World Events Today
- The President of the United States, John F Kennedy, declared ex-British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, an honorary citizen of the United States today in 1963
- The funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the wife of King George VI, was held today in 2002 at Westminster Abbey in London
- Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker-Bowles today in 2005, it was a low-key civil ceremony held at Windsor Guildhall
Entertainment Events Today
- The oldest recorded human voice, a ten-second fragment of the French folk song Au Clair de la Lune, was recorded today in 1860, by the French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville
- The comedian Bob Hope, made his television debut today in 1947 on the NBC network
- The American political thriller movie All the President’s Men, which was based on the Watergate scandal, was released today in 1976
Family Events Today
- The founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner, was born today in 1926 in Chicago
- Severiano Ballesteros Sota, better known as the Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros, winner of 5 majors, was born today in 1957
- The American actress Cynthia Nixon, who gained fame as Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City, was born today in 1966 in New York
Main Event Today
- The toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue, in Firdos Square in Baghdad, occurred today in 2003
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Unicorn Day