On this Day 1956 –Tunisia achieved independence from France. A year later, Tunisia was declared a republic, with Bourguiba as the first President. Till the 2011 revolution, the government, the Constitutional Democratic Rally and the Socialist Destourian were the only ruling party
On this Day 1916 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
On this Day 1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
On this Day James Madison, (1751-1836), American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States, was born
On this Day 1995 – Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
On this Day 1945 – Ninety per cent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
On this Day 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
On this Day 1872 – The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
On this Day 1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes the jizya tax on non-Muslim subjects.
On this Day 1672 – King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.
On this Day 1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary, and the Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the reform party.
On this Day 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
On this Day 1922 – After Egypt gained nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I became King of Egypt.
On this Day 1991 – Cold War: The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.
1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
On this Day 1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
On this Day 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.
History of Pi Day It began as a local celebration spearheaded by the physicist Larry Shaw. Shaw came up with the idea over three decades ago after pondering his fascination with pi, the mathematical constant that is a ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
On this Day 1931 – Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released with a budget of $480.
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