Year : 1668
Events : Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Year : 1891
Events : Travelers cheque patented.
Year : 1930
Events : Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
Year : 1937
Events : Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become world War II.
Year : 1954
Events : T.A.N.U. Party founded in Tanzania.
Year : 1960
Events : USSR shoots down a US aircraftf over Barents sea.
Year : 1973
Events : 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India).
Year : 1976
Events : Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars.
Year : 1978
Events : Martina Navratilova captures Wimbeldon defeating Chrris Evert.
Year : 1980
Events : 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel.
Year : 1986
Events : IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released.
Year : 1988
Events : Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful).
Year : 1996
Events : Mumbai film industry celebrates 100 years of the arrival of cinema in India.
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