歴史上の今日

1695 : King Willem III escapes South Netherlands back to England

1780 : Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20000 to 30000 in Caribbean

1865 : John Hyatts patents billard ball

1933 : First synthetic detergent 'Dreft' by Procter & Gamble goes on sale

1959 : Pan Am begins regular flights around World

1975 : Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)

1979 : Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (Panama Canal)

2010 : The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status

2015 : A suicide bomb kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in Ankara Turkey and injures more than 400 others

2018 : Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach Florida with winds of 155 mph and a minimum pressure of 919 mbar. It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Camille in 1969