1192 – English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured by by Leopold V, Duke of Austria
1348 – Jews in Zurich, Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells
1621 – King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling royal charter for colonization of Nova Scotia
1784 – 1st daily newspaper in America -Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser
1837 – Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores
1915 – CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for £6,600 as a gift to his wife.
1928 – “My Weekly Reader” magazine made its debut
1930 – Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb
1931 – Britain abandons gold standard; pound devalues 20%
1965 – Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations.
1979 – Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin publish their influential paper (cited more than 4,000 times) “The Spandrels of San Marco and the panglossian paradigm”, introducing the term and idea of “spandrels” into evolutionary biology
1981 – Sandra Day O’Conner becomes 1st female Justice in the US Supreme Court
1984 – NASA launches Galaxy-C
1995 – The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths.
2004 – Construction of the Burj Dubai starts.
By: Archa Dave
