German engineer Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, who is considered to be the father of television, is born. He invented the Nipkow disk, which made a mechanical television possible.
In 1862 French composer Claude Achille Debussy is born.
In 1864, twelve countries signed the Geneva Convention, which protects the wounded on the battlefield. It was the foundation for the establishment of the Red Cross.
In 1941, German troops begin the siege of Leningrad, fighting lasted until February 1944.
In 1968, Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá. This was the first visit by the head of Roman Catholic Church in South America.
MUSIC HISTORY
1963 - Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas take the top spot on the British charts with 'Bad To Me.'
1964 - The Supremes are No.1 on the American charts with the song 'Where Did Our Love Go'.
1987 - Madonna takes the top spot on the American charts with 'Who's That Girl'.
2011 – composer Jerry Leiber dies. Among many songs he was also the author of 'Hound Dog', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'King Creole', 'There Goes My Baby', 'Searchin', 'Yakety Yak', 'Stand By Me', 'Poison Ivy,' and 'Kansas City'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1917 - John Lee Hooker, guitarist, blues singer (1951 'I'm In The Mood').
1936 - Dale Hawkins, rockabilly singer, guitarist (1957 'Susie Q').
1945 - Ron Dante, singer in the group The Archies (1969 'Sugar Sugar').
1963 – Singer Tori Amos (1994 'Cornflake Girl').