1507 German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st to use the name America on his world map Universalis Cosmographia
1684 – A patent was granted for the thimble.
1719 Daniel Defoe publishes “Robinson Crusoe”
1859 – Work began on the Suez Canal in Egypt.
1945 – Delegates from about 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
1953 Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in “Nature” magazine
1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
1959 – St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping
1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
1961 – Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
1971 – The country of Bangladesh was established.
1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
2005 The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
2009 Elijah Wood is honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival
2015 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites
By: Archa Dave
