On This Day in History December 17, 2019

Historical Events 1398  Tamerlane captures and sacks Delhi, defeating Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies by setting camels loaded with hay alight and charging them at the Sultans armored elephants 1526  Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition 1788  Russian army of Grigory Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1903  The Wright brothers make the 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM, piloted by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 1986  Mrs Davina Thompson makes medical history by having the 1st heart, lung & liver transplant at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Mackenzie King (1874 - 1950) Manny Pacquiao 41st Birthday Milla Jovovich 44th Birthday Pope Francis 83rd Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Kim Jong-il (1942 - 2011) Simón Bolívar (1783 - 1830) More Famous Deaths