Important Events

1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold’s brother Tostig, who were both killed

1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses the Panama Isthmus becoming first European to see the Pacific Ocean

1789 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights

1906 Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the Telekino at Bilbao before a great crowd, guiding a boat from the shore, considered the birth of the remote control

Today in Film & TV

1957 18th Venice Film Festival: Influential Indian film “Aparajito” directed by Satyajit Ray is the first film to win the Golden Lion and the Critics Award

Today in Music

1975 Pink Floyd’s concept album “Wish You Were Here” reaches No. 1 in the US, goes on to sell 13 million copies

Today in Sport

1844 Canada defeats the USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international