Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
Wayne Rooney apologized to a 9-year-old fan after accidentally breaking his wrist.
The UK government recognized British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language.
Donna Summer received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
East Germany holds its first and only free parliamentary elections.
$500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, US.
A 100 feet (30 meter) high wave destroys a Peruvian mining camp and kills hundreds of people.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
The Évian Accords are signed, ending the Algerian War.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.
The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
King George I of Greece was assassinated while out on a walk in Thessaloniki.
American Astronomer William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, one of Saturn's moons.
Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada.
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
Valletta was made the capital city of Malta.
