n Old Saybrook in Connecticut the Collegiate School of Connecticut is founded, later it was renamed Yale University.
In 1967, government troops in Bolivia captured and then shot dead the guerrilla leader Ernest Guevara de la Serna, better known by the name of Che Guevara. He was Castro's comrade in arms during the Cuban revolution.
In 1974 in Frankfurt the German businessman Oskar Schindler dies. During the II. World War, at great personal risk of death, he saved over 1200 Jews, he employed them in his factory.
In 1975, the Nobel Peace prize is awarded to atomic physicist and fighter for human rights Andrei Sakharov. This is the only instance in history when a scientist, who spent most of his life dedicated to the manufacture of weapons, was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
In 1986 in London the premiere is held of one of the most successful musicals of all times, Phantom of the Opera.
In 1981 Slovene judoist Urška Žolnir is born.
MUSIC HISTORY
1961 – reigning on the American charts is Ray Charles with 'Hit the road Jack'.
1965 – in the No.1 spot on the American singles chart is The Beatles with 'Yesterday'.
1971 – on the British charts at No. 1 is Rod Stewart with 'Maggie May'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1937 - Pat Burke, singer in The Foundations.
1940 - John Lennon, cofounder and member of the legendary group The Beatles.
1948 - Jackson Browne, singer.
1957 - Ini Kamoze, singer, whose real name is Cecil Campbell.
