19 Baboons from Paris Zoo sent to a national park in England were unable to understand English commands but were fully cognitive of French words, forcing their English keepers to learn French.
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19 Baboons from Paris Zoo sent to a national park in England were unable to understand English commands but were fully cognitive of French words, forcing their English keepers to learn French.
Since there are no coins in Belarus, locals throw banknotes into the fountains.
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scots at Stirling.
1579 - King Philip II arrests plotters Antonio Perez and princess van Eboli
1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
1936 - RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
1953 - US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
1966 - Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
1758 - Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)
1924 - Robert Horton, Los Angeles California, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena)
1959 - Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair)
1970 - Steve Wojciechowski, Blue Island IL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1981 - Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
1982 - Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
1108 - King Philip I, King of the Franks 1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56
1797 - Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48
1886 - Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84
1922 - Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81
1981 - Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
1982 - Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62