Todays History

“We begin bombing in five minutes”; United States President Ronald Reagan jokes when preparing to make his weekly address on National Public Radio.

The Magellan space probe reaches the planet Venus.

Betty Boop made her first cartoon appearance.

The ‘Quit India Movement’ is launched in India against the British rule.

The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail.

The worlds oldest tree, Prometheus, is cut down.

The Mayflower departs from Southampton for its first attempt to reach North America.

Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to win in the Battle of Lonato.

The world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, US.

Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to develop a nuclear weapon.