Today in History
Listings for Saturday, April 20, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 121 Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, philosopher
- 1808 Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
- 1889 Adolf Hitler, in Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany
- 1893 Harold Lloyd, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
- 1924 Nina Foch
- 1941 Ryan O'Neal
- 1949 Jessica Lange
- 1959 Clint Howard
- 1972 Carmen Electra
- 1976 Joey Lawrence
Events:
- Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
- 1775 British begin siege of Boston
- 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium
- 1914 Company guards massacre 21 striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado.
- 1940 First electron microscope demonstrated, Philadelphia, PA
- 1973 Canadian ANIK A2 became first commercial satellite in orbit
- 1978 Korean Air Lines 707 forced to land; violated Soviet airspace
That's all for today.
