1345 Conjunction of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, thought by scholars at the University of Paris to be the "cause of the plague epidemic" known as the Black Death. Actual cause was the bacterium yersinia pestis spread by fleas, rats and other animals.
Charles I's Failed Escape
1648 King Charles I of England first tries to escape captivity at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight by climbing out of a window but gets stuck [1]
Electric Battery Discovered
1800 Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London
- 1813 Lady Hester Stanhope sets out for ancient city of Palmyra, the first western woman to visit
1819 London's famous Burlington Arcade opens as the world's first shopping arcade
Jesse James Robbery
1868 Jesse James Gang robs a bank in Russellville, Kentucky, stealing $14,000
Sanders Court & Café
1930 American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is founded as Sanders Court & Café by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky
- 1944 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois department store
- 1947 180 tonne blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
The King and I
1954 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical "The King and I," starring Yul Brynner, closes at the St. James Theatre, NYC, after 1,246 performances
- 1964 European Space Research Organization (ESRO) is established
- 1982 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks
Jackson Signs Recording Contract
1991 Michael Jackson signs a $65 million deal with Sony Records to produce six albums
- 2012 Disney movie "John Carter" records one of the largest losses in cinema history with a $200 million dollar write down
2016 Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a three-day tour with First Lady Michelle
- 2019 A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease has helped researchers identify molecules on the skin of people with the disease in Manchester, England
Disney Acquires 21st Century Fox
2019 The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion
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