ON THIS DAY

1770:

Marie Antoinette, aged 14, is wed to France’s King Louis XVI, aged 15. Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor. The first electric tram goes into public service, near Berlin in Germany. In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards go to actress Janet Gaynor and actor Emil Jannings; the best film is Wings. The musical Annie Get Your Gun opens on Broadway. Japanese climber Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. New York Democrats officially name Hillary Rodham Clinton as their US Senate candidate.

1804: 1881: 1929: 1946: 1975: 2000: Birthdays:

Henry Fonda, US actor (1905-1982); Janet Jackson, US pop singer (1966-); Danielle Spencer, Australian singer/actress (1970-)