the album is 'Candle in the Wind' and 'Bennie and the Jets'.
1984 - Madonna is at the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart with 'Like A Virgin', which is her first No. 1 hit in American.
2002 - Joe Strummer, singer in the group Clash, dies of a stroke.
2014 - Singer Joe Cocker died aged 70, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1946 - Rick Nielsen, singer in Cheap Trick (1979 'I Want You To Want Me').
1949 - Robin and Maurice Gibb, members of the Bee Gees (1975 'Jive talkin'').
1972 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer (1988 'Joe Le Taxi').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1858 se je rodil italijanski skladatelj Giacomo Puccini. Njegove najbolj znane opere so La Boheme, Tosca in Madam Butterfly.
Leta 1861 je Bukarešta postala prestolnica Vlaške in Moldavije, ki sta si nadeli skupno ime Romunija.
Leta 1892 se je rodil Herman Potočnik, eden utemeljiteljev vesoljske tehnike, raketni inženir slovenskega rodu z vzdevkom Noordung.
Leta 1930 se je rodila slovenska pesnica in pisateljica Neža Maurer.
Leta 1962 se je rodil angleški igralec Ralph Fiennes.
Leta 1979 se je rodila slovenska smučarska tekačica Petra Majdič.
Leta 1989 se je zgodil padec romunskega predsednika Nicolaja Ceausescuja. Oba z njegovo ženo Eleno so obsodili na smrt in tudi usmrtili.
Leta 1989 je umrl irski dramatik Samuel Beckett. Njegovo najbolj znano delo je Čakajoč Godota.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1972 - Little Jimmy Osmond zasede vrh britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'. Z 10-timi leti je bil najmlajši izvajalec, ki je posegel po najvišjem mestu. Pesem je bila najbolje prodajana leta 1972.
1973 - Elton John zasedel vrh britanske lestvice z albumom 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'. Na tem albumu sta 'Candle in the wind' in 'Bennie and the Jets'.
1984 - Madonna je na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'Like A Virgin'.
2002 - Joe Strummer, pevec skupine Clash, umre zaradi srčne kapi.
2014 - star 70 let je umrl pevec Joe Cocker (' With A Little Help From My Friends').
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1946 - Rick Nielsen, pevec v Cheap Trick (1979 'I Want You To Want Me').
1949 - Robin in Maurice Gibb, člana skupine Bee Gees (1975 'Jive talkin').
1972 - Vanessa Paradis, francoska pevka (1988 'Joe Le Taxi').
