1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage
1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony
1709 – The creator of the first dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson, was born in England.1769 – It was reported, by the Boston Gazette, that the first piano had been built in North America.
1755 – Fort Ticonderoga, New York opens
1793 – US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
1809 – Royal Opera House in London opens
1837 – Tiffany & Co. was founded in New York City.
1851 – New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)
1885 – Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
1888 – Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Sign of Four”
1911 – Britain’s 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown
1964 – “The Addams Family”, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC
1990 – 500 lb 6′ Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
1991 – Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
1998 – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is formed.
1998 – The FDA approved a once-a-day easier-to-swallow medication for AIDS patients.
2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2009 – The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
2012 – 26 people are killed in a fire in a Pemex gas facility in Reynosa, Mexico
2012 – World’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplant undertaken at the University of Gothenburg
2014 – Scotland votes ‘NO’ in a referendum deciding whether or not to stay with the United Kingdom
2014 – Emma Watson delivers an address to a standing ovation at UN Headquarters in New York City, helping launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate for gender equality
By: Archa Dave
