399 BC: Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety

590: Khosrau II, the last great Sasanian king is crowned King of Persia

1763: Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years’ War

1986: Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged presidential election in the Philippines

2001: First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal “Nature”

2003: An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq

Source: Onthisday.com