1727: Sir Isaac Newton FRS, an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher died on this day at the age of 84.
1855: Charlotte Bronte, Yorkshire novelist and author of Jane Eyre, died during her pregnancy, aged 38.
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1884: International telegraph service arrives in West Africa with the completion of a deep sea cable laid from Madeira, Portugal to the Cabo Verde Islands by the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company.
1889: The Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Designed by Gustave Eiffel and built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man-made structure for 41 years.
1923: The first dance marathon took place in New York City, US. Alma Cummings set a record of 27 hours of dancing with six different partners.
1929: Cocoa is the staple product of Gold Coast (Ghana), and makes up 81% of export earning
£11,219,512 (£894,030,829 in 2024) during the financial year ending today.
1939: Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany threatened to invade.
1978: U.S. President Jimmy Carter becomes the first U.S. president to visit Nigeria. He meets with General Olusegun Obasanjo.
1992: UN Resolution 748 compels Libya to turn over for trial two intelligence agents, who will be found guilty of bombing a civilian airliner over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people.
1995: Pop star Selena is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas, shot dead by the president of her fan club. The tragic death prompts an immediate outpouring of grief from fans.
Selena Quintanilla Perez rose to fame as the lead singer of her family band, Selena los Dinos. The band toured extensively, playing in dance halls, restaurants, and nightclubs across the American Southwest and Mexico.
1998: Bill Clinton is the first US President to visit Senegal. He meets Senegal’s President
Abdul Diouf and Senegalese Peacekeeping troops.
1999: The romantic comedy “10 Things I Hate About You” was released. The movie was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” written in the late 16th Century.
2017: Ademilolaola Odujirin, a Nigerian/British Pilot becomes the first African to circumnavigate the globe by flying solo when he lands today at the point of his departure: Dulles Airport in the US capital, Washington.
2023: Italy banned the use of Open AI’s ChatGPT over data security concerns. Instead of responding to the concerns raised by Italy’s data privacy regulators, OpenAI simply pulled the plug for Italian users. Chat GPT was restored the following month with changes that allowed users to prevent the Chabot from using their data.
Births on This Day
Bukky Wright, 57 years
Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright, professionally known as Bukky Wright is a Nigerian actress, businesswoman and politician born in Abeokuta. She runs the fashion house B Collections and the beauty spa B Wright.
Ewan McGregor, 53
Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE is a Scottish actor was born in Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth, United Kingdom. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to drama and charity.
Hassan Katsina (31 March 1933 – 24 July 1995)
Hassan Usman Katsina titled Chiroman Katsina, was a Nigerian general who was the last Governor of Northern Nigeria (1966–1967) was born in Katsina town. He served as Chief of Army Staff during the Nigerian Civil War and later became the Deputy Chief of Staff, at Supreme Headquarters. He died at the age of 62.
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