Historical Events
1633
Galileo arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy from the Inquisition.
1689
William III and Mary II are proclaimed joint sovereigns of England.
1945
Allied forces begin the controversial bombing of Dresden, Germany.
1960
France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Algerian Sahara.
2008
Australia formally apologizes to Aboriginal Australians for past injustices.
Famous Birthdays
1740
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Russian explorer who led the first Antarctic expedition.
1805
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
German mathematician who contributed to number theory.
1923
Chuck Yeager
American Air Force officer and the first pilot to break the sound barrier.
1933
Kim Novak
American actress known for Vertigo.
1950
Peter Gabriel
English musician and co-founder of Genesis, known for Sledgehammer.
