Apr 08, 2006 17:07
Facts: 1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
1610_ Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons.
1953- President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
Births: 1 BC (O.S.) - Jesus of Nazareth, central figure of Christianity, date celebrated by Eastern Orthodox churches as Christmas (d. circa AD 30)
1939 - Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Connie Chung's husband
Death: 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485)