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Babel & Babelfish
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- 1724 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of the chorale cantata Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul), based on the communion hymn of the same name, in Leipzig.
- 1727 – George II and Caroline of Ansbach (pictured) were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.
- 1895 – At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall, with the locomotive landing on the street below.
- 1924 – The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.
- 2014 – In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
- Charles Scott (d. 1813)
- César Luis Menotti (b. 1938)
- Joseph Cahill (d. 1959)
- Oona King (b. 1967)
More anniversaries:
Did you know?
[edit]- ... that rabbits can control their body temperature with their ears (pictured)?
- ... that both Christian Albright and De'Montre Tuggle were born on the same day, named second-team all-Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?
- ... that thrash metal band Hermética has a failed project to release a version of their debut album in English?
- ... that Oxford suffragist Myvanwy Rhys earned first-class honours from Newnham College, Cambridge, but was denied a degree?
- ... that the verdict of Pell v The Queen could not be reported on properly for two months?
- ... that approximately 85 per cent of Welsh children were not in school in 1821?
- ... that the scenes set in the United States in the Taiwanese film Daughter's Daughter were nearly omitted during the writing process but were retained at the insistence of lead actress Sylvia Chang?
- ... that an Oklahoma TV station returned to its original call sign after the death of its founder, Gene Autry?
- ... that Indonesian legislator Jamaludin Malik wore an Ultraman costume to his swearing-in ceremony?