World Events Today
- The French engineer Paul Cornu flew the world’s first helicopter today in 1907
- The former actor Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for President of the United States today in 1979
- Over 50% of Swedish citizens voted to join the European Union today in 1994, Sweden subsequently joined on the 1st of January 1995
Entertainment Events Today
- GoldenEye, the seventeenth James Bond movie, starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Judi Dench as M, was released today in 1995
- The musical The Lion King officially opened today in 1997, at The New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City
- The sequel to the animated comedy movie Toy Story, Toy Story 2, was released today in 1999
Family Events Today
- The Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, whose most famous work was Treasure Island, was born today in 1850, in Edinburgh
- The American actress Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known as Whoopi Goldberg, was born today in 1955, in New York City
- The American television host James Christian Kimmel, better known as Jimmy Kimmel, was born today in 1967, in New York City
Main Event Today
- Over 100 people were killed during a series of co-ordinated terrorist attacks in Paris today in 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Indian Pudding Day