throughout history

• 539 BC – Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile.
• 1091 – London Tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
• 1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
• 1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
• 1917 – First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
• 1931 – Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.
• 1979 – Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.

Holidays/Special Days

• Christian Feast Day: Ignatius of Antioch
• Dessalines Day (Haiti)
• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (International)
• Loyalty Day (Argentina)

I share my birthday with...

• Jacques Cazotte (1719)
• Syed Ahmad Khan (1817)
• Arthur Miller (1917)
• Rita Hayworth (1917)
• Mae Jemison (1956)
• Evel Knievel (1938)
• Ziggy Marley (1968)
• Wyclef Jean (1969)
• Sharon Leal (1972)