On this day:
1718: The world’s first machine gun, called Puckle Gun, is patented by James Puckle
1928: The first Mickey Mouse film, Plane Crazy, is screened
1940: The first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens
Born on this day:
1817: Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer
1907: Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter
Gone on this day:
1886: Emily Dickinson, American poet
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On this day:1633: The Catholic Church forces Galileo Galilei to renounce his heliocentric worldview 1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union Born on this day: 1887: Julian Huxley, English biologist Gone on this day:1699: Josiah Child, Read more…