In 1779, the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius is born. He is especially noted for his determination of atomic weights.
In 1968, the Soviet Union and all members of the Warsaw Pact, with exception of Romania, invaded Czechoslovakia to bloodily halt the Prague Spring reforms committed to democratic change.
In 1940, the Indian politician Rajiv Gandhi is born. He became the sixth Prime Minister of India, he was assassinated 1991.
In 1980, Reinhold Messner was the first to climbe Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen.
MUSIC HISTORY
1973 - The Rolling Stones released 'Angie'.
1977 - The Brotherhood Of Man is at the top of the British charts with the song 'Angelo'.
1983 - The CD '18 Greatest Hits' takes Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson Five to the top of the British charts.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1924 - Jim Reeves, American country singer (1960 'He'll Have To Go').
1942 - Isaac Hayes, singer (1971 single 'Theme From Shaft'). Hayes died in 2008.
1948 - Robert Plant, singer with the group Led Zeppelin (1971 'Stairway To Heaven').
1949 - Phil Lynott Irish, singer in Thin Lizzy (1973 'Whisky In The Jar').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1741 je danski pomorščak Vitus Jonas Bering odkril Aljasko.
Leta 1779 se je rodil švedski kemik Jöns Jacob Berzellius. Uvedel je kemijske simbole in določil atomske mase številnim elementom.
Leta 1940 se je rodil indijski politik Radživ Gandhi. V predvolilnem boju so ga ubili leta 1991.
Leta 1968 so sile Varšavskega pakta vkorakale v Češkoslovaško in krvavo zadušile praško pomlad, ki se je zavzemala za demokratične spremembe.
Leta 1980 se je Reinhold Messner kot prvi povzpel na Mount Everest brez dodatnega kisika.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1973 - The Rolling Stones izdajo pesem 'Angie'.
1977 - The Brotherhood Of Man so na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'Angelo'.
1983 - z zgoščenko '18 Greatest Hits' so Michael Jackson in skupino The Jackson Five na vrhu britanske lestvice.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1924 - Jim Reeves, ameriški country pevec (1960 'He'll Have To Go').
1942 - pevec Isaac Hayes, najbolj znan po singlu 'Theme From Shaft'). Umrl je leta 2008.
1948 - Robert Plant, pevec skupine Led Zeppelin (1971 'Stairway To Heaven').
1949 - Phil Lynott Irish, pevec v Thin Lizzy (1973 'Whisky In The Jar').
