• ... that Isaac Newton was so unhappy with the publication of his Arithmetica Universalis, he considered buying all the copies of the first edition so he could destroy them?
• ...that a pioneer automobile manufacturer, August Duesenberg, went bankrupt after his failure to sell his first mass produced vehicle, although his race cars had won seven of the first ten places in the 1920 Indianapolis 500-mile race?
• ......that the Battle of Domašov during the Seven Years' War was the first big military success of Ernst Gideon von Laudon, which made Prussian King Frederick the Great finish the siege of Olomouc and leave Moravia?
• ...that Robin Philipson, former President of the Royal Scottish Academy, was particularly renowned for his cockfight paintings?
• ...that in 1132 George of Antioch was given the title ammiratus ammiratorum, which translates as Admiral of Admirals in modern English, but meant Emir of Emirs to contemporaries?

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• Italy's Supreme Court confirms Romano Prodi's narrow win in the disputed general election. His competitor, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, still refuses to concede defeat.
• The Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam opens in Hanoi amid a major corruption scandal.
• The swelling Elbe and Danube rivers cause severe floods in Central and Southeastern Europe. A state of emergency is declared in Serbia (pictured).
• Chad accuses Sudan of sponsoring the failed coup attempt by the United Front for Democratic Change that has resulted in at least 400 deaths in N'Djamena, and severs diplomatic ties between the two countries.
• Two explosions inside the 17th century mosque Jama Masjid in Delhi, India injure at least thirteen people.