164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
1895 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans”
1694 – French author and philosopher Jean Francois Voltaire was born.
1783 – The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon.
1942 – Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in “Tale of Two Kitties”
1989 – Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush
1989 – TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
By: Archa Dave
