Today In History:
1979:Â The Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia is overthrown and Vietnamese forces capture the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
1610:Â Galileo (Italian Astronomer) discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter day: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Born on This Day:
1964: Nicolas Cage: American actor, producer, director
Gone on This Day:
1943:Â Nikola Tesla: Serbian/American physicist, engineer
1989:Â Hirohito: Japanese emperor
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