Todays History

The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England, UK.

Astronomers discover the rings around the planet Uranus.

The Barbie doll makes is first shown at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.

Alexander Graham Bell is get a patent for the ‘telephone’.

The drug company Bayer registers “Aspirin” as a trademark.

Sir Winston Churchill first coins the phrase “Iron Curtain” in a lecture at Westminster College, Missouri.

The Real IRA explode a car bomb in front of the BBC Television Centre in London.

The trial of Oscar Pistorius starts in Pretoria.

Ho Chi Minh becomes the President of North Vietnam.