1909 Geronimo the famous Indian Chief in America died he was born in 1829 2016 the oldest known case of human-Neanderthal sex 100,000 years ago was revealed by Max Planck for the Evolutionary Anthropology by DNA

1659 the 1st ever cheque was written for 400 pounds it is still on display in Westminster Abbey 2005 The Kyoto Protocol came into force following its ratification by Russia

399BC Philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth and impiety 2005 YouTube was launched in the United States for videos to be shared and viewed

1868 Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied separately for telephone patents eventually the US Supreme Court named Bell the rightful inventor 1931 the original ” Dracula ” film starring Bela Lugosi was released

1601 the 1st British East India Company voyage departed from London lead by John Lancaster 1960 France became the 4th nuclear nation exploding a 70 kilo-ton atomic bomb in the Sahara desert

1809 Abraham Lincoln was born he died as US President in 1865 2013 North Korea conducted its 3rd nuclear test declaring it to be a device that could be weaponized