558 ~ In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed. Justinian immediately ordered the dome rebuilt.

1812 ~ Birthday of Robert Browning, Poet.

1832 ~ Greece became independent.

1833 ~ Birthday of Johannes Brahms, Composer.

1840 ~ Birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer.

1909 ~ Birthday of Edwin H. Land, inventor and founder of Polaroid.

1915 ~ The RMS “Lusitania” is sunk by a German U-boat killing 1,198.

1919 ~ Birthday of Eva Peron, wife of Argentina's President Juan Peron.

1945 ~ General Alfred Jodl signed unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document took effect the next day.

1998 ~ Apple Computer unveiled the iMac.

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