An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti
Most of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.
The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq
President George H. W. Bush was given the authority to use military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
Led Zeppelin releases their debut album
The album was imaginatively named “Led Zeppelin”.
James Bedford is frozen with intent of future resuscitation
Bedford was the first human to be cryonically preserved; his body awaits resuscitation in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Scientist Lee de Forest’s broadcast was heard by an audience of 50.
- 1968 Heather Mills
English model, activist - 1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru - 1916 P. W. Botha
South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa - 1876 Jack London
American author - 1729 Edmund Burke
Irish politician, philosopher
- 2005 Amrish Puri
Indian actor - 2003 Maurice Gibb
English singer-songwriter bass player, producer - 1976 Agatha Christie
English author - 1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
English Admiral - 1856 Ľudovít Štúr
Slovak politician, author
