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(Public) On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day

In 1381 St Colette abbess/reformer (Poor Clares), born.
In 1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.
In 1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter.
In 1628 Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose), born.
In 1888 National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC).
In 1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to ONE MILE.
In 1919 Robert Stack LA Calif, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane), born.
In 1930 Mickey Mouse comic strip 1st appears.
In 1941 James Joyce novelist, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 58.
In 1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast.
In 1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies.
In 1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban.
In 1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson rocker (Madness-Our House), born.
In 1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus NYC, comedienne (SNL, Steinfeld, Day by Day), born.
In 1986 Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen.
In 1987 7 top NY Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each.
In 1988 Ching-Kao Chiang president of Taiwan, dies at 81.
In 1989 Friday the 13th virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain.
In 1989 Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq.
In 1991 UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.