A large asteroid just misses the Earth
2002 MN, a 73-meter lump, was three times closer to Earth than the Moon. It was first discovered three days after its closest approach.
Albert II becomes the first monkey in space
The rhesus monkey was one of several animals used for testing purposes before sending humans into space. Albert II survived his ascent to 134 km (83 mi) altitude but died on his return to Earth due to a parachute failure.
German troops occupy Paris
The fall of Paris marked the end of Germany’s attacks on the western front. In the Armistice of Compiègne, three-fifths of France was declared occupied.
Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight
The British aviators began their journey in St. John’s, Newfoundland and reached Galway in Ireland less than 16 hours later. One month earlier, Albert Cushing Read flew across the Atlantic, but his flight included a stop in the Azores Islands.
- 1969 Steffi Graf
German tennis player - 1961 Boy George
English singer-songwriter, producer - 1950 Rowan Williams
Welsh bishop, poet, theologian, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury - 1946 Donald Trump
American businessman, 45th President of the United States - 1928 Che Guevara
Argentine/Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, theorist
- 1986 Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer - 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst
British political activist, suffragette - 1920 Max Weber
German economist, sociologist - 1886 Alexander Ostrovsky
Russian playwright - 1662 Henry Vane the Younger
English/American politician
