43 BC Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar’s assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa,who is killed.
1434 The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1471 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Barnet – Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and kill the Earl of Warwick
1611 Word “telescope” is 1st used
1699 Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahicalendar.
1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington
1883 Leo Delibes’ opera “Lakmé”premieres in Paris
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Reigate Squires”
1912 RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland
2012 J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website “Pottermore”
2015 The oldest stone tools, at 3.3 million-years old, are found at Lomekwi 3, Kenya
By:Archa Dave
