Historical Events
46
Julius Caesar dedicates the Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome.
1580
Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the globe.
1789
Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first US Secretary of State.
1960
The first televised US presidential debate between Nixon and Kennedy.
2014
43 students disappear in the Iguala mass kidnapping in Mexico.
Famous Birthdays
1791
Friedrich Bessel
German astronomer who was the first to measure the distance to a star.
1888
T.S. Eliot
British poet known for The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
1889
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher known for Being and Time.
1914
Jack LaLanne
American fitness guru known as the "Godfather of Fitness."
1948
Olivia Newton-John
British-Australian singer known for Grease and Physical.
