1282 – Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism, dies. His ashes are interred at Taisekiji Temple.
1307 – French King Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy
1483 – Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible
1792 – “Old Farmer’s Almanac” is 1st published
1792 – Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)
1884 – Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude
1953 – An ultrasonic burglar alarm was patented by Samuel Bagno.
1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle was obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy
By:Archa Dave