Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic
All 228 people on board died in the crash. It took two years to find and recover the wreckage from the ocean floor.
Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) ends 90 years of white rule
In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe achieved sovereignty from the United Kingdom.
The first group of Berlin women start clearing the rubble of World War II
In Germany, the Trümmerfrauen are a well-known symbol for a new beginning after the total desolation in the aftermath of the war, and for the Wirtschaftswunder, the rapid reconstruction of Germany’s economy through hard labor.
The British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
It is the location where the Earth’s magnetic field points directly downwards. It lies in the vicinity of the Geographic North Pole.
- 1982 Justine Henin
Belgian tennis player - 1974 Alanis Morissette
Canadian/American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress - 1937 Morgan Freeman
American actor, producer - 1926 Marilyn Monroe
American model, actress, singer - 1907 Frank Whittle
English engineer, inventor, developed the jet engine
- 2008 Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion designer - 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian - 1952 John Dewey
American philosopher, psychologist - 1868 James Buchanan
American politician, 15th President of the United States - 1830 Swaminarayan
Indian religious leader
