1985:-  This day is observed as World No Tobacco                                  Day.
                                             
   1946:-   Steve Bucknor, West Indian Cricket Umpire                                  born.

                                             

  1917:-  Alexander I becomes King of Greece.
                                             
   1950:-  Paresh Rawal, Indian actor born.

                                             

  1999:- Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first                                docking with the International Space Station.
                                             
   2001:-  International Day Of United Nations                                 Peacekeepers inaugurated.

                                             

  1830:-  President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian                                 Removal Act which relocates Native                                 Americans.
                                             
   1999:- In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration                                work, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece “ The                                Last Supper “ was put back on display.

                                             

  1908:-  Maulana Hakeem Noorud-Din was elected the                                 first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim                                 Community.
                                             
   1927:- Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing                               the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants                               to make Ford Model As.

                                             

  1830:-  The Indian Removal Act was passed by the                                 U.S. Congress, it is signed into law by                                  President Andrew Jackson two days later.
                                             
   1928:- The first motion picture was  projected                                publicly in Athens, Greece.

                                             

  1981:- In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council was                                created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,                                Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab                                Emirates.
                                             
   2000:-  Liberation Day of Lebanon Israel withdraws                                its army from most of the Lebanese territory                                 after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.

                                             

  1832:-  The First Kingdom of Greece declared in the                                  London- Conference.
                                             
   1956:-  Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist council on                                 Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year                                  anniversary after the Lord Buddha’s.

                                             

  1996:- 1996 Everest Disaster The deadliest year for                                 climbers of Everest.
                                             
   2003:-  This Day is Known as World Turtle Day.

                                             

  1906:- The Wright brothers were granted patent                                 number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
                                             
   2006:- In Fort Worth, Texas , Annika Sorenstam                                becomes the 1st woman to play the PGA Tour                                in 58 years.

                                             

  1904:- The Federation International de Football                                Association (FIFA) was founded in Paris.
                                             
   2004:-Stanislav Petrov was awarded the world                               Citizen Award for averting a potential World                               War III in 1983. 

                                             

  1570:-  Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues 1st                                 modern atlas.
                                             
   1894:- Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu                                sage, born.

                                             

  1802:- The Legion d’ Honneur founded by Napoleon                                Bonaparte.
                                             
   1934:- Ruskin Bond, Indian author born.

                                             

  1913:-  Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth President of                                 India born.
                                             
   1953:- Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to                                break the sound barrier.

                                             

  1865:- The International Telegraph Union (later the                                International Telecommunication Union)                                established.
                                             
   2007:- This Day is observed as World Information                                Society Day.

                                             

  1204:- Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders crowned as the                                first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
                                             
   1866:-Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

                                             

  1817:-  Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious                                 reformer born.
                                             
   1967:- Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress born.

                                             

  1796:-Edward Jenner administered the 1st smallpox                               vaccination.
                                             
   1936:-  Lina Medina becomes the world’s youngest                                 confirmed mother in medical history at the                                 age of five.

                                             

  1880:- In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison                               Performs the first test of his electric railway.
                                             
   1958:-The trade mark Velcro was registered.

                                             

  1965:-  The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the                                 Moon.
                                             
   2003:- The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out                                 by Al Qaeda, kill 26.
                                             

  1857:-  Indian Mutiny : Indian rebels seize Delhi                                from the British.
                                             
   1927:- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and                                Sciences was founded.
                                             

  1863:-  Upenrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter &                                 composer (d.1915) born.
                                             
   1872:- Victoria Woodhull becomes the first Woman                                nominated for President of the US.
                                             

  1904:-  The Steam locomotive City of Truro becomes                                 the first steam engine to exceed 100mph.
                                             
   1955:- Cold War : West Germany joins NATO.
                                             

  1898:-  The first games of the Italian Football                                 League were played.
                                             
   1984:- The Soviet Union announce that it will                                boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los                                Angeles, California.
                                             

  1998:-   Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $ 40                                  billion USD & forms Daimler Chrysler in the                                  largest industrial merger in history.
                                             
   1861:-  Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, got                                 noble prize for literature in 1913 and the                                 first asian to be awarded as a  noble laureate                                 born.
                                             

  1542:-  Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the Capital                                of Portuguese India at the time.
                                             
   1861:- Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter                                (d.1931) born.
                                             

  1809:- Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a                               U.S.Patent, for a technique of weaving straw                               with silk and thread.
                                             
   2006:-In Hong Kong ,South korea & Taiwan(2006)                               this day is observed as a Buddha’s Birthday.
                                             

  1494:- Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica.
                                             
   1930:-British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and                               place him in Yeravda Central Prison.
                                             

  1715:- “Edmund Halley’s” total solar eclipse (the last                                 one visible in London , United Kingdom for                                 almost 900 years).
                                             
   1978:-The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail                               (which would later become known as ”spam”)                               was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation.
                                             

  1918 :- General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor                                 Company of Delaware.
                                             
   2008:- Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar                               Killing over 130,000 people and leaving                                millions of people homeless.
                                             

  1751:- The first cricket match was played in                                America.
                                             
   1956:- The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk                                was made available to the public.