On this day in 1902, manufacturer Martin Leland started his luxury car venture by naming his new automobile after Antoine de la Motte Cadillac, the French colonial administrator and Detroit's founding father.
On this day in 1911, The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
On this day in 2005, hundreds of Thais working on the Kaohsiung Metro project staged a 17-hour protest against harsh working and living conditions.