The New York Times is founded in New York (1851), and Dutch women gain full voting rights (1919). Born on this day: Anna Netrebko, Ronaldo and Greta Garbo. Died: Leonhard Euler, Jimi Hendrix and Dag Hammarskjöld.
31 events, 46 births and 59 deaths on this date.
The paper began as the New-York Daily Times, a conservative daily that would grow into one of the most widely read newspapers in the United States. Its long run as a newspaper of record makes this founding date one of the more consequential in American journalism.
The New York Times Company · Public domainQueen Wilhelmina formally approved the measure, giving Dutch women the same voting rights as men. The law was a landmark moment for women's rights in the Netherlands.
The tiny Alpine principality, squeezed between Austria and Switzerland, was admitted as the 159th member state. It had long relied on its neighbours for diplomacy, so membership gave it a voice of its own on the world stage.
Four newly independent states took their seats at the United Nations on this day, Burundi and Rwanda among them, both formerly administered together by Belgium. For Burundi, it marked a formal place on the world stage just weeks after its independence from Belgian trusteeship.
The Soviet Union joined the League of Nations, the Geneva-based body set up after the First World War to keep peace between states. Its entry was a notable shift, since Moscow had been kept outside the organisation during its first decade.
Nerva took power in Rome after his predecessor Domitian was murdered. He is usually counted as the first of the 'Five Good Emperors', a run of rulers later admired for their reigns.
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Anna Netrebko is a Russian operatic soprano who rose to international fame after her Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the 2002 Salzburg Festival. She has since moved from lyric and coloratura roles into heavier romantic parts such as Lady Macbeth.
Manfred Werner ( Tsui ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brazilian striker nicknamed O Fenômeno, twice a Ballon d'Or winner and named the world's best player three times by FIFA. He helped Brazil win the 1994 World Cup at just 17, and later owned Real Valladolid.
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Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born film star whose melancholic screen presence made her one of Hollywood's biggest names in the silent and early sound eras. She is remembered for tragic roles and understated performances that still rank among the finest of classic cinema.
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Swiss mathematician who founded graph theory and topology and introduced much of modern mathematical notation, including the function f(x) and the symbol π. Much of his working life was split between St Petersburg and Berlin, before his death.
Jakob Emanuel Handmann · Public domain
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist whose playing pushed the electric guitar into new territory, from the Monterey Pop Festival to Woodstock. He died in London in 1970, aged 27, from barbiturate-related asphyxia.
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Swedish economist and diplomat who led the United Nations from 1953 and set up its first peacekeeping forces. He was killed when his plane crashed en route to Congo ceasefire talks, and was later the only posthumous Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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