World Events Today
- The Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of World War I, ended in German defeat today in 1916, there was an estimated 800,000 or so casualties
- Project SCORE, which stands for, Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment, the world’s first purpose-built communications satellite was launched today in 1958, from Cape Canaveral
- A meteor, with more than 10 times the energy of the atomic blast at Hiroshima, exploded about 16 miles, 26 kilometers, above the Bering Sea today in 2018
Entertainment Events Today
- Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Nutcracker Suite, premiered today in 1892 in Saint Petersburg
- The Pink Panther movie, featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, played by Peter Sellers, was released today in 1963
- With just 7 wins from his first 17 Premier League games, José Mourinho was sacked as manager of Manchester United today in 2018
Family Events Today
- Joseph Stalin, the Dictator and General Secretary of the Soviet Union, was born today in 1878 in Georgia
- The co-founder of the British Rock band the Rolling Stones, Keith Richard, was born today in 1943 in Dartford
- The American movie maker Steven Allan Spielberg, whose hit movies include the classics Jaws and ET, was born today in 1946 in Cincinnati
Main Event Today
- Charles Dawson announced the discovery of Piltdown Man, the “missing link” between ape and man, today in 1912, it was later proven to be a hoax
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Roast Suckling Pig Day