Today in History

Historical Events

1633 - 14-year-old Mughal prince Aurangzeb, the future Emperor Alamgir I, survives an elephant attack
1958 - Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1993 - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill win
2016 - Iris Apfel is awarded the Women Together Special Award of the Year at the 12th Annual Women Together Gala in New York City
2018 - Mars Curiosity Rover finds organic matter, including methane, on Mars in studies published in journal "Science"

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Famous Birthdays

1920 - Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), born in La Hoguette, France (d. 1997)
1955 - William Forsythe, American actor (Raising Arizona; Once Upon a Time in America; Boardwalk Empire), born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
1960 - Jim Hartung, American gymnast (Olympic gold Team 1984), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2026)
1976 - Cassidy Rae, American actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa), born in Clermont, Florida