QUOTE OF THE DAY

Qin Shi Huang orders his generals to capture present-day Guangdong and Guangxi.

219 AD, China, By place

TODAY IN

1704

Battle of Chamkaur (1704): During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

BIRTH TODAY IN

846

Hasan al-Askari

Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)