16 - Roll Over Beethoven

1883: Paul Kruger becomes the first President of South Africa

1912: American pilot Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

1956: Chuck Berry records “Roll Over Beethoven” at Chess Studios in Chicago, blasting a guitar riff that forever changes the sound of rock & roll.

Today's Birthdays:

Writer Anatole France (1844-1924)
Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)
Silent film actor Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Actor and novelist Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
Actress Ellen Barkin (1955)