Today:
In 632 CE, Muhammad, the prophet who spread Islam, is believed to have died in Medina.
In 1504, Michelangelo’s statue of David was reportedly installed in Florence.
In 1789, James Madison introduced a proposed Bill of Rights to the U.S. Congress.
In 1874, Apache chief Cochise died on the Chiricahua reservation in southeastern Arizona.
In 1924, English mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine were last sighted attempting to climb Mount Everest.
In 1948, the first hand-built aluminum Porsche prototype, labeled “No. 1,” was completed.
In 1949, George Orwell’s dystopian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” was published.
In 1966, the rival National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) announced their merger.
In 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 American servicemen.
In 1972, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took his iconic “napalm girl” photo during the Vietnam War, depicting nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc fleeing a napalm attack.