1228 – Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1492 – Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1500 – 5/6th Nov astronomer Copernicus observes a lunar eclipse in Rome
1556 – Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun as Sultan of Delhi
1743 – Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury were organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle.
1935 – The game “Monopoly” was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.
1963 – Archaeologists found the remains of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, New found land.
2006 – Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi’as in 1982.
By: Archa Dave
