By Ray Chang
180: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher, dies at 58
461: Saint Patrick, Patron saint of Ireland, dies in Saul
1537: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, known as the second great unifier of feudal Japan, is born
1861: Italy unifies as an official nation, under Victor Emmanuel II
1898: Irish engineer John Philip Holland achieves a successful test run for the first modern submarine
1921: Following the Russian Civil War, Vladimir Lenin decrees the New Economic Policy to reinvigorate the USSR’s economy
1969: Golda Meir becomes Israel’s 4th prime minister, the first and only female to do so
1973: Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
1995: US approves the first chicken pox vaccine
2017: Live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, releases