1483 – King Richard III of England was crowned.
1858 – Lyman Blake patented the shoe manufacturing machine.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute.
2006 The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
By: Archa Dave
