Today in History A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China
BBC ON THIS DAY | Front Page Hundreds of people are reported to have died in Assam as fierce fighting rages in the run-up to Indian elections Police are hunting two IRA bombers who attacked an army barracks at Tern Hill in
Wikipedia:On this day Today - Wikipedia 1627 – Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts was appointed governor of Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) by the Dutch East India Company 1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary corsairs of Tripoli declared war on the United States by cutting down the flagstaff in front of the U S consulate