On this day:
1990: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are banned via London Amendment to Montreal Protocol, to protect the ozone layer
2007: Apple releases the first iPhone
Born on this day:
1864: Ashutosh Mukherjee, Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician described as the “Banglar Bagh” (Tiger of Bengal)
1893: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and applied statistician (Mahalanobis distance). His birthdate is celebrated annually as “National Statistics Day”
1900: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer of The Little Prince
Gone on this day:
1895: Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist