In 1851, the Slovene writer Ivan Tavčar is born.
In 1963, the American human rights campaigner Martin Luther King at the Washington Freedom March, which was attended by more than 200,000 people, gave his famous speech 'I have a dream'.
In 1995, in a bomb explosion at the Sarajevo market Markale 40 people died, 85 were wounded. The UN found the Bosnian Serbs guilty for the crime.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - The Beach Boys with 'California Girls' are at the top of the American singles chart.
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel take the top spot of the British albums chart with 'Bookends'.
1988 - Kylie Minogue sets a record. Her debut album 'Kylie'becomes the best selling album by a female singer in Great Britain. Two million copies are sold.
1993 - Billy Joel is at the top of the American albums chart with 'River Of Dreams'.
1993 - Culture Beat is at the top of the British charts with 'Mr Vain'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1949 - Hugh Cornwell, singer in The Stranglers (1982 'Golden Brown').
1965 - Canadian singer Shania Twain ('The woman In Me').
1982 - singer LeAnn Rimes ('How do I live').
1986 - Florence Welch, singer, songwriter, Florence and the Machine (2015 'Ship to wreck').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1749 se je rodil nemški pisatelj Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Njegovi najpomembnejši deli sta dramska pesnitev Faust in roman Trpljenje mladega Wertherja.
Leta 1851 se je rodil slovenski pisatelj Ivan Tavčar, avtor del Cvetje v jeseni in Visoška kronika.
Leta 1963 je ameriški borec za človekove pravice Martin Luther King na washingtonskem Maršu svobode, ki se ga je udeležilo več kot 200.000 ljudi, povedal svoj znameniti govor 'I have a dream'.
Leta 1980 je umrl slovenski pisatelj in publicist Beno Zupančič.
Leta 1995 je v eksploziji bombe na sarajevski tržnici Markale umrlo 40 ljudi, 85 je bilo ranjenih. OZN je za zločin obsodila bosanske Srbe.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1965 - The Beach Boys so s pesmijo 'California Girls' na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov.
1968 - Simon and Garfunkel zasedeta vrh britanske lestvice z albumom 'Bookends'.
1988 - postavi rekord. Njen debitantski album 'Kylie' postane najbolj prodajan album ženske glasbenice v Veliki Britaniji.
1993 - Billy Joel je na vrhu ameriške lestvice z albumom 'River Of Dreams'.
1993 - Culture Beat so na vrhu britanske lestvice z 'Mr Vain'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1949 - Hugh Cornwell, pevec v The Stranglers (1982 'Golden Brown').
1965 - kanadska pevka Shania Twain ('The woman In Me').
1982 - pevka LeAnn Rimes ('How do I live').
1986 - Florence Welch, pevka zasedbe Florence and the Machine (2015 'Ship to wreck').
