1830 ~ Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.

1880 ~ Birthday of Damon Runyon, Writer.

1883 ~ First run of the Orient Express.

1903 ~ Birthday of John Vincent Atanasoff, one of the inventors of the digital electronic computer.

1924 ~ Birthday of Charlton Heston, Actor.

1941 ~ Birthday of Anne Rice, horror/fantasy writer.

1943 ~ Birthday of H. Rap Brown, civil rights activist.

1957 ~ Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

1991 ~ The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was opened for signature.

1993 ~ At the climax of the Russian constitutional crisis, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the army to begin storming the Russian parliament building.


Holidays: Australian Labour Day

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