Historical Events
1876
Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for the telephone.
1965
Bloody Sunday: Civil rights marchers are attacked by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
1989
Iran breaks diplomatic relations with Britain over the Salman Rushdie affair.
2003
Space Shuttle Columbia's crew is posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
2009
The Kepler space telescope is launched to search for Earth-like planets.
Famous Birthdays
1765
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
French inventor and pioneer of photography.
1849
Luther Burbank
American botanist who developed over 800 strains of plants.
1875
Ravel
French composer known for Boléro.
1927
Anthony Burgess
English writer and composer known for A Clockwork Orange.
1964
Bryan Cranston
American actor known for Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle.
