Historical Events
1768
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.
1861
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union.
1905
Bloody Sunday: Tsarist troops fire on peaceful protesters in St. Petersburg, Russia.
2007
Steve Jobs announces the first iPhone at the Macworld Conference.
2015
Hostage standoff at Hyper Cacher supermarket in Paris ends; 4 hostages killed.
Famous Birthdays
1890
Karel ฤapek
Czech playwright who coined the word "robot" in his play R.U.R.
1908
Simone de Beauvoir
French existentialist philosopher and author of The Second Sex.
1913
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States who resigned due to the Watergate scandal.
1941
Joan Baez
American folk singer and civil rights activist.
1969
Dave Matthews
Musician and frontman of the Dave Matthews Band.
