with the performance of the opera The Rheingold by Richard Wagner the music festival opens in Bayreuth, which today is considered one of the most important in the world.
In 1899, the English film director, whose name is synonymous with power, fear and mysterious turns, Alfred Hitchcock is born. Movies: Psycho, Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, Marni.
In 1905 the union between Sweden and Norway, which lasted from 1814, ended. In a referendum in Norway, 100% of the population of the 100% voted for independence.
In 1923, Mustafa Kemal Pasha called Atatürk (Father of Turkey) became the first president of the Turkish Republic. With his reforms he attempted to change Turkey from being a feudal empire into a modern European state.
In 1927 the Cuban revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro is born.
In 1961, in the early hours of the morning the German Democratic Republic authorities closed the border between East and West Berlin, and started the construction of the wall on the demarcation lines, with which they wanted to prevent escapes to the West. The Berlin Wall was torn down after 28 years.
MUSIC HISTORY
1964 - Manfred Mann is at the top of the British charts with his single 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy'.
1966 - Lovin Spoonful takes the top spot on the American charts with 'Summer In The City'.
1966 – The album 'Revolver', by the British group The Beatles, takes the top spot on the British albums chart and remained there for 34 weeks.
1983 - KC and the Sunshine Band are at the No. 1 spot on the British charts with 'Give It Up'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1940 - John Stokes, Irish musician, singer in the group The Bachelors (1964 'Diane').
1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer (1997 'How Do I Live').
1984 - James Morrison, British singer (2010 'I won't let you go').