1498 – Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut (Kozhikode) city in India.
1902 – Cuba declares independence from United States.
1934 – Treaty of Taif between Yemen and Saudi Arabia signed.
1996 – Oil-for-Food program signed between Iraq and UN.
2002 – Independence of East Timor from Indonesia.
Born Today:
1860 – German chemist and Nobel laureate Eduard Buchner.
Passed away:
973 – Well-known Syrian philosopher Abu Ala al Ma’arri.
Occasions:
Independence Day of Cameroon and East Timor.
World Metrology Day.
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