1477 – “Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres,” was the first book to be printed in England by William Caxton
1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated.
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to sight the continent of Antarctica.
1865 – Mark Twain publishes “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
1883 – The U.S. and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones
1902 – Brooklyn toy maker Morris Michton names teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
1906 – Anarchist bomb St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
1928 – Steamboat Willie released featuring Mickey Mouse. This day is celebrated as the B’Day of Mockey Mouse
By: Archa Dave
