1689: France declared war against Spain.
1469: Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born.
1817: The first school for deaf children was opened in America.
1948: The state of Himachal Pradesh was established.
2003: The Irish Republican Army in Britain decided to lay down arms.
2013: About 35 people died and 160 were injured in a bomb blast in Iraq.
1955: America conducted nuclear test at Nevada test site.
1923: Insulin became available in the market for people suffering from diabetes.