1858 the first vision of the Virgin Mary appeared to a 14 year old girl Bernadette of Lourdes, France 1929 Vatican City the worlds smallest country was made an enclave of Rome

1763 the Treaty of Paris ended the French/Indian War surrendering Canada to the Britain 1996 IBM computer Deep Blue became the first computer to win a chess game against the human chess champion Gary Kasparov

1904 Japanese tropps landed at Chemulpo or now Inchon near Seoul, Korea and within 3 weeks they advanced to the Yalu River on the border of Manchuria 1964 the 1st appearance of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in New York City had 73.7 million people watching

1826 Author Jules Verne was born he lived until 1905 1926 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio became Walt Disney Studios

1938 Harvey Firestone died of Firestone tires he lived from 1868 2018 According to a DNA study ” Nature ” all citrus fruit can be traced to the southeast foothills of the Himalayas

1819 Stamford Raffles founded Singapore as a British trading port 1989 Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa began negotiations with the Polish Government after the fall of the Soviet Union