820 – Book of mother, published.
1156 – According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland
1265 – The first Parliament of England summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) met in Westminster Hall
1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
1885 – The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
1887 – US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African-American president
By: Archa Dave
