Today In History:
1979: The Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia is overthrown and Vietnamese forces capture the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
1610: Galileo (Italian Astronomer) discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter day: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Born on This Day:
1964: Nicolas Cage: American actor, producer, director
Gone on This Day:
1943: Nikola Tesla: Serbian/American physicist, engineer
1989: Hirohito: Japanese emperor