On this day:
1993: A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York
1991: The world’s first web browser is presented to the public The browser “WorldWideWeb” (later renamed “Nexus”) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the internet.
Born on this day:
1954: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Turkish politician, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey
1932: Johnny Cash: American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor
1802: Victor Hugo: French author, poet, playwright
Gone on this day:
1966: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Indian politician
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