World Events Today
- American Express, the multinational financial services company, also known more simply as Amex, was founded today in 1850
- The London–Paris telephone system officially opened today in 1891
- Following his acts of “Civil Disobedience”, Mahatma Gandhi started a 6 year prison sentence today in 1922
Entertainment Events Today
- Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax, the Dutch Football club usually known more simply as Ajax, was founded today in 1900
- The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman, were fined 5 pounds each for public urination today in 1965
- England won the inaugural Six Nations Rugby Championship today in 2000
Family Events Today
- Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, died today in 1745 aged 68
- The mechanical engineer Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine, was born today in 1858
- Alexander Gordon Higgins, better known as the Northern Irish snooker legend Alex “Hurricane” Higgins, was born today in 1949 in Belfast
Main Event Today
- The Russian cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov exited the capsule of his spacecraft today in 1965, he became the first man to walk in space
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Sloppy Joe Day