1356 English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat the French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture French King John II during the Hundred Years' War 1870 Siege of Paris by Prussian forces begins (lasts until January 28, 1871) The First Country to Grant Women the Vote 1893 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote The First Country to Grant Women the Vote 1985 Magnitude 8.0 earthquake rocks Mexico City, killing an estimated 10,000 people and leaving 250,000 homeless 1986 US Federal health officials announce the first antiretroviral medication (AZT) to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS will be available to patients 1970 Sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premieres on CBS The Twist Dance Craze 1960 Chubby Checker 's cover version of " The Twist " hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 The Twist Dance Craze 2017 Kansas City Royal Alex Gordon hits home run #5,694, setting a MLB record for the most home runs in a season One of the first known modern beauty contests is held in Spa, Belgium On This Day in 1888 Antoninus Pius 86 AD - 161 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre 1749 - 1822 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre Lewis F. Powell Jr. 1907 - 1998 Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Golding 1911 - 1993 William Golding N. K. Jemisin 54th Birthday Palmer Luckey 34th Birthday Jeremy Irons 78th Birthday Twiggy 77th Birthday Trisha Yearwood 62nd Birthday Trisha Yearwood Hidetaka Miyazaki 52nd Birthday

Hidetaka Miyazaki Jimmy Fallon 52nd Birthday Lewis Koumas 21st Birthday Ötzi the Iceman, a five-thousand-year-old mummy, is discovered by German tourists in the Italian Alps and is the oldest known natural human mummy in Europe On This Day in 1991 1945 Actress Shirley Temple (17) weds actor John Agar (24) in an Episcopal ceremony at Wilshire Methodist Church 1959 Academy award-winning actor Rod Steiger (34) weds stage and film actress Claire Bloom (28) in Los Angeles, California 1964 Author Peter Benchley (24) weds Winifred B. Wesson 1972 Canadian-American graphic artist and future actor Phil Hartman (23) divorces American artist Gretchen Lewis after 2 years of marriage 2016 Actress Angelina Jolie (41) files for divorce from fellow actor Brad Pitt (52) citing irreconcilable differences 2023 Actor Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner settle their divorce after an acrimonious legal battle [1] Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1744 - 1812 Mayer Amschel Rothschild James Garfield 1831 - 1881 Guy Gibson 1918 - 1944 Orville Redenbacher 1907 - 1995 Orville Redenbacher Hiroshi Yamauchi 1927 - 2013 Hiroshi Yamauchi Jackie Collins 1937 - 2015 In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote? September 19, 1893 Abraham Lincoln Elizabeth Cady Stanton Frederick Douglass George Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.