0476 – Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.
1609 – English navigator Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan.
1682 – English astronomer Edmund Halley observes the comet named after him
1781 – Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula,” which translates as “The Town of the Queen of Angels.”
1825 – New York Governor Clinton ceremoniously emptied a barrel of Lake Erie water in the Atlantic Ocean to consummate the “Marriage of the Waters” of the Great Lakes and the Atlantic.
1833 – Barney Flaherty answered an ad in “The New York Sun” and became the first newsboy/paperboy at the age of 10.
1882 – Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electric power station began operations in New York City. It was the first display of a practical electrical lighting system.
1888 – George Eastman registered the name “Kodak” and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll.
1894 – A strike in New York City by 12,000 tailors took place to protest sweatshops.
1998 – Google was incorporated as a privately held company.
2003 – Keegan Reilly, 22, became the first parapalegic climber to reach the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji.
2014 – Aracheological remains of a Viking fortress from the 900s CE, the ValløBorgring, is discovered in Denmark
By: Archa Dave
