Events
1863 – The London Underground, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
1946 – The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place.
1949 – Vinyl records were introduced.
1951 – Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip.
1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
2002 – It was reported in France that all women could get the morning-after pill for free in pharmacies.
2007 – The iTunes Music Store reached 1.3 million feature length films sold and 50 million television episodes sold.
Births
1480 – Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)
1538 – Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
1573 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
1607 – Isaac Jogues, French missionary (d. 1646)
1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)
