In 399BC philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city.Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children admitted its first patient in 1852. 1906 saw the founding of the British Labour Party.Marconi, in 1922, began regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex.King George VI was buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1952.The Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end in 1989.YouTube was launched in the US in 2005.In 2017 the Indian space rocketPSLV-C37 successfully launched 104 satellites in a single flight.
We think you'll also enjoy
On This Day 20 May
From shoes being made for left and right feet through to satellite images from the Hubble Space Telescope it's an eventful day OTD
By TheBoldAge, 2020-05-20
On This Day 16 June
The Dutch were banned from wearing orange clothes in 1784 and mixed bathing was permitted in Hyde Park in London in 1930. Today we look at Rudolf Nureyev who defected from the USSR in 1961
By TheBoldAge, 2020-06-16