1542 – Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father, James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old
1656 – Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
1798 – David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1900 – Birth of Quantum Physics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
1901 – 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
1911 – South Pole, 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1913 – Greece formally takes possession of Crete
1960 – Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
1967 – DNA created in a test tube
1994 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam, China
2003 – President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
By: Archa Dave
