Todays History

Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico, are shot by a police squad acting under orders of the USA appointed Governor, Blanton Winship.

The general theory of relativity is first published by Albert Einstein.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened to traffic.

The War Relocation Authority is set up in the USA to take Japanese Americans into custody.

The B-45 Tornado strategic bomber flies for the first time.

During the Despenser Wars, The Battle of Boroughbridge take place.

My Fair Lady begin on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

World Maths Day is celebrated for the first time.

Sixteen school children and one teacher are killed in Dunblane, Scotland by Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide.

The St. Francis Dam in California fails. The floods kill over 600 people.