1765 – In the U.S., The Stamp Act Congress met and drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.
1944 – The U.S. Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
1926 – John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
1932 – Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1986 – Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)
2003 – Mother Teresa of Calcutta is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2014 – A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States
By: Archa Dave
