- 1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in UK House of Commons, reasons the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
- 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
- 1940 Nazi blitzkrieg conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
- 1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
- 2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
- 2008 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people
Read more Events in History at: http://www.onthisday.com/today/events.php
Listen to the latest podcast content under ‘The Guy R Cook Report’ on the following links:
BLAB Profile Feed: https://blab.im/guyrcook
Podbean Feed: http://theguyrcookreport.podbean.com/feed/
RSS Feed: 
The Guy R Cook Report via YouTube
RSS Feed:
The Guy R Cook Report via Guy R Cook Online Services Blog
Become a patron The Guy R Cook Report on our Podcast funding page
Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Facebook
Follow The Guy R Cook Report on Twitter