Anniversaries

The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.

Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, the French Gothic revival architect who designed the steel frame of the Statue of Liberty, is born.

Donna Reed, American film and television actress and producer, was born.

Liberation of the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

Lilli Palmer, born Lilli Marie Peiser, German actress, died.

Charlemagne, also known as Charles I. or Charles the Great, king of the Franks, dies.

Pall Mall in London becomes the first street to be lighted by gas lamps.

Pride and Prejudice is published in the UK.

Construction of the Eiffel Tower begins.

Claes Oldenburg, American Pop Artist, was born.

William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, died.

The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

Bal des Ardents (the "Ball of the Burning Men"): Charles VI of France almost died when costumes caught fire at a masquerade ball. 625 years.

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States, was born.

Edward Lear, poet and author, died.

Patrick Caulfield, English painter and printmaker, known for his bold paintings, is born.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the pre-eminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India was assassinated in New Delhi.

The Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched.

The Beatles’ last public performance.

The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, called “Beaubourg” opens. 40 years

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