Indian Republic turns 72
1482 – “Pentateuch” (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy
1697 – Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli’s 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 – Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Carlowitz with Ottoman Empire
1748 – Britain, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1788 – Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the Union Flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day
1797 – Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
1802 – Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1841 – Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1926 – 1st public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird in his laboratory in London
1929 – Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India’s independence
1932 – British submarine M-2 sinks in English Channel (60 dead)
1950 – India becomes a republic, ceasing to be a British dominion
1950 – Constitution of India goes into effect
1972 – Air stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
