Hello ladies and gents this is the viking telling you that today we are talking about
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY
1564 William Shakespeare is baptized
1915 Second Lieutenant William Rhodes-Moorhouse becomes the first airman to win the Victoria Cross after conducting a successful bombing raid.
1931 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake ultimately costs him the home run record.
1986 The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl power plant in the Soviet Union.
1994 Nelson Mandela wins the presidency in South Africa's first multiracial elections.
And as always have a chilled day from the viking
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