Historical Events
31
Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1666
The Great Fire of London begins, burning for five days.
1945
Japan signs its formal surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri, ending WWII.
1963
Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks two Black students from enrolling at University of Alabama.
1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Nova Scotia, killing 229 people.
Famous Birthdays
1850
Eugene Field
American poet known for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
1877
Frederick Soddy
British chemist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering isotopes.
1924
Daniel Keyes
American author known for Flowers for Algernon.
1948
Christa McAuliffe
American teacher who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
1964
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor known for The Matrix and Speed.
