Todays History

Donald Duck makes his debut in the cartoon, The Wise Little Hen.

Universal Pictures is incorporated.

The first Cricket World Cup begins in England.

Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s brother) is crowned King of Spain.

Five people are reported in Los Angeles, CA to have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems. This was…

The Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing are violently ended by the People’s Liberation Army. At least 241 people are killed.

The volcano Mount Unzen erupts in Kyushu, Japan, killing 43 researchers and journalists.

Vandals enter Rome and plunder the city for two weeks

Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released by The Beatles.