In 1837, after the death of the King of Great Britain and Ireland Wilhelm IV. , the throne is taken over by his niece, Queen Victoria of England, who ruled until 1901.
In 1877, Alexander Graham Bell introduces in Canada the first commercial telephone service in the world.
In 1933, the German politician Klara Zetkin, a driving force in the socialist women's movement, dies.
In 1944, the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) is founded.
In 1963 in Geneva the U. S. and the Soviet Union agree to set up a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin - the red phone.
MUSIC HISTORY
1963 - Gerry And The Pacemakers are No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'I Like It'.
1992 - Mariah Carey is No. 1 on the American singles chart with ‘I’ll Be There'.
1999 - Jamiroquai is No. 1 on the British albums chart with 'Synkronized'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1936 - Billy Guy, singer in the group The Coasters (1958 'Yakety Yak').
1942 - Brian Wilson, singer in the group The Beach Boys (1966 'Good Vibrations').
1949 - Lionel Richie, also singer in The Commodores (1978 'Three Times A Lady').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1819 je parnik Savannah priplul v Liverpool kot prva ladja, ki je preplula Atlantik.
Leta 1837 je po smrti kralja Velike Britanije in Irske, Wilhelma IV. , prestol zasedla njegova nečakinja, kraljica Viktorija, ki je vladala do leta 1901.
Leta 1877 je Alexander Graham Bell v Kanadi uvedel prvo storitev komercialne telefonije na svetu.
Leta 1933 je umrla nemška političarka Klara Zetkin, ki je bila gonilna sila v socialističnem ženskem gibanju.
Leta 1944 je bila ustanovljena CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
Leta 1963 so se ZDA in Sovjetska zveza v Ženevi dogovorile, da bodo vzpostavile neposredno telefonsko zvezo med Belo hišo in Kremljem, imenovano rdeči telefon.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1963 - Gerry And The Pacemakers so na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov z 'I Like It'.
1992 - Mariah Carey je na 1. mestu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'I'll Be There'.
1999 - Jamiroquai so na 1. mestu britanske lestvice z albumom 'Synkronized'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1936 - Billy Guy, pevec v skupini The Coasters (1958 'Yakety Yak').
1942 - Brian Wilson, pevec v skupini The Beach Boys (1966 'Good Vibrations').
1949 - Lionel Richie, pevec v The Commodores (1978 'Three Times A Lady').
