1783 – Jacques Charles & Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with gas hydrogen balloon in Paris
1835 – Hans Christian Andersen publishes his 1st book of fairy tales
1878 – 1st White House telephone installed
1887 – Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: “Study in Scarlet”
1913 – Flag of Greece officially raised at Firka Fortress, Chania Crete symbolising the union of Crete and Greece.
1919 – Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.
1935 – Austria has world’s 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1959 – The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1967 – Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1982 – Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1990 – British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel.
1991 – AIDS awareness day
2003 – “The Return of the King”, 3rd and final film in the Lord of the Rings premiers in New Zealand
2013 – Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos revealed “Amazon Prime Air” on “60 Minutes.” The services was planned to use unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver packages to customers.
2014 – “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”, 3rd and final Hobbit film, premiers in London
By: Archa Dave
