293 BC – The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of VinaliaRustica.
1201 – The city of Riga is founded.
1289 – Pope Nicolas IV publishes degree “Supra montem”
1541 – A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1564 – Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente
1587 – Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland, according to legend.
1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
1636 – The Covenant of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts is first signed.
1674 – Jean Racine’s “Iphigénie” premieres in Versailles
1686 – Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1769 – Gun powder in church in Brescia, Italy, explodes, killing 3,000
1834 – Mt Vesuvius erupts
1896 – Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times
1919 – Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago Illinois
1946 – Golf Writers Association of America forms
1960 – 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie Ill
1988 – FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
2008 – President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf resigned due to pressure from opposition.
By:Archa Dave
