Other events of the day: 1237 - the first mention of Berlin; This day is considered the city's birthday.
1492 - Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.
1751 - Composer Dmitry Bortniansky was born.
1759 - Architect Andrei Voronikhin, author of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, was born.
1860 - Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, was born.
1886 - The Statue of Liberty was inaugurated in New York.
1893 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky's "Pathetic" symphony was performed for the first time.
1908 - "Fonizovaya Volnitsa", the first feature film of the Russian Empire, was released.
1914 - Kodak announced the start of work on color photography.
1915 - Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony premiered.
1925 - Howard Carter found the golden mask of Tutankhamun.
1955 - Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, was born.
1967 - Actress Julia Roberts was born.
2011 - After six years of restoration, the Bolshoi Theater opens in Moscow. Chocolate Day - USA.
Statue of Liberty Day - USA.
Internal Medicine Day - USA.
Immigrant Day - USA.
First Responder Day - USA.
Ohi Yom - Greece, Cyprus.
The day of the formation of the independent Czechoslovak Republic - Czech Republic.
Army Aviation Day - Russia.
Mari mountain language day - Russia (Mari El).