1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson sailed down what is now known as the Hudson River.
1624 – 1st submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames before James I
1662 – John Flamsteed sees partial solar eclipse, stirs his interest in astronomy
1758 – French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula so begins his Messier Catalogue
1873 – The first practical typewriter was sold to customers.
1878 – Cleopatra Needle installed in London
1888 – Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Greek Interpreter”
1910 – World’s 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD)
1940 – 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings
1964 – Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
1991 – The space shuttle Discovery took off on a mission to deploy an observatory that was to study the Earth’s ozone layer.
2005 – Hong Kong Disneyland opens in Penny’s Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
2009 – Steve Jobs announced that Apple’s iTunes had 88% of the legal U.S. music download market.
2012 – Excavators announce that they may have found the remains of King Richard III of England under a carpark in Leicester
By: Archa Dave
