This day in history

Some interesting historical events that happened today include:

1830 -  the Duke of Wellington opened George Stephenson's Liverpool and Manchester Railway. William Huskisson also became the first passenger to be killed by a railway train while attending the opening at Parkside station in England 

1835 -  the HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board reached the Galápagos Islands 

1928 -  Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while sorting through petri dishes containing the bacteria Staphylococcus 

1957 -  the tv series Bachelor Father premiered starring John Forsythe

1965 -  Lost In Space premiered 

1971 -  1st broadcast of Columbo starring Peter Falk premiered on NBC

1983 -  the first Costco store opened in Seattle, WA 

1997 -  Google.com was registered as a domain name

2019 -  Norman Lear became the oldest person to win an Emmy Award at 97

Some interesting birthdays include:

Marco Polo (1254)

William Howard Taft (1857) - 27th president of the US

Ettore Bugatti (1881) - designer and manufacturer of the Bugatti automobiles 

Agatha Christie (1890)

Fay Wray (1907)

Oliver Stone (1946)

Tommy Lee Jones (1946)

Lisa Vanderpump (1960)

Prince Harry (1984)