1498 – Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives in India, pioneering a direct sea route from Europe to Asia.<\/p>\n
1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds Saint Petersburg city.<\/p>\n
1941 – German battleship submarine Bismarck, with over 2000 men aboard, sunk after battle with British fleet during World War II offshore Ireland.<\/p>\n
2006 \u2013 Some six thousand people killed in an earthquake that hit Java Island of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Born today:<\/p>\n
1332 – Ibn Khaldun, founder of Sociology.<\/p>\n
1923 – Henry Kissinger, American politician.<\/p>\n
Passes away:<\/p>\n
1964 – Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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