Today’s the day

1806 Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with Britain.

1914 British Army conquers Bazra.

1918 German High Seas Fleet of 5 battlecruisers, 9 battleships, 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers surrender to the British Grand Fleet and are shepherded into the Firth of Forth.

1931 Horror film Frankenstein is released, starring Boris Karloff, based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel.

1945 Benjamin Britten’s 2nd String quartet in C premieres

1953 Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the Piltdown Man skull, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax.

1968 The Supremes & The Temptations release I’m Gonna Make You Love Me.

1976 Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, above, premieres in New York.

1980 Hi Infidelity, the 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon, is released.

1981 Olivia Newton-John’s Physical single goes to No 1 and stays for 10 weeks.

2006 Kingdom Come, 9th studio album by Jay-Z, is released.

2013 Happy single is released by Pharrell Williams.

2019 Elon Musk launches Tesla’s electric Cybertruck with “shatterproof” windows that shatter when demonstrated on stage.