1980 President Jimmy
Carter tells the American people about the hostage disaster in Iran
1956 Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak
Hotel” goes to number one on the charts
1938 A seeing eye dog is
used for the first time
1917 Ella Fitzgerald,
American singer, is born
1859 Work begins on the
Suez Canal in Egypt
1792 The guillotine is
first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier.
1719 Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is published in London
1599 Oliver Cromwell,
lord protector of England (1653-1658) is born
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