World Events Today
- During World War II, after receiving favorable weather reports today in 1944, General Eisenhower decided to proceed with the D-Day invasion the next day
- Robert Kennedy, the brother of the former President of the United States, John F Kennedy, was shot today in 1968, he died from his wounds the next day
- The Duke of Windsor, the title given to Edward VIII, the former King of the United Kingdom, following his abdication, was laid to rest today in 1972
Entertainment Events Today
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the anti-slavery novel by the American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, was first published today in 1851
- The American science fiction comedy-drama movie The Truman Show, starring Jim Carrey, went on general release in the United States today in 1998
- The American heist comedy movie Ocean’s 8, which follows a group of women led by Debbie Ocean, premiered today in 2018 at the Alice Tully Hall in New York
Family Events Today
- The British economist John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, was born today in 1993 in Cambridge
- Ronald Reagan, the American actor and then politician, who served as the 40th President of the United States, died today in 2004 aged 93
- The businessman Alan Bond, who was born in England, but spent much of his life in Australia, died today in 2015 aged 77
Main Event Today
- The first Orient Express train left Paris for Vienna today in 1883
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Gingerbread Day