1471 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Tewkesbury – final battle between Lancaster and York sees the Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his crown thus extinguishing the Lancastrian of Plantagenet line
1859 The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail
1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
1910 Wilfrid Laurier passes the Naval Service Act, which creates the Royal Canadian Navy
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2003 – Idaho Gem was born. He was the first member of the horse family to be cloned.
By: Archa Dave
