World Events Today
- The National Geographic Society was incorporated today in 1888
- During a launch rehearsal, all three crew members of Apollo 1 were killed today in 1967, when the command module caught fire
- The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was signed today in 1973
Entertainment Events Today
- The first ever Tarzan of the Apes movie, a silent version directed by Scott Sidney, was released today in 1918
- Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley, was released today in 1956, it became his first million-selling single
- Following a kung-fu style attack on a fan today in 1995, Manchester United’s Eric Cantona, was fined £20,000 and banned from playing football
Family Events Today
- The Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born today in 1756 in Salzburg
- The English writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was born today in 1832 in Daresbury
- British naval officer Edward John Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage, was born today in 1850 in Stoke-on-Trent
Main Event Today
- The Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated today in 1945, by troops from the Soviet Union
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Chocolate Cake Day