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 reconquest of France

1885: Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to the United Kingdom

1935: RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) is first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins in Daventry, England

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

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