On this date in history: In 1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia. In 1930, Richard Gurley Drew received a patent for his adhesive tape, which was later ...
The death toll from a 5.6 magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java has risen to 162, with most of the deaths being children. The latest total was given by regional governor Ridwan Kamil, ...