1656– Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands). 1790– 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address. 1835– US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history. 1912– Chiefs, representatives of people’s and church organisations, and other prominent individuals from the African National Congress and declared its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms. 1916– WWI: ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople. 1926– Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; the forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2016 – Mexican criminal Joaquín Guzmán (“El Chapo”), head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was captured in Los Mochis after escaping prison some six months earlier.
Film: 1978– TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” debuts on BBC TV, based on the books by James Herriot, starring Robert hardy and Christopher Timothy.
Music: 1956– Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” single goes #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single).
Sport: 1993– Michael Jordan’s game-high 35 points leads Chicago to 120-95 win over Milwaukee; gives him exactly 20,000 points in 620th game of his NBA career; 2nd-fastest to reach milestone after Wilt Chamberlain (499).
Births & Deaths: 1935 – American singer and actor Elvis Presley, born on this day. 1942 – Physicist Stephan Hawking was born on this day in, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. 1947 – British singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie who was most prominent in the 1970s and best known for his shifting personae and musical genre hopping was born.
