0452 – Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.
0793 – The Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast of England.
1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler’s nova of 1604, discovered
1998 – The space shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America’s 
2001 – Marc Chagall’s painting “Study for ‘Over Vitebsk” was stolen from the Jewish Museum in New York City.
2004 – Nate Olive and Sarah Jones began the first known continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast.
By: Archa Dave
