1863 US President Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg address beginning with ” four score and seven years ago” 1969 Apollo 12 became the second to land on the moon with Charles Conrad and Alan Bean becoming the 3rd and 4th astronauts to walk on the moon although most people only remember the first two

1626 St Peters Basilica opened replacing an earlier basilica on the same sight in Rome Italy it became the largest basilica in the world 1928 the Walt Disney cartoon Steamboat Willie opened as the first cartoon with sound featuring the character Mickey Mouse

1800 the US Congress met for the first time in the half completed Capital Building in Washington DC 1869 the Suez Canal in Egypt opened linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas to shipping

1824 New York City’s Fifth Avenue opening for business to become a world famous shopping street 2003 16 year old Lionel Messi made his official debut for FC Barcelona as he came in as a substitute against Porto

1492 explorer Christopher Columbus wrote in his notes the first reference of tobacco in the east 1904 King C Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade

1840 Artist Claude Monet was born he lived until 1926 1908 Albert Einstein presented the quantum theory of light