EVENTS:
- 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
- 1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
- 1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.
- 1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
- 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
- 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter‘s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- 2012 – A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities
- 2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia.
- 2022 – Russian forces capture the city of Kherson during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which subsequently began the start of the Russian occupation and military-civilian administration in Kherson.Kherson is the only regional capital in Ukraine that Russia captured.
BIRTHS:
- 1904 – Dr. Seuss,American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist.
- 1935 – Gene Stallings, American football player and coach
- 1936 – Haroon Ahmed, Pakistani-English engineer and academic
- 1947 – Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager
- 1973 – Trevor Sinclair, English footballer and manager
- 1978 – Lee Hodges, English footballer and manager
- 1979 – Jim Troughton, English cricketer
- 1979 – Nicky Weaver, English footballer
- 1980 – Chris Barker, English footballer and manager
- 1982 – Corey Webster, American football player
- 1989 – Chris Woakes, English cricketer
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
- Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)
- Jamahiriya Day (Libya)
- Peasants’ Day (Burma)
- Texas Independence Day
- Victory at Adwa Day (Ethiopia)
