Today in History

1407 Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma
1516 1st Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area
1815 Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter
1858 “Big Ben”, a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1998 The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments

Today in Film & TV

1953 “House of Wax” 1st color 3-D movie, premieres in New York

Today in Music

1970 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles