in New York a time capsule is buried which our descendants should open in the year 6939. In the capsule is a woman's hat, men's pipe and numerous microfilms.
In a 1939 Austrian doctor and psychoanalytic of Jewish descent, Sigmund Freud dies.
In 1973 in Santiago de Chile, Chilean writer, critic and communist politician, and winner of the Nobel Literary Prize in 1971, Pablo Neruda dies.
In 1973 British pedagogue Alexander Sutherland Neill dies. In 1924 he founded the Summerhill boarding school. The school is noted for its philosophy that children learn best with freedom from coercion.
In 2002 web browser Mozilla Firefox was initialy released.
In 2004 the longest viaduct in Slovenia, The Črni Kal Viaduct, was opened.
MUSIC HISTORY
1957 - The Crickets take the top spot on the American music charts with 'That will Be The Day.'
1967 - The Box Tops are No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Letter'.
1961 - The Shadows with their album entitled 'Shadows' are No. 1 on the British music charts.
1989 – At the top of the American and British charts is Milli Vanilli with the song 'Girl You Know It's True'.
1995 - Jamaican Ragga singer Shaggy scored No.1 UK single whit 'Boombastic'.
2001 - Kylie Minogue is No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head.'
BORN ON THIS DAY
1930 - Ray Charles, American jazz, soul and blues singer, who became blind at the age of seven. Among his greatest hits were 'Georgia on my mind' and 'Hit the road Jack'.
1943 – Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. He sold about 100 million albums, (1981 'Begin The Beguine').
1943 - Toni Basil, American singer and dancer, (1982 'Mickey').
1949 – Singer Bruce Springsteen, known as 'The Boss'. He had many No.1 singles, including 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Streets of Philadelphia' and 'Born in the U.S.A'.
