On This Day…

1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².

1912 – W. C. Handy publishes “Memphis Blues”, considered the 1st blues song

1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.

1989 – Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash

1996 – The Taliban, led by Mohammad Omar, seized the capital city of Kabul, declaring all of Afghanistan an Islamic state.

2008 – Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang performed China’s first spacewalk.

2009 – German Federal elections return Angela Merkel for her second term as Chancellor at the head of centre-right coalition government

2015 – A “Supermoon” coincides with a lunar eclipse creating a “Blood Moon” over much of the earth

2018 – First Chinese #MeToo case goes to court, TV star Zhu Jun sues for defamation after accusation posted online

Via Britanicca / On This Day