48 BC Caesar’s civil war: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican
1803 Robert Fulton tests his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine, France
1859 – The escalator was patented by Nathan Ames.
1942 Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” campaign by the All-India Congress
1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1965 Singapore separates from the federation of Malaysia and gains its independence, celebrated as National Day.
By: Archa Dave
