1716 – 1st lion exhibited in America
1793 – Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
1832 – 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1865 – “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll published in USA
1885 – 1st meteor photograph
1922 – English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt
1942 – The motion picture “Casablanca” had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
2008 – Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India: Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai, India.
By: Archa Dave
