1962:Adolf Eichmann, one of the major Nazi orchestrators of the Holocaust, is hanged in Ramleh, Israel, after being convicted of 15 criminal charges, including crimes against humanity and crimes against the Jewish people. Eichmann is the only person ever to be executed by an Israeli civilian court.
1057: According to legend, Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, England, to protest the harsh taxes her husband Leofric had levied on the townspeople of Coventry.
1976: The Who perform the loudest concert recorded at the time, using 76,000 watts of power to perform a 120 decibel concert at Charlton Athletic Football Club Ground in London. The volume is enough to get them into the Guinness Book of World Records as "loudest pop group."
1057: According to legend, Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, England, to protest the harsh taxes her husband Leofric had levied on the townspeople of Coventry.
1976: The Who perform the loudest concert recorded at the time, using 76,000 watts of power to perform a 120 decibel concert at Charlton Athletic Football Club Ground in London. The volume is enough to get them into the Guinness Book of World Records as "loudest pop group."
1927:After a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles, the last Ford Model T comes off the assembly line.
1859:Big Ben, the great bell in the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster in London, begins operating today
1977:The 800 mile long Alaska Pipeline is completed.
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