331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
366 – St Damasus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
959 – Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes king of all England.
1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.
1829 – South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa
1847 – Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
1847 – German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founds Siemens AG &Halske.
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company
1867 – Karl Marx’ “Das Kapital” published
1880 – Thomas Edison began the commercial production of electric lamps at Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park.
1888 – National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time
1890 – Congress officially signs Weather Bureau after it was established in 1870
1890 – Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (California)
1891 – In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors.
1892 – University of Chicago opens
1896 – Sherlock Holmes adventure “Veiled Lodger” takes place
1966 – Newspaper magnate Thomson purchases “The Times”
1971 – Walt Disney World opens in Bay Lake, Florida
1990 – Meteorite explode above Pacific Ocean
2009 – In the United Arab Emirates, the exterior construction of the BurjKhalifa skyscraper was completed.
By: Archa Dave
