Birthdays for singer Tina Turner (1939) and comedian Dave Hughes (1970)
Anniversary of:
• the publication of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll. It tells of a young girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.
• English archaeologist Howard Carter opening Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt (1922)
• the premiere of Casablanca (1942)