2021
Lil Nas X released a children's book called 'C is for Country.'[1]
1993
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.[1]
1972
President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.[1]
1959
The world's most famous clown 'Bozo' premiered live on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California, US.[1]
1959
Singer Buddy Holly's last song was released.[1]
1933
Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.[1]
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female American governor.[1]
1914
The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.[1]
1896
Austrian newspaper called 'Die Presse' released Willhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.[1]
1757
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.[1]
1709
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.[1]
1643
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.[1]
1531
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.[1]