Today in history

70 : Roman army under Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem

1813 : Uncle Sam' was first used to refer to USA (Troy Post of New York)

1880 : Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters

1915 : John Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll

1923 : Interpol forms in Vienna

1936 : Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation

1940 : German Air Force blitz London for the first of 57 consecutive nights

1947 : Battles between Hindus & Moslims in New Delhi, India.

1978 : The Who drummer Keith Moon dies in a central London flat after a prescription drug overdose at the age of 32

1996 : Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot one time whilst being driven from the MGM Grand Hotel along Sunset Strip in Las Vegas after seeing the allegedly fixed Mike Tyson versus Bruce Seldon boxing match in what is apparently a 'drive-by shooting'.

2000 : The fuel protests in the United Kingdom start taking place with refineries blockaded and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted

2012 : Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa over support for Syria nuclear plans and human rights abuses

2021 : El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as an official currency.