1996 – The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London
The explosion in London's Canary Wharf left 2 people dead and 39 injured.
1969 – The Boeing 747 flies for the first time
The “Jumbo Jet” was the world's largest passenger aircraft at the time.
1964 – The Beatles embark on their first tour in the United States
Their appearance in the Ed Sullivan Sow marked the beginning of the “British Invasion”
1959 – The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile becomes operational in the USSR
The Soviet R-7 Semyorka missile had a range of 8800 km (5500 mi).
1950 – U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist campaign
On this day, McCarthy accused the U.S. State Department of being infiltrated by communists.
1987 – Magdalena Neuner
German biathlete
1942 – Carole King
American singer-songwriter, pianist
1932 – Gerhard Richter
German painter
1846 – Wilhelm Maybach
German businessman, founded Maybach
1737 – Thomas Paine
English/American theorist, author
1981 – Bill Haley
American singer-songwriter, musician
1957 – Miklós Horthy
Hungarian Admiral, regent
1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author
1857 – Dionysios Solomos
Greek poet
967 – Sayf al-Dawla
Emir of Aleppo
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