Happy Birthday Prince William Prince William of Wales (later Prince William, duke of Cambridge) was born to Charles, prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and Diana, princess of Wales  on this day in 1982

1963 – Paul VI was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

2002 Disney animated movie “Lilo & Stitch” released, written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

1975 Elton John, The Eagles and The Beach Boys play to 72,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, London

1893 – The first Ferris wheel (invented by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., a Pittsburgh-based engineer) made its debut, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

2015 94 people die & 45 are hospitalized after drinking moonshine in Mumbai, India

2018 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter

2021 New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first openly transgender athlete to be selected for the Olympics

2021 Colombia’s COVID-19 recorded death toll passes 100,000, the tenth country in the world to do so