On this day in 1962 threats were being traded between the Soviet Union and the United States of America in the run up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Uganda gained independence from Britain and Telstar by The Tornados was number 1. Oh yeah... and I was born.Also on this day...
1201: French theologian, Robert de Sorbon born.
1757: Charles X of France born.
1776: A group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
1908: Actor, Jaques Tati born.
1936: Actor, Brian Blessed born.
1940: St Pauls bombed but dome is undamaged.
1940: Rock musician, John Lennon born.
1958: Pope Pius XII died.
1958: Rock musician, Eddie Cochrane recorded 'C'Mon Everybody'.
1963: Over 2,000 people were killed in northeast Italy when the Vaiont Dam was overrun by water.
1967: Guerrilla leader, Che Guevara is shot dead in Bolivia.
1969: Rock musician, PJ Harvey born
1974: Oskar Schindler died in Frankfurt, Germany.
1975: Man killed in Picadilly bomb blast.
1985: Actor and director, Orson Welles dies.
1990: McDonald's opens its first restaurant in China in Shenzhen
2007: The Dow Jones industrial average closed at an all-time high of 14,164.53.
2008: The Dow Jones industrials fell below 9,000 for the first time in five years
2009: President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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