Today in HistoryThis day in history:
- AD 69 – Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian.
- 1995 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.
- 1951 – The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
- 1967 – A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 249 kilometres per hour (155 mph) on their New York Division, also present-day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Births:
- 1890 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
- 1954 – Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
- 1982 – Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
Deaths:
- 2010 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
- 1927 – Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
- 1997 – Dawn Steel, American film producer (b. 1946)
Holidays:
- Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau)
- Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar)
- * (Réunion, French Guiana)*
Random Article of the day:
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