Happy birthday Kiwi!
Some famous people born on this date:
1. Louis Bonaparte 1778
2. Billy Preston 1946
3. Mark Harmon 1951
4. Christa McAuliffe, teacher, Astronaut, died on Challenger launch
5. John Thompson, 1941 Basketball Coach Georgetown Univ.
-In 1807 The British Royal Navy
bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to defeat Napoleon.
-1945 World War II: The
Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship
USS Missouri in
Tokyo Bay.