648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
1814 - Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
1930 - Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt (some say just a pinch, some say just a grain) and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts Salt Satyagraha.
Births:
1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1937 - Merle Haggard, American musician
Deaths:
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect - Talk About Bad Luck
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648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
1814 - Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
1930 - Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt (some say just a pinch, some say just a grain) and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." Thus he starts Salt Satyagraha.
Births:
1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1937 - Merle Haggard, American musician
Deaths:
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect - Talk About Bad Luck
1971 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer