Today in history

1525 : Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch, Holland.

1752 : French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.

1790 : First book copyrighted under constitution: Philadelphia Spelling Book

1802 : US Academy at West Point founded.

1822 : Charles Graham patents false teeth.

1870 : Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud.

1883 : First commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago)

1898 : China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years

1910 : Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found on June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

1923 : Brinks unveils first armored security vans.

1931 : First rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R. Goddard)

1934 : First Donald Duck cartoon 'Wise Little Hen' released.

1959 : First ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton Ct)

1963 : Movie 'Cleopatra' opens in New York

1983 : Margareth Thatcher's Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election.

1993 : Release of 'Jurassic Park', making pioneering use of computer-generated imagery to produce moving images of prehistoric creatures.

2006 : Nelly Furtado's new album 'Loose' is released and debuts at No. 1 with 219.000 copies sold, making it her first number-one album.

2015 : HSBC, the world's largest banking retailer, announce plans to cut 25.000 jobs worldwide including 8.000 in the United Kingdom

2017 : Following a three week trial at Warwick Crown Court, former BBC radio presenters Tony Wadsworth and Julie Mayer are convicted of indecently assaulting underage boys, and each are jailed for five years.

2020 : A Harvard University study suggests that COVID-19 have been spreading in China as early as August 2019, based on hospital car park usage and web search trends.

2021 : The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passes legislation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in the country, becoming the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency alongside the US dollar.

2024 : 2024 Belgian federal election: The New Flemish Alliance remains the largest party in the Chamber of Representatives, while Open Vld, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, loses almost all seats.