0064 – The Great Fire of Rome began.
1334 The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1536 – The authority of the pope was declared void in England.
1743 – “The New York Weekly Journal” published the first half-page newspaper ad.
1914 Gandhi leaves South Africa after successfully leading campaigns of Passive Resistance
1925 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
1995 “Dreams from My Father”, a memoir by Barack Obama is published by Times Books
2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army
2015 PayPal is spun off from eBay as a separate publicly traded company on the NASDAQ
By: Archa Dave