Wikipedia goes online
The online encyclopedia has since become the largest reference work on the internet.
Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations
The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as a result.
Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
The fighting continued anyway until the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People’s Army on April 30, 1975.
The rules of Basketball are published
Canadian James Naismith invented the sport for his gym class at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The British Museum opens
Its collection comprises 8 million items and it is one of the most comprehensive collections in the world.
- 1965 James Nesbitt
Irish actor - 1941 Captain Beefheart
American singer-songwriter - 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
American minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate - 1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt - 1622 Molière
French playwright, actor
- 1994 Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician - 1988 Seán MacBride
Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate - 1950 Henry H. Arnold
American general - 1947 Elizabeth Short
American waitress, murder victim - 1919 Rosa Luxemburg
Russian economist, philosopher
