Historical Events
401
Visigoth forces sack the city of Aquileia in northeast Italy.
1849
Fyodor Dostoevsky's death sentence is commuted at the last moment before execution.
1944
General McAuliffe responds to German surrender demand with "Nuts!"
1989
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is reopened after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
2001
Richard Reid attempts to detonate his shoe bomb aboard a Paris-Miami flight.
Famous Birthdays
1696
James Oglethorpe
English general and philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia.
1858
Giacomo Puccini
Italian opera composer known for La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.
1883
Edgar Cayce
American mystic who claimed to have psychic abilities.
1945
Diane Sawyer
American television journalist and former anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
1962
Ralph Fiennes
British actor known for Schindler's List and the Harry Potter series.
