World Events Today
- Napoleon Bonaparte staged a coup d’etat to become First Consul of France today in 1799, he would go on to crown himself as Emperor in 1804
- Jack The Ripper’s 5th and most likely final victim, Mary Jane Kelly, was found dead in her bed in Whitechapel, London, today in 1888
- Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, started today in 1938, throughout Germany and Austria, Jewish properties, businesses and synagogues were vandalised and destroyed
Entertainment Events Today
- John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time today in 1966, it was at the Indica Gallery in London, where she was preparing her art exhibition
- The first issue of Rolling Stone, the American magazine focused on popular culture, was published today in 1967
- The horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Robert Englund as Freddie Krueger, was released today in 1984
Family Events Today
- The Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas died today in 1953 aged just 39
- The Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant married Maureen Wilson today in 1968, they had 3 children before divorcing in 1983
- The French army officer and statesman, Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, died today in 1970 aged 79
Main Event Today
- The Berlin Wall, an iconic symbol of the Cold War which divided East and West Berlin, was opened for the first time today in 1989
National Day Today
- Today, it’s National Scrapple Day