1616: The 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: Napoléon 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

1991: Gulf War: Coalition planes bomb Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, killing hundreds and creating the so-called ‘Highway of Death’

2005: President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking the Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76

Source: Onthisday.com