Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- 1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
- 1618 – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
- 1972 – Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
- 1276 – While in exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
Births:
- 1990 – Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norwegian long-distance runner
- 2000 – Bobby Witt Jr., American baseball player
- 1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (died 1946)
Deaths:
- 1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
- 1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1718)
- 1923 – Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (born 1838)
Holidays:
- World Blood Donor Day
- Freedom Day (Malawi)
- Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
Random Article of the day:
Katri Vala (1901–1944) was a Finnish poet, critic, school teacher, and central member of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Fire Bearers) with Olavi Paavolainen, Elina Vaara, Lauri Viljanen, Ilmari Pimiä, Viljo Kajava, and Yrjö Jylhä.
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