Today:
930: The Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament and the world’s oldest parliament, is established.
1757: Robert Clive defeats the army led by Suraja Dowla at Plassey, gaining control of Bengal.
1868: Christopher Latham Sholes and others are granted a patent for the “Type-Writer,” an early version of the typewriter.
1894: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
1931: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, on their record-breaking flight around the world in a single-engine plane.
1940: After conquering France, Adolf Hitler visits Paris, his only visit to the city.
1961: The Antarctic Treaty comes into force, setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and prohibiting military activities.
1972: Title IX of the Education Amendments is enacted into law in the US, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.
1985: Air India Flight 182 explodes mid-air due to a terrorist bomb, killing all 329 people aboard.
2016: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, a decision known as “Brexit.”