Today in History
Historical Events
Santiago de Compostela derailment. A high-speed train traveling from Madrid to Ferrol derailed on a curve killing 79 people and injuring over 100.
The 4-day long Libyan-Egyptian War comes to an end. The border war began with thousands of Libyans marching towards Egypt's borders.
Kitchen debate between Nixon and Khrushchev. A series of debates, now popularly called the kitchen debates, occurred between U.S. Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Moscow. Nixon was visiting a house built as part of an exhibit in the American National Exhibition.
The Treaty of Lausanne is signed between Turkey and the countries that formed the Allied Powers in the First World War. Under the treaty,Turkey had to give up all the territorial claims made by the Ottoman Empire and agree to new borders.
Rediscovery of Machu Picchu. The 15th century, largely forgotten Inca site in Peru was rediscovered by American Hiram Bingham III.
Famous Births
Born on this day

Jennifer Lopez
1969
American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman

Zelda Fitzgerald
1900
American author

Amelia Earhart
1897
American pilot, author

Alexandre Dumas
1802
French writer

Simón Bolívar
1783
Venezuelan commander
Famous Deaths
Died on this day

Robert Ledley
2012
American scientist, invented the full-body CT scanner

John Atta Mills
2012
Ghanaian politician, 3rd President of Ghana

Alex Higgins
2010
Irish snooker player

Peter Sellers
1980
English film actor, comedian, singer

Martin Van Buren
1862
American politician, 8th President of the United States