Other events of the day: 1824 - The Mali Theater was officially opened in Moscow.

Other events of the day: 1824 - The Mali Theater was officially opened in Moscow.

1842 - the artist Vassily Vershchagin was born.

1861 - Philip Reiss showed his invention in Frankfurt, which he called the telephone.

1863 - The English Football Association, the first football association in the world, was founded in London.

1880 - poet and writer Andrey Bily was born.

1898 - The Public Art Theater in Moscow opened with the play "Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich".

1925 - Children's writer Vladimir Zheleznikov, author of "Scarecrow" was born.

1930 - The premiere of Shostakovich's ballet "The Golden Age" took place in Leningrad.

1931 - Director Igor Meselnikov, creator of the Soviet Sherlock Holmes, was born.

1938 - DuPont introduced nylon.

1962-. The Beatles recorded the songs "Please Me" and "Ask Me Why".

1965 - The Beatles received the Order of the British Empire.

1976 - according to one version, it was then that "fish Thursdays" appeared in public catering.

1978 - The World Health Organization announces that the smallpox virus has been removed from nature.

1984 - James Cameron's film "The Terminator" premiered.

1988 - Soviet icebreakers off the coast of Alaska freed two whales from the ice.

2000 - Astronomers announced the discovery of four new moons of Saturn.

2012 - The Windows 8 operating system was released.

National day - Austria.

Angama Day - Nauru.

October vacation - Ireland.

Horseless Carriage Day - USA.

Quilt Day is an unofficial holiday.