1184 B.C. -The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)1503 Michelangelo undertakes to carve 12 Apostles for the Cathedral of Florence, each four and a quarter braccia high (248.2cm), at the rate of at least one completed statue per year. He produced only one, of St. Matthew, and that remained unfinished.
1503-Michelangelo undertakes to carve 12 Apostles for the Cathedral of Florence, each four and a quarter braccia high (248.2cm), at the rate of at least one completed statue per year. He produced only one, of St. Matthew, and that remained unfinished.
1877-Russo-Turkish War: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire
1898-Spanish–American War: Spain declares war after rejecting U.S. ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1916-Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin
1967-American General William Westmoreland says in a Vietnam War news conference that the enemy has "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily"
2023-India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064) [1]
Source: Korea Times News
