1783 Britain evacuates New York City its last troops and military position the the United States 1839 a Cyclone slammed into south eastern India destroying 20,000 ships and killing 300,000 people

1859 English naturalist Charles Darwin published ” On the Origin of Species ” changing dramatically the view of evolution and the beginning of evolutionary biology 1950 an assault began by UN troops to end the Korean War by Christmas failed

2018 a US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce the economy by 10% and cause many deaths 2019 the Sumatran rhino was officially declared extinct in Malaysia after Imai the last known rhino died of cancer in Sabah Malaysia

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to be the first to sail from Europe to India 1963 US President John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald riding in an open car in Dallas Texas

1901 Richard Strauss opera “Feuersnot” premiered in Dresden Germany 1931 the horror film “Frankenstein” was released starring Boris Karloff based on the Mary Shelly 1918 novel

1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange created the Tour de France bicycle race 1986 the World Health Organization WHO announced the first global effort to fight the AIDS Epidemic