October 16th, 2008

Today in History

2003:
iTunes released for Windows XP and Windows 2000.

2002:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.

1968:
Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney Riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.

1843:
Sir William Rowan Hamilton invents the concept of quaternions.

1813:
The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig.