1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa María, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the “Indies”
1933 – The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75.
1936 – Jesse Owens won the first of his four Olympic gold medals.
2001 The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway in her film debut, is released
2004 – In New York, the Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
2004 – NASA launched the spacecraft Messenger. The 6 1/2 year journey was planned to arrive at the planet Mercury in March 2011. On April 30, 2015, Messenger crashed into the surface of Mercury after sending back more than 270,000 pictures.
By: Archa Dave
