In 1925 the fighter for the civil rights of blacks, Malcolm X, is born.
In 1935 the British archaeologist and writer Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia, dies.
In 1962 Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of Happy Birthday for U. S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.
In 1974 the Hungarian inventor and architect Erno Rubik invented the mechanical puzzle Rubik's Cube.
In 2003 hundreds of Albert Einstein's scientific papers, personal letters and humanist essays were make available on the Internet. Einstein had given the papers to the Hebrew Universtiy of Jerusalem in his will.
MUSIC HISTORY
1973 - Stevie Wonder is No. 1 on the American singles chart with 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'.
1978 - Dire Straits released their first major label single 'Sultans Of Swing'.
1979 - Supertramp went to No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Breakfast In America', this LP featured 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'.
1990 - Madonna is No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Vogue'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1945 - Pete Townshend, vocal in group The Who (1965 'My Generation').
1952 - Grace Jones, singer (1985 'Slave To The Rhythm').
1960 - Yasmin Evans, British singer, known as Yazz ('The Only Way Is Up').
1992 - Sam Smith, British singer-songwriter (2014 'Stay with Me').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1536 so zaradi prešuštvovanja usmrtili ženo angleškega kralja Henrika VIII. , Anno Boleyn.
Leta 1580 je habsburški nadvojvoda Karel II. od tržaškega škofa Coreta kupil posestvo Lipica s kobilarno kraških konj. Ta datum šteje kot datum ustanovitve Kobilarne Lipica in datum začetka reje lipicanske pasme konj.
Leta 1925 se je rodil borec za državljanske pravice črncev Malcolm X.
Leta 1935 je umrl britanski arheolog in pisatelj Thomas Edward Lawrence, imenovan Lawrence Arabski.
Leta 1962 je Marilyn Monroe zapela Happy Birthday ameriškemu predsedniku Johnu Kennedyju.
Leta 1974 je madžarski izumitelj, kipar in profesor arhitekture Erno Rubik izumil Rubikovo kocko. Priljubljeno miselno igro sestavlja 26 obarvanih kock in jedro, okoli katerega se vrtijo.
Leta 2003 so na stotine znanstvenih dokumentov Alberta Einsteina objavili na svetovnem spletu. Med temi so bile raziskave, osebna pisma, članki, ki jih je Einstein v oporoki zapustil hebrejski univerzi v Jeruzalemu.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1973 - Stevie Wonder je na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov s skladbo 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'.
1978 - Dire Straits izdajo svoj prvi večji hit 'Sultans Of Swing'.
1979 - Supertramp so na vrhu ameriške lestvice z albumom 'Breakfast In America', na katerem so tudi 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' in 'Take the Long Way Home'.
1990 - Madonna je na vrhu ameriške lestvice singlov z 'Vogue'.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1945 - Pete Townshend, pevec skupine The Who (1965 'My Generation').
1952 - Grace Jones (1985 'Slave To The Rhythm').
1960 - Yasmin Evans, britanska pevka, znana kot Yazz ('The Only Way Is Up').
1992 - Sam Smith, britanski pevec (2014 'Stay with Me').
