Steve Jobs introduces Apple's breakthrough iMac (1998), and Emperor Duy Tân is captured while urging Vietnamese to rise against the French (1916). Born on this day: Sigmund Freud, Tony Blair and George Clooney. Died: Marlene Dietrich, Alexander von Humboldt and Edward VII.
31 events, 78 births and 66 deaths on this date.
Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac, a colourful all-in-one computer that brought Apple back to commercial success after years of struggle. Its translucent design and simple setup made personal computing feel friendly, and it helped rescue the company from the brink.
MetalGearLiquid , based on File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg made by Matt Yohe · CC BY-SA 3.0Steve Jobs and the Birth of AppleHear the story in ChunksThe young emperor was seized after calling on his people to revolt against French rule. He was later deposed and sent into exile on the island of Réunion.
On a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II stepped inside a mosque, a first for a pope. It was a striking gesture of interfaith outreach between Catholics and Muslims.
Louis XIV relocated the royal court to the grand palace he had built outside Paris, drawing the nobility under his direct watch. The move anchored a centralised state that lasted until the French Revolution.
Hyacinthe Rigaud · Public domain
Roger Bannister was the first to break four minutes for the mile, a barrier many runners had thought no one could beat. The run showed that limits set in the mind could be pushed back.
Arthur signed a law barring Chinese labourers from entering the United States. The measure reflected growing hostility towards Chinese workers, particularly on the West Coast.
Abraham Bogardus / Adam Cuerden · Public domain
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Freud founded psychoanalysis, a method of treating mental distress through talk between patient and analyst. His ideas about the unconscious, dreams and the id, ego and superego shaped psychology and far beyond it.
Max Halberstadt · Public domain
Tony Blair led Labour to three consecutive general election wins and served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007. He is best remembered for rebranding the party as New Labour and for helping bring about the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.
Pavel Golovkin · CC BY 4.0
American actor and filmmaker who broke through as Dr Doug Ross in the television drama ER. He later won an Academy Award for Syriana and another as co-producer of Argo, and has also directed several films.
Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0
Marlene Dietrich won international fame as the cabaret singer Lola Lola in The Blue Angel, then became a Hollywood star. During the Second World War she entertained frontline troops and helped German and French exiles settle in America.
für die Datei Arths-at · Public domain
Prussian naturalist who travelled through the Americas between 1799 and 1804, and whose multivolume Kosmos tried to unite all scientific knowledge into one picture of the natural world. He is often seen as a founder of modern geography.
Joseph Karl Stieler · Public domain
Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, was known as Bertie and spent decades as Prince of Wales before becoming king in 1901. He is remembered for restoring the monarchy's public popularity and for smoothing relations with France, earning him the nickname Peacemaker.
W. & D. Downey · Public domain
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