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1595: William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” is first thought to have been performed; it was officially published in early 1597.
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1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” is first published in The Evening Mirror newspaper.
1879: Custer Battlefield National Monument established in Montana.
1886: Karl Benz patents the “Benz Patent-Motorwagen” in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world’s first automobile with an internal combustion engine.
1892: The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated in Atlanta.
1942: First broadcast of Roy Plomley’s Desert Island Discs airs on BBC Radio.
1944: The USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. Navy, is launched.
1959: Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty is released.
1966: Snowstorm in the northeast U.S. kills 165.
1983: “Down Under” by Men At
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