In 1931 Stane Urek, the legendary radio presenter of Radio Slovenia, is born. He was a strong advocate of mass participation in sport.
In 1936 American actor David Carradine is born.
In 1953 actress Kim Basinger is born.
In 1996, Slovenia held a referendum on changing the electoral system, a majority voting system was adopted.
MUSIC HISTORY
1961 - the singles 'Surfin' by The Beach Boys comes out.
1976 - Hotel California, the fifth album by the American rock band the Eagles, is released.
1980 - in New York a gunman shoots John Lennon, a member of The Beatles. After breaking up with the Beatles he worked alone, and with his wife Yoko Ono. His best known songs are Imagine, Power to the People, Stand by me, Woman.
1979 - Rod Stewart is at the top of the British albums chart with his album 'Greatest Hits', on which are 'Maggie May', 'Da Ya Think I'm sexy', and 'Sailing'.
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'The Power Of Love'.
2013 - Metallica played a gig at the Argentine Antarctic Base Carlini, thus becoming the first band ever to play on all seven continents.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1925 - singer Sammy Davis Jr (1972 'The Candy Man').
1942 - Bobby Elliott, singer in the The Hollies ('He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother').
1943 - Jim Morisson, singer in Doors ('Light My Fire').
1959 - Paul Rutherford, singer in the group Frankie Goes To Hollywood ('Relax').
1966 - Sinead O'Connor, Irish musician ('Nothing compares to you').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 65. pr. n. št. se je rodil rimski pesnik Horac.
Leta 1847 je v Londonu izšel statut Zveze komunistov, podpisal ga je Friderich Engels.
Leta 1931 se je rodil Stane Urek, legendarni radijec, ki je bil najpomembnejši zagovornik množičnega udejstvovanja v športu pri nas.
Leta 1936 se je rodil ameriški igralec David Carradine.
Leta 1953 se je rodila igralka Kim Basinger.
Leta 1957 umrl ugleden slovenski pisatelj Ferdo Kozak. Najzanimivejša njegova dela so drame Profesor Klepec, Vida Grantova in Punčka.
Leta 1996 je v Sloveniji potekal referendum o spremembi volilnega sistema, sprejet je bil večinski volilni sistem.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1956 - Guy Mitchell je na vrhu lestvic s pesmijo 'Singing the Blues'.
1961 - izšel je single 'Surfin' skupine The Beach Boys.
1976 - skupina the Eagles izda svoj peti album, Hotel California.
1980 - v New Yorku ustrelijo pevca skupine The Beatles, Johna Lennona.
1979 - Rod Stewart je na vrhu britanske lestvice z albumom 'Greatest Hits', na katerem so 'Maggie May', 'Da Ya Think I'm sexy', 'Sailing'.
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood je na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'The Power Of Love'.
2013 - Metallica postane s koncertom na Antarktiki prva glasbena skupina, ki je nastopala na vseh sedmih kontinentih.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1925 - pevec Sammy Davis Jr ('The Candy Man').
1942 - Bobby Elliott, pevec v The Hollies ('He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother').
1943 - Jim Morisson, pevec v Doors ('Light My Fire').
1959 - Paul Rutherford, pevec skupine Frankie Goes To Hollywood ('Relax').
1966 - Sinead O'Connor, irska pevka ('Nothing compares to you').
