CAROLUS LINNAEUS
1707-Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist the first to frame principles for defining genera and species of organisms, was born in Råshult.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Born-January 17,1706
Died-April 17, 1790
1785-Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
ITALY DECLARED WAR
1915-Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I on the side of allies.
WALT DISNEY
1922-Walt Disney incorporates his Ist film company Laugh-O-Gram Films.
TIBET ANNEXED BY CHINA
1951-China formally annexed Tibet as an autonomous region, giving rise to the Tibetan Independence movement - led by Dalai Lama.
POPE JOHN PAUL II
1982-Pope John Paul II declares “Peerke” Donders a Saint.
CREATION OF SOUTH AMERICAN UNION
2008-South American countries -
ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, GUYANA, PARAGUAY, PERU, SURINAME, URUGUAY, AND VENEZUELA - agreed to form a Union to bolster economic and political ties signed a treaty at a summit in Brazil. Treaty created the Union Of South American Nations.
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