Events755 -
An Lushan revolted against
Chancellor Yang Guozhong at
Fanyang, beginning of
An Shi Rebellion.1392 - Historku-cho -
Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant
Go-Komatsu.1431 -
Henry VI of England is crowned
King of France at
Notre Dame in
Paris.1497 -
Vasco da Gama rounds the
Cape of Good Hope, the point where
Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to
Portugal.1598 -
Seven Year War:
Battle of Noryang Point - The final battle of the Seven Year War is fought between the Korean and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive Korean victory.1653 -
English Interregnum:
The Protectorate -
Oliver Cromwell becomes
Lord Protector of the
Commonwealth of England,
Scotland and
Ireland.1689 -
Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the
Bill of Rights.
1707 - Last recorded eruption of
Fuji Mount in
Japan.
1761 -
Seven Years' War: After four-month siege, the Russians under
Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of
Kolobrzeg.
1773 -
American Revolution:
Boston Tea Party - Members of the
Sons of Liberty disguised as
Mohawks dump crates of tea into
Boston harbor as a protest against the
Tea Act.
1811 - The first two in a series of severe
earthquakes occurs, in the vicinity of
New Madrid, Missouri.
1838 -
Battle of Blood River:
Voortrekkers led by
Andries Pretorius combat
Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and
Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today
KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa.
1850 -
History of New Zealand: The
Charlotte-Jane and the
Randolph bring the first of the
Canterbury Pilgrims to
Lyttelton.
1864 -
American Civil War:
Franklin-Nashville Campaign -
Battle of Nashville - Major General
George H. Thomas's
Union forces defeat Lieutenant General
John Bell Hood's
Confederate Army of Tennessee.
1893 -
Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From The New World" was given its world premiere at
Carnegie Hall.
1910 - During a ground test of his
Coandă-1910 plane,
Henri Coandă, caught unaware by the power of the engine, finds himself briefly airborne and loses control of the machine which crashes to the ground.
1922 -
President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by
Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in
Warsaw.
1925 - A regular broadcasting service was instituted in
Ceylon.
1925 -
Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity was founded at
Lafayette College.
1937 -
Theodore Cole and
Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the
American federal prison on
Alcatraz Island in
San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
1941 -
World War II: Japanese occupy
Miri,
Sarawak1942 -
Holocaust:
Porajmos -
Heinrich Himmler orders that
Roma candidates for extermination should be deported to
Auschwitz.
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of the Bulge -
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's allied forces and
Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt's
German army engage in the Belgian
Ardennes.
1946 -
Léon Blum becomes
Prime Minister of France.
1957 - Sir
Feroz Khan Noon replaces
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as
Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1960 -
1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's
Idlewild Airport, a
United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a
TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding
snowstorm over
Staten Island, killing 134.
1971 -
Bangladesh War of Independence &
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the
Pakistan army simultaneously brings an end to both conflicts.1971 - Independence Day of the State of
Bahrain from
British Protectorate Status
1973 -
O.J. Simpson of the
Buffalo Bills becomes the first
NFL player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
1985 -
Mafia: In
New York City,
Paul Castellano and
Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of
John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the
Gambino family.
1986 - revolt in
Kazakhstan against
Communist party, known as
Zheltoksan, which became the first signs of ethnic strife during
Gorbachev's tenure
1989 - Protest breaks out in
Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident
Hungarian pastor,
László Tőkés.
1991 -
United Nations General Assembly:
UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 revokes
UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 after Israel makes revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the
Madrid Peace Conference of 1991.1991 -
Independence of The Republic of
Kazakhstan.
1998 -
Iraq disarmament crisis:
Operation Desert Fox - The
United States and
United Kingdom bomb targets in
Iraq.
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