On this day:
1790 Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone
1903 First flight of the Wright Flyer, the powered aircraft made by the Wright brothers. It was the first such aircraft to take flight.
2010 The beginning of the Arab Spring
Born on this day:
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist, composer
1778 Humphry Davy, English chemist, physicist
Gone on this day:
1273 Rumi, Persian mystic, poet
