the year 1885 L. A. Thompson patents the toboggan.
In 1937 in Boca in the American State of California the lowest temperature in the history of the state is recorded, that is -42, 8 degrees Celsius.
In 1945 on the liberated territory of Cerkno the first partisan ski races were organised.
In 1949 Ivana Trump, the American fashion model of Czech descent, is born.
In 1961 democrat John F. Kennedy is sworn in as the 35th President of the USA.
In 1980 Slovene alpine skier Bojan Križaj achieved the first Slovenian World Cup victory in Wengen, Switzerland.
In 1986 the Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated for the first time in the USA.
In 1990 in Belgrade the 14th extraordinary Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia begins. Due to disagreement over the democratic transformation of the organisation, the Slovenian representatives walked out in protest. This was the reason for the dissolution of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
In 1992 the film actress Audrey Hepburn, who is of Belgian descent, dies.
In 1996 Yasser Arafat is elected President of Palestine.
In 1999 the Chinese press agency China News Service announces that the government has banned the use of the Internet.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 – aged 42 the American disc-jockey Alan Freed dies. He is commonly referred to as the “Father of Rock 'n Roll”.
1966 - The Spencer Davis Group is at the top of the British singles chart with 'Keep on Running'.
1985 – the group Foreigner is No. 1 on the British charts with 'I Want to Know What Love Is'.
1990 - Michael Bolton moves to No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'How Am I Supposed to Live without You'.
2002 - Sting gets the Golden Globe award for the song ‘Until’ from the film Kate and Leopold.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1943 - singer Rick Evans ('In the year 2525').
1950 - Paul Stanley, singer in the group Kiss (1974 'On And On').
1965 - Heather Small, singer in the group M People (1993 'Moving On Up').
1971 - Gary Barlow, singer in the group Take That (1995 ‘Back for Good’).