Today in History

• Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter (1610)
• The first balloon trip across the English Channel (1785)
• US forces retreat to the Bataan Peninsula (1942)
• The Showa Emperor dies and Prince Akihito ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne (1898)
• The Senate impeachment trial of Bill Clinton begins (1999)
• Islamist gunmen attack the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo magazine; international support rallies under the slogan Je suis Charlie. (2015)

Birthdays

• Pope Gregory XIII, commissioned the Gregorian calendar (1502)
• Millard Fillmore, US President (1800)
• Butterfly McQueen, actress (1911)
• Charles Addams, cartoonist (1912)
• Johnny Mize, baseball player (1913)
• Eddie LeBaron, football player (1930)
• Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone (1946)
• Kenny Loggins, singer-songwriter (1948)
• Katie Couric, television journalist (1957)
• Nicholas Cage, actor (1964)

Deaths

• Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII (1536)
• André Maginot, French Minister of War (1932)
• Nikola Tesla, inventor (1943)
• Trevor Howard, actor (1988)
• Shōwa Emperor (Hirohito) (1989)
• Bronco Nagurski, football player (1990)
• Rod Taylor, actor (2015)

Holidays and Celebrations

• Distaff Day
• Festa de Tricolore (Italy)
• Nanakusa no Sekku (Japan)
• National Tempura Day (US)
• Pioneer’s Day (Liberia)
• Victory Day (Cambodia)