1986 – Space Shuttle “Challenger” explodes
The orbiter broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 astronauts on board.
1985 – USA for Africa record “We Are the World”
Over 20 million copies of the charity single were sold.
1958 – The Lego brick is patented
The Lego company has since produced 500 billion Lego elements, amounting to 10 lego towers from Earth to the Moon.
1820 – Fabian von Bellinghausen discovers the Antarctic
The Baltic German explorer is believed to be the first person to sight the Earth's southernmost continent.
1813 – Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, is published
It is one of the best-known works of English literature and it was sold about 20 million times.
1978 – Gianluigi Buffon
Italian footballer
1968 – Sarah McLachlan
Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, producer
1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy
French politician, 23rd President of France
1912 – Jackson Pollock
American painter
1853 – José Martí
Cuban journalist, poet, theorist
2002 – Astrid Lindgren
Swedish author, screenwriter
1975 – Ola Raknes
Norwegian psychoanalyst, philologist
1939 – W. B. Yeats
Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate
1547 – Henry VIII of England
814 – Charlemagne
Frankish king
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