Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

2001 Wikipedia Goes Live

It was on this day back in 2001 that Wikipedia was launched online

1997 Princess Diana Launches Land Mine Campaign

Today back in 1997 during a visit to Angola, Princess Diana began her international campaign to ban Land Mines.

1967 The First US Super Bowl!

Back in 1967 the first ever US Super Bowl was won by the Green Bay Packers

1859 Opening Of The National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery first opened to the public on this day back in 1859

1790 Mutiny On The Bounty

It was on this day in history that Fletcher Christian and crew from the Bounty landed on Pitcairn following the ‘mutiny on the Bounty’

1759 The Opening Of The British Museum

The British Museum opened its doors at Montagu House in London.

BORN ON THIS DAY

  • 1972 – Claudia Winkleman, the TV presenter
  • 1965 – James Nesbitt, the Irish actor
  • 1929 – Martin Luther King Jr, the American minister and activist

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, actor famous for playing Trigger in Only Fools & Horses
  • 2011 – Nat Lofthouse, footballer