Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine.
In 1919, Prekmurje is occupied by the army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
In 1955 German writer Thomas Mann dies.
1962 in Gorizia Slovenian architect Maks Fabiani dies. He was a pioneer of modernism in Slovenian architecture.
In 1964 writer and journalist Ian Fleming, who created the character of James Bond, dies.
In 1971 tennis player of Greek descent Pete Sampras is born.
In 1981 IBM presented its first personal computer.
In 1982 film actor Henry Fonda dies.
In 2000 the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea. During a navy exercise all 118 members of the crew died.
MUSIC HISTORY
1972 - Alice Cooper is at the top of the British charts with 'School's Out'.
1978 - The Commodores take the No.1 spot on the American singles chart with 'Three Times A Lady'.
1989 - Richard Marx is at the top spot on the American charts with the ballad 'Right Here Waiting'.
1991 - Bryan Adams is at the top spot on the British charts with the song '(Everything I Do), I Do It For You'.
1996 - The Spice Girls at the No. 1 spot on the British charts with 'Wannabe', and Los Del Rio is top of the American charts with 'Macarena'.
2000 - Robbie Williams beats all the competitors on the British charts with 'Rock DJ'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1949 - Mark Knopfler, guitarist and singer in Dire Straits (1985 'Money For Nothing').
1951 - August Darnell, singer in Kid Creole And The Coconuts (1982 'Annie I'm Not Your Daddy').
1969 – singer Tanita Tikaram (1988 'Good Tradition').
