Mark Antony and Octavian defeated Brutus in the Second Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. The first treaty between Scotland and France against England was signed in Paris in 1295. The Battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642. The first National Convention on Women's Rights was held in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1850. The UN General Assembly met for the first time in an auditorium in Flushing, New York, in 1946. The iPod was introduced in 2001.
Born today: Ted Fujita (1920-1998), Johnny Carson (1925-2005), Diana Dors (1931-1984), Pélé (1940), Kim Larsen (1945), Ang Lee (1954) and Cat Deeley (1976).
It is Mole Day in North America. A unit of measure, apparently. Not a burrowing mammal. Not an excess of melanin. Not even a Mexican sauce. It's more than my unscientific brain can explain.
