Events
1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of Lese-majesty.
1850 – The first American ice-skating club was created.
1936 – The first pop music chart published by “Billboard” magazine (national).
1962 – A train that operated without conductors and motor men was introduced in New York City.
1974 – United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
2010 – The world’s tallest tower opened in Dubai (2,625 feet).
Births
1077 – Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1334 – Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)
1341 – Wat Tyler leader of the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 (d. 1381)
1581 – James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (d. 1656)
1643 – Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
