1533 – Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
1814 – The allied European nations against Napoleon marched into Paris.
1822 – Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 – Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether.
1858 – Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.
1909 – The Queensboro bridge in New York opened linking Manhattan and Queens. It was the first double decker bridge.
1939 – The comic book “Detective Comics #27” appeared on news-stands. This comic introduced Batman.
1947 – Lord Mountbatten arrived in India as the new Viceroy.
1950 – The invention of the phototransistor was announced.
1993 – In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run.
1998 – Rolls-Royce was purchased by BMW in a $570 million deal.
2009 – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed that the new World Trade Center building would be officially known by its legal name of “One World Trade Center.”
By: Archa Dave
