Today in history

1812 : Napoleon invades Russia

1849 : Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky)

1918 : First airplane bombing raid by an American unit in France

1923 : Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down 12 m above ground in New York City.

1944 : First V1 rocket assault on London

1964 : Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa

1965 : The Big Bang theory of creation of the universe is supported by the announcement of the discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies.

1965 : The Rolling Stones release 'I can't get no Satisfaction'

1981 : The movie 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark', starring Harrison Ford, premieres

1982 : 750.000 anti-nuclear demonstrators rally in Central Park, New York City

2002 : Kirch Holding (German Media group) declares bankrupcy

2008 : Ireland votes to reject the Treaty of Lisbon in the only referendum to be held by a European Union member state on the treaty

2011 : Arab Spring: Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey as Syrian troops lay siege to Jisr ash-Shugur

2018 : The 2018 North Korea-United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a United States President and the North Korean leader