ON THIS DAY

1619:

First Legislative Assembly in America, known as the House of Burgesses, is convened in Jamestown, Virginia.

French national anthem La Marseillaise by Claude Rouget de Lisle, is first sung in Paris. Death of Otto von Bismarck, founder and first chancellor of the German Empire. Colour motion pictures are exhibited by George Eastman.

First Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution.

England beats Germany 4-2 at Wembley to win the FIFA World Cup.

Eighteen people die in the NSW snowfields when a landslide sweeps one ski lodge onto another at the Thredbo Alpine Village.

Emily Bronte, British author (18181848); Kate Bush, British singer (1958-); Simon Baker, Australian actor (1969-).

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