German engineer Carl Friedrich Benz is born. He is regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile and was the inventor of the two-stroke engine.
In 1867 Alfred patents his invention of dynamite, the first explosive stronger than gunpowder.
In 1914 in California one of the best baseball players in the world, Joe DiMaggio is born. He married Marilyn Monroe in 1954, becoming her second husband.
In 1909 the pioneer of Slovenian aviation Edvard Rusjan flew for the first time with his plane, named EDA.
In 1923 in Rogaška slatina Slovene poet and writer Josip Stritar dies. He was also the editor of the magazine Zvon.
In 1971 American actress Christina Applegate is born.

MUSIC HISTORY
1972 –No. 1 on the British singles chart is Chuck Berry with 'My Ding a-Ling'.
1984 - 36 English and Irish musicians unite in a group called Band Aid, and record the song Do They Know It's Christmas.
1989 - New Kids On The Block with their song 'You Got It' (The Right Stuff') are No. 1 on the British charts.
1995 – leading the American charts is Whitney Houston with the song 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1940 - Percy Sledge, soul singer (1966 'When A Man Loves A Woman').
1960 – American singer Amy Grant ('Baby Baby').
1968 – Tunde, singer in the group Lighthouse Family.