World Events Today
- The Roman dictator, politician and military general Julius Caesar, was assassinated today in 44 BC
- The internet domain name symbolics.com was registered today in 1985, it is the oldest registered domain name in existence
- Mikhail Gorbachev became the President of the Soviet Union today in 1990
Entertainment Events Today
- The English actor and director Sir Laurence Olivier, as Hamlet, appeared on the cover of Life Magazine today in 1948
- The American restaurant chain TGI Fridays opened its first restaurant today in 1965, it was in New York City
- The American crime movie The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, premiered in New York today in 1972
Family Events Today
- The British model and television personality Penny Lancaster, the wife of the British rock singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, was born today in 1971 in Chelmsford
- The French footballer Paul Pogba, who has been a Manchester United player twice, was born today in 1993 in Lagny-sur-Marne
- The English celebrity cook Clarissa Dickson Wright, one of the “Two Fat Ladies” duo, died today in 2014 aged 66
Main Event Today
- In the Google DeepMind Challenge Match today in 2016, AlphaGo, a computer Go program developed by Google DeepMind, beat Lee Sedol, a former South Korean professional Go player of 9 dan rank
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Everything You Think is Wrong Day