45 BC In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
0461 – Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.
1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines
1753 1st official St Patrick’s Day
1901 A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
1950 – Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced that they had created a new radioactive element. They named it “californium”. It is also known as element 98.
1967 – Snoopy and Charlie Brown of “Peanuts” were on the cover of “LIFE” magazine.
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
By: Archa Dave
