Trump becomes first former US president charged with crimes (2023), and Vincent van Gogh is born in Zundert (1853). Born on this day: Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya and Céline Dion. Died: James Cagney, Elizabeth and Friedrich Bergius.
30 events, 58 births and 67 deaths on this date.
A grand jury formally charged Donald Trump, who had served as the 45th president, making him the first ex-president to face criminal charges. It marked a new step for a leader once known as a property developer and television host.
Daniel Torok · Public domainThe Dutch painter was born into a comfortable family in Zundert, a village in the Netherlands. He would make around 2,100 artworks in barely a decade, with bold colours and urgent brushwork that helped shape modern art.
Vincent van Gogh · CC BY-SA 4.0
Texas regained its seat in the federal Congress after the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, ending years of military rule. The readmission marked the state's formal return to full participation in the Union after its secession and time in the Confederacy.
Pope Francis travelled to Rabat, becoming the first pontiff to visit Morocco since 1985. His two-day trip focused on interfaith dialogue and the plight of migrants crossing into Europe.
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Excavators at Knossos on Crete uncovered the first clay tablet bearing the script now called Linear B. The find opened a route to reading the Bronze Age palace records of the island, though the tablets would not be deciphered for decades.
Fearing for his life after Chinese troops tightened their grip on Lhasa, Tenzin Gyatso escaped across the Himalayas disguised as a soldier. He settled in Dharamshala, where he continued to lead the Tibetan government in exile.
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Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose bold colours and expressive brushwork helped shape modern art. He created around 2,100 works in just over a decade, many of them in his final two years.
Vincent van Gogh · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spanish painter and printmaker whose work grew darker and more pessimistic after an illness left him deaf in 1793. Court painter to the Spanish Crown, he is often seen as standing between the old traditions of European art and the modern age that followed.
Vicente López Portaña · Public domain
Céline Dion is a Canadian singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, known as the Queen of Power Ballads. Her theme for the film Titanic, 'My Heart Will Go On', is among her best-known hits, and she has sold over 200 million records.
Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cagney was an American actor and dancer, famous for playing hard-edged tough guys in gangster films such as The Public Enemy and White Heat. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his turn as the songwriter George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Warner Bros. Studio (work for hire) · Public domain
Queen consort to George VI from 1936 to 1952, after his brother Edward VIII gave up the throne. She was known for keeping up British spirits during the Second World War and later became the family's matriarch as the Queen Mother.
Richard Stone · Public domain
German chemist who turned coal into synthetic fuel under high pressure. He shared the 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but after the war his wartime work with IG Farben drew scrutiny, and he fled to Argentina.
Nobel Foundation · Public domain
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