The United States invade Iraq, assisted by the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland
The Iraq War, which was termed illegal by then UN Secretary, Kofi Annan, caused hundreds of thousands of Iraqi deaths.
Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway
12 people died and thousands are wounded after members of the religious cult, Aum Shinrikyo, had places containers leaking sarin on 5 different trains.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry
After the wedding in Gibraltar, the artists spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam with a Bed-In for Peace, which lasted a whole week.
Albert Einstein presents his general theory of relativity
The revolutionary theory describes the interdependency of matter on the one hand and space and time on the other. It is one of the most influential theories in Physics.
- 1984 Fernando Torres
Spanish footballer - 1959 Sting
American wrestler - 1957 Spike Lee
American actor, director, screenwriter, producer - 1939 Brian Mulroney
Canadian politician 18th Prime Minister of Canada - 1828 Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian poet, playwright, director
- 2004 Juliana of the Netherlands
- 1925 George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
English politician, Governor-General of India - 1897 Apollon Maykov
Russian poet - 1793 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Scottish judge, politician - 1726 Isaac Newton
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, theologian
