Todays History

The first crossword puzzle by Arthur Wynne is published in the New York World.

26.5 million pounds worth of currency was stolen from the headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Henry II of England is crowned as King at Westminster Abbey.

Richard Walker discovers Saturn’s moon Epimetheus.

The first issue of Vogue magazine is published

The last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan occurs.

46 people are killed as the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapses.

The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened.

The Neuengamme concentration camp is opened in Hamburg, Germany.

Calcutta is replaced by Delhi as the capital of India.