1498 – Christopher Columbus landed on “Isla Santa” (Venezuela).
1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
1717 Nicholas Rowe is appointed British Poet Laureate by George I
1774 Joseph Priestley, English theologian and chemist, Carl Wilhelm discovers oxygen
1831 London Bridge opens to traffic
1834 Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire – Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect
1842 Rotherhithe Tunnel under the Thames opens
1936 Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1958 US atomic sub USS Nautilus 1st begins transit of North Pole “operation Sunshine”
1959 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostril primordial
1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
By: Archa Dave
