Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
Lil Nas X released a children's book called 'C is for Country.'
The solar system's largest known dwarf planet is discovered.
The MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America's first space shuttle.
The Prague Spring begins.
The world's most famous clown 'Bozo' premiered live on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California, US.
Singer Buddy Holly's last song was released.
Pioneering English pilot Amy Johnson went missing after bailing out of her plane over the Thames River.
Construction of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco began.
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female American governor.
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.
Austrian newspaper called 'Die Presse' released Willhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays.
Alfred Dreyfus is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Louis XV of France survived an attempt on his life from Robert-François Damiens, a lowly domestic servant.
The Great Frost of Europe killed thousands of people.
The first legal divorce of the American colonies was granted to Anne Clarke.
King Henry VIII was forbidden to remarry in a letter sent to him by Pope Clement VII.
