Historical Events
1794
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1879
Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany.
1900
The US adopts the Gold Standard Act.
1939
Slovakia declares independence from Czechoslovakia.
2018
Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, dies at age 76.
Famous Birthdays
1804
Johann Strauss I
Austrian composer who popularized the Viennese waltz.
1879
Albert Einstein
German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1933
Michael Caine
English actor known for The Dark Knight and Hannah and Her Sisters.
1958
Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and Master of the Queen's Music.
1979
Ryan Phillippe
American actor known for Cruel Intentions and Flags of Our Fathers.
