Spike Lee 1957 - Movie director
- 1792 - In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approved the use of the guillotine.
- 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," subtitled "Life Among the Lowly," was first published.
- 1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group..
- 1897 - The first intercollegiate basketball game that used five players per team was held. The contest was Yale versus Pennsylvania. Yale won by a score of 32-10.
- 1933 - The first German concentration camp was completed at Dachau.
- 1963 - The first "Pop Art" exhibit began in New York City.
- 1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy called on the U.S. to close all bases in Taiwan.
- 1995 - In Tokyo, 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 others were sickened when packages containing the nerve gas Sarin was released on five separate subway trains. The terrorists belonged to a doomsday cult in Japan.
No comments:
Post a Comment