International Day of Radiology

Birthdays for author Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), chef Gordon Ramsay (1966)

Anniversary of:
• the first distillation of Bourbon Whiskey from corn by Elijah Craig in Bourbon, Kentucky (1789)
• the birthdays of Dracula inspirer Vlad the Impaler (1431) and Dracula author Bram Stoker (1847)
• German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen producing and detecting X-rays for the first time (1895)
• the landmark Harvester Decision where the Australian Arbitration Court decided
that 7 shillings a day were fair and reasonable wages for an unskilled labourer, which became the basis of the national minimum wage system (1907)
• the elections of John F. Kennedy (1960) and George HW Bush (1988) as President of the United States
• the premiere of soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965)
• Donald Trump’s election as US President (2016)