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Today is Day 28 of 2024
814 
Death of Charlemagne, the
first Holy
Roman emperor, in Aachen, Francia.
1393
King Charles VI
of France is almost killed when the wild men dancers' costumes
catch fire during a masquerade ball.
He was saved by hiding underneath the skirts
of Joan, Duchess of Berry.
1457
King of England Henry VII
born in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
1547 
Henry VIII
dies leaving his nine-year-old son, Edward VI as
King and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1754
Writer Horace
Walpole coins the word serendipity in a
letter to a friend.
Walpole was describing an unexpected discovery he
had made by referencing a Persian fairy tale, The
Three Princes of Serendip.
1833
British General Charles George
Gordon born in London, England.
1841
Explorer and journalist Henry Morton
Stanley born in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales.
Best known for
searching and finding missionary and explorer David
Livingstone.
Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked,
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1853
Journalist, poet, and philosopher José
Martí born in La Habana, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish
Empire.
1871
Paris falls after a four-month siege during the Franco-German
War.
1873
French novelist Colette (Gigi) born in
Saint-Sauveur-en Puisaye, France.
1892
German-born film director Ernst Lubitsch (The Shop
Around the Corner) born in Berlin, German Empire.
1912
Artist Jackson Pollock
born in Cody, Wyoming.
1928
Poet Philip
Levine born in Detroit, Michigan.
He was the Poet Laureate of the
United States for 2011–2012
1929
Artist Claes Oldenburg
born in Stockholm, Sweden.
He is best known for public installations
of large replicas of everyday objects.
1938
Rudolf
Caracciola breaks the World Land Speed Record on a public road in a
Mercedes-Benz W195 going 268.9 mph.
1956 
Elvis Presley makes
his first US television appearance on the variety program Stage
Show.
1958
The Lego company patents the design for its Lego bricks, still
compatible with bricks produced today.
1979 
CBS News
Sunday Morning debuts with Charles
Kuralt.
1986 
Moments after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing 6 astronauts & Christa McAuliffe, a
New Hampshire teacher.
1990 
Super Bowl XXIV -
San Francisco 49er's beat the Denver Broncos 55-10 in Louisiana
Superdome.
1996 
Super Bowl XXX -
Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburg Steelers 27-17 at Sun Devil Stadium in
Tempe, Arizona.
2001 
Super Bowl XXXV -
Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants 34-7 at Raymond James Stadium
in Tampa, Florida.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Where water is the boss, there the land must obey." ~ African proverb
