TODAY, IN HISTORY
778 - King Louis the Pious born (d. 840)
1319 - King John II of France born(d. 1364)
1521 - Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire
1828 - Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter, died (b. 1746)
1862 - American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
1867 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, born (d. 1912)
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor, writer, songwriter, composer, and film producer, born (d. 1977)
1958 - Rosalind Franklin, British chemist, died (b. 1920)
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 - Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
2008 - Democratic senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama participate in the final Democratic primary debate of 2008 in Philadelphia.
OH, YEAH. AND IN 1989, DPAK WAS BORN. FUCK YEAH, I'M 21!!!!
And totes just realized that Charlie Chaplin was born exactly 100 years before me. XD
1319 - King John II of France born(d. 1364)
1521 - Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire
1828 - Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter, died (b. 1746)
1862 - American Civil War: A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.
1867 - Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, born (d. 1912)
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor, writer, songwriter, composer, and film producer, born (d. 1977)
1958 - Rosalind Franklin, British chemist, died (b. 1920)
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 - Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
2008 - Democratic senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama participate in the final Democratic primary debate of 2008 in Philadelphia.
OH, YEAH. AND IN 1989, DPAK WAS BORN. FUCK YEAH, I'M 21!!!!
And totes just realized that Charlie Chaplin was born exactly 100 years before me. XD