Historical Events
1528
Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first European to set foot in Texas.
1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th US President.
1919
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is confirmed during a solar eclipse.
1944
The D-Day campaign ends with the liberation of most of France.
1962
The UN condemns South Africa's apartheid policies.
Famous Birthdays
1494
Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan who presided over the apex of the empire's power.
1814
Adolphe Sax
Belgian instrument maker who invented the saxophone.
1851
Charles Henry Dow
American journalist who co-founded the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company.
1931
Mike Nichols
American director known for The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1955
Maria Shriver
American television journalist and former First Lady of California.
