Birth of Andre the Giant
Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time
Billie Jean King triumphs in Tennis Battle of the Sexes

Popular Culture
Bert Trautmann breaks neck during FA Cup Final
Big Ben goes into operation in London
Berlin is partitioned
Berlin blockade lifted
Berlin airlift begins

Battles
Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm

Science and Technology
Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers
National Beer Day

Popular Culture
Beastie Boys show turns in to riot
Beatles arrive in New York
Battle of Stalingrad Ends
BBC Broadcast first experimental TV programme

Popular Culture
Barry Manilow breaks his nose
Battle of Antietam, American Civil War

Battles
Balsa raft completes 4,300 mile journey
Balfour Declaration supports creation of Israel
Aztec rebel against Cortes
Australia Day

Atlanta falls to General Sherman
Attack on America

Battles
Assassin-tainment!
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

WW2
Archaeologists enter Tutankhamen’s tomb

Ancient History
Apple calendar Emoji day
Apollo and Soyuz meet in space
Apollo 13 returns to Earth
Apollo 12 lifts off on mission to the moon
Today marks the date Anne Frank and her family were captured.
Anne Frank is captured

WW2
Apache chief Geronimo surrenders
Amundsen reaches South Pole
Photo shows the house where Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam and where she hid with her parents to escape from Nazis between June 1942 and August 4, 1944.
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding

WW2
Americans secure Guadalcanal
American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir