you're so vain, i bet you think this song is about you...
1815 - Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
1916 - Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity.
1969 - In Gibraltar, John Lennon and Yoko Ono get married.
1986 - Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France. (Qui est-ce, classe? C'est Jacques Chirac!!)
[a few] Other births on this day:
43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet
1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (A Doll's House! Hedda Gabler! *wallows in it*)
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer (YES.)
1928 - Fred Rogers, American TV host
1984 - Christy Carlson Romano, American actress (fuckin Kim Possible!)
[a few] Deaths on this day:
1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist
1730 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress
Observances:
The second day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva. (Minerva = Athena. YESkay.)
The vernal equinox usually occurs on this day.
Feast of Saint Alexandra (who is actually Alexandra the last Empress of Russia, of the Romanovs, mother of Anastasia, yadda yadda yadda.... go figure? Who knew she was canonized??)
*fascinat'd*