Banksy's famous 'Girl With Balloon' was sold for £1 million at an auction, then the piece automatically self-destructed by running through a shredder fitted into the frame.
2015
California Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill to legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill persons.
2005
Stephenie Meyer's vampire novel 'Twilight' was published.
1988
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil was ratified.
1984
Marc Garneau became the first Canadian to reach outer space.
1983
AT&T was founded by Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and Thomas Sanders.
1973
Elton John's 7th album, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,' was released.
1970
The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded.
1961
The American romantic comedy 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
1930
Britain's R101 airship crashed in France on its maiden voyage.
1916
During World War I, as a soldier, Adolf Hitler was injured by a grenade blast.
1892
Notorious American outlaws, The Dalton Brothers, set out to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
1864
The Great Cyclone of Calcutta hit India and destroyed over half the city.
816 AD
King Louis the Pious was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
