1616 Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
1797 Bank of England issues first £1 note
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of France
1885 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain
1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt
2005 Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76
Source: Onthisday.com
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