1643 ~ Birthday of Isaac Newton, English scientist and philosopher.

1710 ~ Birthday of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer.

1785 ~ Birthday of Jakob Grimm, German philologist, one half of the Brothers Grimm.

1809 ~ Birthday of Louis Braille, Inventor of a writing system for the blind.

1847 ~ Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

1884 ~ The Fabian Society was founded in London.

1948 ~ Burma gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

1961 ~ Death of Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist.

1965 ~ Death of T. S. Eliot, Anglo-American poet.

1967 ~ Death of Donald Campbell when his jet-powered “Bluebird K7” crashed during an attempt to break the water speed record.

2004 ~ Spirit, the first of two NASA Mars Rovers, landed successfully on Mars.

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