1577 Sir Francis Drake set sail to circle the world by sea 2003 Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in Tikrit by US troops

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland Canada 2000 the US Supreme court ordered George Bush as President after having less votes than Al Gore

1913 the “Mona Lisa” was recovered after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris 1997 150 industrial nations signed the Kyoto Treaty i a conference in Kyoto Japan to reduce greenhouse gasses

1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demanding he recant 1799 the metric system was first adopted in France

1212 Frederick II later known as the Holy Roman Emperor was crowned King in Mainz Germany 1980 Lech Walesa won the first direct presidential election in Poland

1813 Ludwig van Beethoven played the 7th Symphony in A in Vienna Austria 1966 US and USSr sign the treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space