Virat Kohli scored his 50th century in one-day international play for India, breaking a record held by Sachin Tendulkar that many thought would never be broken. 2023
Microsoft released Xbox, a video game console system. 2001.
American anthropologist Margaret Mead—who became widely known for her studies of the peoples of Oceania as well as her wide-ranging commentary on social issues such as women’s rights, race relations, and nuclear proliferation—died at age 76. 1978.
The Clutter family was discovered murdered on their Kansas farm, and their deaths—as well as the capture, conviction, and execution of two drifters—inspired Truman Capote‘s classic nonfiction novel In Cold Blood. 1959.
A farewell parade was held in Barcelona, Spain, for the volunteers of the International Brigades who had fought for the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. 1938.
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil was forced to abdicate by a group of military officers led by Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca. 1889.
St. Joseph Mukasa, one of the Martyrs of Uganda, was beheaded by order of Mwanga, ruler of Buganda. 1885.
The Berlin Conference opened, in which the European countries involved in the colonialist Scramble for Africa met to discuss their claims on the continent. Historians today view the conference as a cover for profiteering and imperial ambitions. 1884.
Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer who formulated three laws of planetary motion, died in Regensburg. 1630.
