World Events Today
- The Frenchman Louis Blériot became the first man to fly an aircraft across the English Channel today in 1909, he flew from Calais in France to Dover in England
- The Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space today in 1984
- A French Concorde exploded soon after take-off from Charles de Gaulle airport today in 2000, all 109 people on board lost their lives
Entertainment Events Today
- The original version of You Can’t Hurry Love, recorded by The Supremes on the Motown label, was released today in 1966
- Kill ‘Em All, the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, was released today in 1983
- The 25th Summer Olympic Games opened today in 1992 in Barcelona
Family Events Today
- The American actress and comedian Estelle Getty, best known for playing Sophia Petrillo in The Golden Girls, was born today in 1923 in New York
- The American actor Matt LeBlanc, who rose to fame as Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends, was born today in 1967 in Massachusetts
- Harry Patch, the last surviving combat soldier of World War I from any country, died today in 2009 aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day
Main Event Today
- Louise Joy Brown was the first human born by “in vitro fertilisation”, better known as IVF, today in 1978 in Oldham, England
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Merry-Go-Round Day