On this day in 1929, Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first made its appearance.
On this day in 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces captured the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.
This day in 1995 marked the Great Hanshin earthquake. That’s when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
And on this day in 2006, Taiwan-born New York-based director Ang Lee won the Golden Globe Award for best director for his film Brokeback Mountain.