1416 – Jerome of Prague was burned as a heretic by the Church.
1431 – Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19.
1445 Coronation as Margaret of Anjou as Queen Consort of England at Westminster Abbey
1527 – The University of Marburg was founded in Germany.
1539 – Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida with 600 soldiers to search for gold.
1848 – W.G. Young patented the ice cream freezer.
1879 – William Vanderbilt renamed New York City’s Gilmore’s Garden to Madison Square Garden.
1922 – The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
1982 – Spain became the 16th NATO member.
1989 – The “Goddess of Democracy” statue (33 feet height) was erected in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
2002 – In New York, a ceremony were held to officially mark the end of the clean up from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
By: Archa Dave
