1818 Jack Broughton designed padded gloves the first ever used in a competitive boxing match in France 1971 John Lennon released the song Imagine it became an instant hit and remains so with many

1919 KLM Dutch Airlines began it is the worlds oldest existing airline 1953 Vladimir Putin was born and today is 68 years old

1939 Adolf Hitler announced plans to regulate the Jewish problem many Jewish people were rounded up and murdered in concentration camps. 1951 Joseph Stalin announced the Soviet Union had nuclear bombs

1962 the first James Bond 007 film based on a novel by Ian Fleming premiered in London Dr No starred Sean Connery and Ursula Andress 2011 Steve Jobs the creative founder of Apple died he lived from 1955-2011 for a shortened life he changed to world

1582 the last Julian calendar day in Spain and Portugal took place to sync with the Gregorian calendar 10 full days are skipped over 1883 the Orient Express train departed for its first official journey from Paris to Istanbul

1922 the first facsimile photo was sent over telephone lines in Washington DC 1990 the reunification of East and West Germany took place as the single flag was raised at exactly midnight