TODAY IN HISTORY

• World Metrology Day

• 2019 - Poland

In Poland a mother aged 29 gave birth to sextuplets in 29th week of her pregnancy

• 2019 - Worldwide

International System of Units ( SI): The base units were redefined making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.

• 2015 - USA

David Letterman hosted his last edition of CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman," after 33 years and 6,028 broadcasts.

• 2015 - Nigeria

Femi Robinson, actor and playwright died. He was famous for his lead role in ‘ The Village Headmaster’, where his stage name, Village Head

master was coined • 2014 - Asia

Transparency International said South Asia is most corrupt region of the world and governments must strengthen their anti- graft agencies to prevent political interference and protect whistleblowers.

• 2013 - USA

Yahoo bought Tumblr, a popular blogging service, for $ 1.1 billion.

• 2012 - Pakistan

Pakistan blocked Twitter, saying it refused to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.