Today is the day of St. Zity, it’s Jaroslav’s holiday.
Today is World Graphics Day.
Today is Ivan Vyskočil’s 95th birthday, and so is Lenka Vlasáková.
601 years ago today, the Taborites under the command of Jan Žižka clashed with another branch of the Hussites under the command of Čeňek from Vartemberk near Hořice. Žižka wins overwhelmingly, so even after the battle he plunders Kozojedy and burns 60 of their defenders.
572 years ago today, Jiří from Poděbrady was elected as a regional administrator.
503 years ago today on the Philippine island of Mactan, Ferdinand Magellan is killed in a fight against the natives, but his expedition will nevertheless have epochal significance.
233 years ago today, S. Morse, the one with the alphabet, was born.
214 years ago today, Beethoven wrote one of the most famous piano pieces – For Eliška.
176 years ago today, the French National Assembly approves the Décret d’abolition de l’esclavage, abolishing slavery.
46 years ago today in Kabul, a faction of communist officers overthrows the government of Muhammad Daud Khan, who five years ago overthrew his cousin, King Muhammad Zahir, in a coup. Daúd Khan and his family are murdered in a coup d’état, the Bolshevik rebels soon quarrel with each other, which will lead to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
