612 ~ Birthday of Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor.

1469 ~ Birthday of Nicolò Machiavelli, Historian and Political Author.

1810 ~ Lord Byron swims the Hellespont. It was one of those things that couldn’t be done.

1889 ~ Birthday of Golda Meir, PM of Israel.

1906 ~ Birthday of Mary Astor, Actress.

1912 ~ The first victims of the RMS Titanic are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1951 ~ London's Royal Festival Hall opens.

1959 ~ Birthday of Ben Elton, Comedian & Author.

1982 ~ Falklands War: The HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile and sinks.

2000 ~ Datapoint, the company that commissioned the Intel 8008 microprocessor, declares bankruptcy.


Today is World Press Freedom Day.

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