Today in history

1066 : William the Conqueror invades England

1187 : Saladins army marches into Jerusalem

1521 : Turkish troops occupy Belgrade

1567 : War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX

1650 : Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (UK)

1793 : Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine

1829 : London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)

1915 : First transcontinental radio telephone message is sent

1927 : Telephone service begins between US & Mexico

1930 : NYC College offers first course in radio advertising

1936 : Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign

1938 : Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler Mussolini Daladier & Chamberlain

1950 : Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories

1958 : Summertime Blues' by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8

1977 : Billy Joel's The Stranger is released (containing 'Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)' 'Just the Way You Are' and 'Only the Good Die Young'

1989 : Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills

1995 : OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury

1996 : Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)

2008 : The Dow loses 777 points the biggest one-day point decline ever. The drop comes after the House of Representatives votes down a 700 billion Dollars bank bailout plan

2019 : The Sunday Times carries fresh allegations about the relationship between Boris Johnson and Jennifer Arcuri alleging the two were engaged in an affair; Johnson denies any conflict of interest

2020 : The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million (0.012 % of the world-population).

2024 : Austrian legislative election: Far-right Freedom Party secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the National Council. The results are deemed the first far-right win since World War II.