In 1828 the French writer Jules Verne is born. He is best known for his works Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
In 1849 the Slovenian poet France Prešeren dies. In his memory this day is a state holiday.
In 1910 William D. Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America.
In 1922 American President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to have his voice transmitted by radio.
In 1925 actor Jack Lemmon is born.
In 1931 the actor James Dean is born. After starring in three films he tragically died in a car accident in 1955.
In 1966 the best Bulgarian footballer of all time Hristo Stojčkov is born.
MUSIC HISTORY
1975 - Bob Dylan takes the No. 1 spot on the American albums chart with 'Blood On The Tracks'.
1986 - Billy Ocean is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going'.
1990 - American singer Del Shannon commits suicide ('Runaway').
1992 - Right Said Fred is at the top of the American singles chart with 'I'm Too Sexy'.
2015 - British soul singer Sam Smith won four Grammy Awards in the US, for record and song of the year for 'Stay With Me' and best new artist
BORN ON THIS DAY
1946 - Paul Wheatbread, singer in the group Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (1968 'Young Girl').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1587 so zaradi vpletenosti v zaroto angleških katoliških plemičev, ki so naklepali usmrtitev kraljice Elizabete I., obglavili škotsko kraljico Marijo Stuart.
Leta 1828 se je rodil francoski pisatelj Jules Verne, avtor knjig Potovanje v središče Zemlje in Dvajset tisoč milj pod morjem.
Leta 1849 je v Kranju umrl pesnik France Prešeren. V spomim nanj je danes državni praznik.
Leta 1910 je William D. Boyce je ustanovil združenje skavtov.
Leta 1922 je ameriški predsednik Warren G. Harding kot prvi predsednik spregovoril po radiu.
Leta 1925 se je rodil igralec Jack Lemmon.
Leta 1931 se je rodil igralec James Dean, ki je igral v filmih Vzhodno od raja, Velikan in Upornik brez razloga. Leta 1955 je umrl v prometni nesreči.
Leta 1966 se je rodil najboljši bolgarski nogometaš Hristo Stojčkov.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1975 - Bob Dylan je na vrhu ameriške lestvice z albumom 'Blood On The Tracks'.
1986 - Billy Ocean je na 1. mestu britanske lestvice singlov z 'When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going'.
1990 - ustrelil se je ameriški pevec Del Shannon (1961 'Runaway').
1992 - Right Said Fred so na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'I'm Too Sexy'.
2015 - Britanec Sam Smith prejme štiri Grammyje, med drugim za ploščo in pesem leta za 'Stay With Me', kot tudi za najboljšega izvajalca.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1946 - Paul Wheatbread, pevec v Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (1968 'Young Girl').
