0193 – In the Balkans, the distinguished soldier Septimius Seversus was proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
1667 1st public art exhibition at the Palais-Royale in Paris
1914 – In London, the first full-color film, “The World, The Flesh & the Devil,” was shown.
2002 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey UK. More than a million people line the streets
2003 Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting
By: Archa Dave
