- Indonesia obtained independence from the Netherlands in 1949.
- Joe DiMaggio was Marilyn Monroe’s second husband - Monroe eloped with Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954. She filed for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty nine months after the wedding.
- The crescent-shaped whitish area are at the base of a fingernail is known as the lunula.
- Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue helped King George VI in London in 1939 to overcome his stuttering. His work was the subject of the award winning movie The King’s Speech.
- British manufacturer of luxury cars, Rolls-Royce, declared bankruptcy.
- Those keen to demonise her claimed Anne Boleyn had the fictitious physical characteristics of three breasts and an extra finger.
- Famed Adelaide Festival Centre complex was designed by architect John Morphett.
- Colonel Hugh Pickering is a character in the musical My Fair Lady - The role of Colonel Hugh Pickering was originated by the British actor Robert Coote during its original Broadway production (1956-1962). He was first suggested to play Col. Pickering by Rex Harrison, who played Professor Henry Higgins.
- Interpol headquarters are in the French city of Lyon.
- Norway’s most famous painting is The Scream by Evard Munch.
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