1497 John Cabot’s expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlantic
1536 Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London
1783 Architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant is promoted by brevet to Major of Engineers in recognition of his service to American liberty
1945 WWII: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders
1979 “Quadrophenia” premieres in London
2011 Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2011 The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
By: Archa Dave
