43 BC – Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
440 – St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1263 – King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing
1561 – Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith, Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
1791 – Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
1848 – Discovery of gold in California, reported by New York Herald
1856 – Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
1897 – 1st electric taxis drive in London
1915 – World War I: the Battle of Van begins
1947 – J Arens & D van Dorpen synthetize vitamin A
1954 – Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN
1960 – Two dogs were launched in a satellite into Earth’s orbit by the Soviet Union
1998 – The first piece of the 351 foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004 – Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
By: Archa Dave
