1837 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first British monarch to live there 1908 – Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time
1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters were dropped after renovation in 1949
1930 – The first FIFA World Cup began in Uruguay 1934 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 1941 – Robert Forster, American actor was born
1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor was born
1977 – The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder
1978 – Ford Motor Company President, Lee Iacocca, is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men
1979 – Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer, was born
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