World Events Today
- India, became a sovereign democratic republic today in 1949
- France launched its first satellite today in 1965, originally called A-1, it was later renamed Asterix, after the popular French comic character
- The Brink’s Mat robbery took place today in 1983, 26 million pounds worth of gold, diamonds, and cash, were taken from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport, much of it went unrecovered
Entertainment Events Today
- The National Hockey League, the NHL, was founded today in 1917
- The romantic drama movie Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, was released today in 1942
- The British punk rock band, The Sex Pistols, released their first single, Anarchy in the UK, today in 1976
Family Events Today
- Charles Monroe Schulz, the American cartoonist and creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, was born today in 1922 in Minnesota
- Anna Mae Bullock, better known as the American singer, songwriter, Tina Turner, was born today in 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee
- Frank Davidson Fraser, better known as the English gangster Mad Frankie Fraser, who spent almost half his life in prison, died today in 2014 aged 90
Main Event Today
- The final Concorde flight flew out from London Heathrow into the Bay of Biscay today in 2003, it landed back at Filton Airport in Bristol
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Cake Day