родились:
1473 – Friedrich of Saxony
1797 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano
1966 – Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
Oskar von Reuentahl (Legend of Galactic Heroes)
Yui Hongo (Fushigi Yuugi)
померли:
899 – Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
1633 – Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (кстати, в русской версии страницы о нём забыли, в отличие от кучи американских киноактёров. процветание патриотизма?)
прочее:
1917 – World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany.
1959 – The world sees the far side of the Moon for the first time
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
День Тёщи в штатах