In 1904 The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in Paris.
In 1921 in Moscow human rights campaigner Andrei Sakharov Andreyevich is born. In 1975 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1927 Charles Lindbergh after an almost 34-hour continuous flight across the Atlantic Ocean (which began in New York) lands in Paris. The plane had no radio; in guiding aircraft he used only a compass and a map.
In 1970 the Slovene athlete Brigita Bukovec is born.
In 1991 during a pre-election trip across India, former Prime Minister of India Radzivil Gandhi was killed in a bomb attack.
MUSIC HISTORY
1964 - The Four Pennies are No. 1 on the British singles charts with 'Juliet'.
1966 - The Mamas And The Papas are No. 1 on the American albums chart with their album 'If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears'.
1977 - Rod Stewart is No. 1 on the British singles chart with 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'.
1977 - Stevie Wonder is at No. 1 on the US singles chart with his tribute to Duke Ellington, 'Sir Duke'.
1983 - Michael Jackson's album 'Thriller' went back to No. 1 on the UK charts.
1983 - David Bowie was No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'Let's Dance'.
2011 - Adele is No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Rolling In The Deep'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1941 - Ronald Isley, singer with the group The Isley Brothers ('This Old Heart Of Mine').
1948 - Leo Sayer, British singer ('When I Need You').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1471 se je v Nurnbergu rodil nemški slikar Albrecht Dürer, ki je nemško umetnost približal italijanski renesansi.
Leta 1688 se je rodil angleški pesnik in pisatelj Alexander Pope.
Leta 1904 je bila v Parizu ustanovljena Svetovna nogometna zveza. FIFA ima danes sedež v Zürichu.
Leta 1921 se je v Moskvi rodil fizik in borec za človekove pravice Andrej Andrejevič Saharov. Leta 1975 prejme Nobelovo nagrado za mir.
Leta 1927 je Charles Lindbergh po skoraj 34-urnem neprekinjenem poletu čez Atlantski ocean (ki se je pričel v New Yorku) pristal v Parizu. V letalu ni imel radia, pri usmerjanju letala si je pomagal le s kompasom in z zemljevidom.
Leta 1942 je umrl slovenski revolucionar Tone Tomšič.
Leta 1970 se je rodila atletinja Brigita Bukovec.
Leta 1991 je v bombnem napadu umrl nekdanji predsednik Indije Radživ Gandhi.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1964 - The Four Pennies so vrhu britanske lestvice singlov s skladbo 'Juliet'.
1966 - The Mamas And The Papas so z albumom 'If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears' na 1. mestu ameriške lestvice albumov.
1977 - Rod Stewart je na vrhu britanske lestvice singlov s skladbo 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'.
1977 - Stevie Wonder je na vrhu ameriške lestvice s pesmijo 'Sir Duke', ki jo je posvetil Duke-u Ellingtonu.
1983 - David Bowie je na 1. mestu ameriške lestvice s skladbo 'Let's Dance'.
1983 - Michael Jackson ponovno osvoji vrh britanske lestvice z albumom 'Thriller'.
2011 - Adele osvoji vrh ameriške lestvice s singlom 'Rolling In The Deep'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1941 - Ronald Isley, pevec v The Isley Brothers ('This Old Heart Of Mine').
1948 - Leo Sayer, britanski pevec ('When I Need You').
