Oblivion can refer to the state of something that is not remembered or thought about any more, or to the state of being unconscious or unaware. It also sometimes refers to the state of being destroyed.
☰Thought of the Day
"Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." - John Lennon
- New York's Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens
- KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
- World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans
- Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19)
- TV network Channel 5 begins broadcasting in the UK
- Bernhard Scholz, German composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1916)
- Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
- Lord Rayner [Derek Rayner], British businessman and chief executive (Marks and Spencer), born in Norwich, Norfolk (d. 1998)
- Justin Deas, American actor (As The World Turns, Santa Barbara), born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania
- Vlado Bozinovski, Yugoslavian-Australian footballer, born in Ohrid, SFR Yugoslavia