THIS DAY IN HISTORY 09/03

This day in #history 09/03
MARCH 9TH

1497 – Nicolaus Copernicus’ 1st recorded astronomical observation

1500 – Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India

1522 – -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit

1893 – Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs

908 – Inter Milan is founded

1918 – Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party

1953 – Josef Stalin buried in Moscow

1962 – Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1987 – Bow Wow, American rapper and actor

1454 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)

1564 – David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)

1934 – Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1997 – Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66

1997 – The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper shot dead at 24

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THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 19/02

This day in #history 19/02

FEBRUARY 19TH

1878 – Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone ( phonograph)

1920 – Netherlands joins League of Nations

1959 – Britain , Turkey & Greece sign agreement
granting Cyprus independence

1959 – Gabon adopts its constitution

1985 – Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced
by Coca -Cola

1985 – Mickey Mouse welcomed in China

1986 – US Senate ratifies UN ‘s anti – genocide
convention 37 years later

2008 – Toshiba announces its formal recall of its
HD DVD video formatting , ending the format war
between it and Sony’ s Blu- Ray Disc

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus , Polish mathematician and astronomer ( d. 1543 )

1961 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer ( d. 1998

1986 – Marta, Brazilian footballer
FAMOUS DEATHS

1951 – Andre Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947) , dies at 81

1997 – Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party) , dies at 92

FAMOUS WEDDING

2008 – ” The Lord of The Rings ” actor Sean Bean
(49) weds actress Georgina Sutcliffe ( 29) at
Marylebone Registry Office in central London