1488 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai
1509 The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
1815 World’s first commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1917 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel began service.
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1928 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names ‘Sinanthropuspekinensis’ (now known as ‘Homo erectus’)
1945 Walt Disney’s “3 Caballeros” released
1986 The Pope and Mother Teresa meet in Calcutta
By: Archa Dave
