for the first time in Japan an invention is patented invention. It was anti-corrosion paint.

In 1893 in France the registration of motor vehicles is introduced.

In 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, which was the foundation for the establishment of the organisation of the United Nations. Before long it was supported by some other countries.

In 1945, the German film director Wim Wenders is born. He is famous for his films Paris, Texas and The Sky over Berlin.

In 1956, in Berlin, German playwright, poet and theatre director Bertolt Brecht, who is considered the founder of epic theatre, dies. He wrote the drama Mother Courage and Her Children, The Three penny Opera, and Galileo's life.

In 1966, Hollywood actress Halle Berry is born. She became the first black winner of an Oscar for a leading role.

MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - Sonny & Cher are at the top of the American singles chart with 'I Got You Babe'.
1971 - The Moody Blues take the top spot on the British charts with 'Every Good Boy Deserves A Favour'.
1992 –Tony Williams, lead singer in the group The Platters dies (1959 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes').
1993 - Freddie Mercury takes the No. 1 spot on the British charts with his first solo hit 'Living On My Own'.
1999 - Ronan Keating is at the top of the British charts with 'When You Say Nothing At All'.
2005 - James Blunt takes over two No. 1 spots in Great Britain - with the song 'You're Beautiful' and the album 'Back to Bedlam'.

BORN ON THIS DAY
1941 - David Crosby, one of the three Crosby Stills Nash & Young (1969 'Marrakesh Express').
1961 – singer Sarah Brightman (1978 'I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper').
1974 - Ana Matronic, singer in Scissor Sisters (2004 ‘Laura’).