Today in history
  • 1609English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
  • 1640Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
  • 1789William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
  • 1850Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar, Germany
  • 1939General Bernard Montgomery ("Monty") becomes commander of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
  • 1943Benito Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
  • 1946Film noir "The Killers" premieres, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway
  • 1963Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream speech" addressing civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • 1965Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guitar at a concert in New York's Forest Hills
  • 1981John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan
  • 1986Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood
  • 200320th MTV Video Music Awards: Missy Elliott, Beyoncé Knowles and Justin Timberlake win
  • 201128th MTV Video Music Awards: Katy Perry, 2012Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate