The USSR lifted the Berlin blockade in 1949, the Z3 computer was created in 1941, Pope John Paul II survived an assassination attempt in 1982, Bob Dylan left The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963, a strong earthquake hit Sichuan, China in 2008, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935, Jimmy Carter visited Cuba in 2002, the body of baby Lindbergh was found in 1932, the National University of San Marcos was founded in 1551, and Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.
The USSR lifted the blockade of Berlin. (1949) Soviet troops had blockaded the city about a year earlier, leading Allied troops to begin the Berlin Airlift Program, through which thousands of pounds of food and supplies were dropped into the city. It became a PR disaster for the USSR, which agreed to lift the blockade on this day.
The first fully functional programming computer appears. (1941) Called the Z3, the computer was operated by punched card commands and could be used to calculate complex statistics. The original computer, made in Berlin, was destroyed in World War II by Allied bombing.
Pope John Paul II survived an assassination attempt. (1982) A mentally deranged priest named Juan Fernandez Krohn attempted to stab the pope with a bayonet, but was overcome before he could do any harm. When asked later, Krohn said the pope was an “agent of Moscow” and he was to be killed.
Bob Dylan has left The Ed Sullivan Show. (1963) Dylan was unknown at the time, although he was starting to gain popularity for his cover of Blowin’ in the Wind. He quit the show when planners refused to let him play Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues, a move that actually ended up helping jump-start his career due to all the publicity that followed.
A strong earthquake hit Sichuan, China. (2008) Approximately 70,000 people died and millions were left homeless; tremors were felt as far away as India and Pakistan.
The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous met. (1935) Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith met in Akron, Ohio through Henrietta Siberling, the host of a Christian meeting group called the Oxford Group. The two designed the Alcoholics Anonymous program based on their experiences with the group and their own struggles with alcoholism.
Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba. (2002) Carter was the first president or former president to visit the island since the 1959 revolution. The five-day visit went peacefully, and Carter gave several pro-democracy speeches to Cuban students.
Body of baby Lindbergh found. (1932) Lindbergh’s kidnapping had been a major national news event and the Lindberghs were devastated when they paid the ransom, but the child was not returned. After two years of investigation, Bruno Hauptmann was arrested and finally executed for the crime.
The National University of San Marcos is founded. (1551) The university of Lima, Peru is the oldest in the Americas and one of the oldest in the world.
Florence Nightingale is born. (1820) Nightingale’s name became synonymous with nursing in her lifetime, and she made major reforms to nursing practices as well as battlefield and emergency medicine.
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