World Events Today
- John Glenn, onboard Friendship 7, became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth today in 1962, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was first, about a year earlier
- Eleven men, “The Shankill Butchers”, an Ulster loyalist gang, were convicted of 19 murders and given 42 life sentences today in 1979
- Donald Trump won the South Carolina Republican primary today in 2016
Entertainment Events Today
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art on New York’s Fifth Avenue, opened today in 1872
- One of the most popular ballets in the world, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, premiered today in 1877 in Moscow
- The Toronto Maple Leafs, played their first NHL home game at the new Air Canada Centre today in 1999, they beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2
Family Events Today
- The former model and ex-wife of Donald Trump, Ivana Trump, was born today in 1949 in Moravia, Czechoslovakia
- The British actor and comedian John Cleese, married his co-star, the American actress Connie Booth, today in 1968, they both wrote and starred in the hit comedy series Fawlty Towers
- The Barbadian singer-songwriter Rihanna, whose hits include What’s My Name and We Found Love, was born today in 1988
Main Event Today
- The Mir Space Station, the first continuously inhabited long-term research station in orbit, was launched today in 1986
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Cherry Pie Day