Historical Events
1494
Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica.
1818
Karl Marx is born in Trier, Prussia (now Germany).
1821
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of St. Helena.
1961
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Freedom 7.
2021
The SpaceX SN15 Starship prototype successfully lands for the first time.
Famous Birthdays
1818
Karl Marx
German philosopher and economist who wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.
1846
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for Quo Vadis.
1913
Tyrone Power
American actor known for his swashbuckling roles in the 1930s and 1940s.
1942
Tammy Wynette
American country singer known as the "First Lady of Country Music."
1988
Adele
British singer-songwriter known for Someone Like You and Hello.
