On This Day…

1893 – New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote.

1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.

1952 – “Adventures of Superman” TV series starring George Reeves premiers in syndication in the US.

1985 – 8.1 earthquake in Mexico City kills an estimated 10,000 and leaves 250,000 homeless.

1990 – “Goodfellas”, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta is released.

1991 – In the Ötztal Alps on the Italian-Austrian border, German tourists discovered a mummified human body (later known as the Iceman) that was subsequently determined to date from 3300 BC.

1998 – 23rd Toronto International Film Festival: “Life is Beautiful” directed by Roberto wins the People’s Choice Award.

Via Britannica / On This Day

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