392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
565 – St Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
1485 – The War of the Roses ended with the death of England’s King Richard III. He was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. His successor was Henry V II.
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1762 – 1st female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1770 – James Cook’s expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.
1780 – Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England
1865 – William Sheppard is issued the first US patent for liquid soap
1894 – Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal
1911 – Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913)
1932 – BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
1944 – Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd]
1950 – Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
1952 – The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.1962 – Failed assassination on French president Charles de Gaulle
1962 – Savannah, world’s 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga
2015 – 15th World Championships in Athletics open at Beijing, China
By: Archa Dave
