Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
A couple got married at their local Dunkin' Donuts after breaking up their relationship at the same Dunkin' Donuts 25 years prior.
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reached Earth.
Chicago, the film based on the musical and directed by Rob Marshall, was released.
After forty years as a fascist nation, Spain transitioned to a democratic government.
Leonard Cohen released his debut album 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' through Columbia Records.
The Supremes first appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' singing 'Come See About Me.'
Indonesia gains independence from the Dutch.
Twenty-nine nations came together to sign an agreement that created the International Monetary Fund.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City.
Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919 begins.
The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.
The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
Anesthesia used for the first time for childbirth.
Charles Darwin begins his journey on the HMS Beagle.
The 'Flushing Remonstrance' petition was signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which protested the ban on Quaker worship.
Spain decreed the Laws of Burgos, the first set of laws that attempted to govern Spaniards abroad in the Americas.
Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
