The world’s tallest tower is opened to the public
At 643 meters (2080 feet), the Tokyo Skytree in Japan’s capital city is also the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Its prime purpose is relaying TV and radio signals.
The worst air crash involving a Boeing 737 kills 158
Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway on landing at Mangalore International Airport. It fell over a cliff and burst into flames. The 737 is the world’s most widely flown aircraft.
The arcade game Pac-Man is released
The game featuring a dot-munching round yellow figure moving through a maze has become one of the best-known video games in history. It was produced by Namco.
The Wright brothers’ flying machine is patented
The American aviation pioneers are credited with having performed “the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.” (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)
- 1959 Morrissey
English singer-songwriter, pianist - 1930 Harvey Milk
American lieutenant, politician, activist - 1907 Hergé
Belgian illustrator - 1859 Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician, author - 1813 Richard Wagner
German composer, director
- 2013 Henri Dutilleux
French composer - 1992 Zellig Harris
American linguist - 1967 Langston Hughes
American poet, author - 1885 Victor Hugo
French author, poet, playwright - 337 Constantine the Great
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