1770: Patent for the ‘Spinning Jenny’, the first multiple spinning machine that revolutionizes cotton spinning, is granted to English weaver James Hargreaves [1]

1830: Beginning of French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers at Sidi Ferruch

1864: Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, ends with a Confederate tactical victory and a Union successful retreat in Louisa County, Virginia

1931: Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition violations and perjury

1942: Anne Frank receives her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam

1964: Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa

1991: Boris Yeltsin wins Russia’s first presidential election with 57% of the vote

2018: Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – first time a North Korean leader and an incumbent US President meet

Source: Onthisday.com