Events
3102 BC -
Epoch (origin) of the
Kali Yuga-
Lord Krishna is believed by
Hare Krishnas and
Hindus to have left the planet on this day. 1229 - The
Sixth Crusade:
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year
truce with
al-Kamil, regaining
Jerusalem,
Nazareth, and
Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the
papacy.1268 - The
Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by
Dovmont of
Pskov in the
Battle of Rakovor.1332 (or
1329) -
Amda Seyon I,
Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.1478 -
George,
Duke of Clarence, convicted of
treason against his older brother
Edward IV of England, is privately
executed in the
Tower of London.1587 -
Mary I of Scotland, queen of Scots, is executed at
Fotheringhay Castle,
Northamptonshire,
England, after being convicted of
high treason.
1685 - Fort St. Louis is established by a
Frenchman at
Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for
France's claim to
Texas.
1797 -
Trinidad is surrendered to a
British fleet under the command of
Sir Ralph Abercromby.
1814 -
Battle of Montereau occurs.
1841 - The first ongoing
filibuster in the
United States Senate begins and lasts until
March 11.
1856 - The
American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first
Presidential candidate, former
President Millard Fillmore.
1861 - In
Montgomery, Alabama,
Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional
President of the
Confederate States of America.1861 - With the
Italian unification almost complete,
King Victor Emmanuel II of
Piedmont,
Savoy and
Sardinia assumes the title of
King of Italy.
1865 -
Union forces under
Major General William T. Sherman set the
South Carolina State House on fire during the
burning of Columbia.
1878 - The
Lincoln County War begins in
Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1885 -
Mark Twain's
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
1901 -
Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the
British House of Commons.
1911 - The first official flight with
air mail takes place in
Allahabad,
British India, when
Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
1913 -
Raymond Poincaré becomes
President of
France.
1929 - First
Academy Awards are announced.
1930 - While studying photographs taken in
January,
Clyde Tombaugh discovers
Pluto.1930 -
Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first
cow to fly in a
fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
1932 - The
Empire of Japan declares
Manzhouguo (obsolete
Chinese name for
Manchuria) independent from the
Republic of China.
1943 - The
Nazis arrest the members of the
White Rose movement.1943 -
Joseph Goebbels delivers the
Sportpalast speech.
1948 -
Eamon de Valera resigns as
Taoiseach of
Ireland.
1953 - The first
3D film,
Bwana Devil, opens.
1954 - The first
Church of Scientology is established in
Los Angeles,
California.
1957 -
Dedan Kimathi, a
Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government.
1965 -
The Gambia becomes independent from the
United Kingdom.
1969 -
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster kills all on board.
1970 - The
Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite
riots at the
1968 Democratic Party national convention.
1972 - The
California Supreme Court in the case of
People v. Anderson,
6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's
death penalty and commutes the sentences of all
death row inmates to life in prison.
1977 - The
Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a
Boeing 747.
1979 - Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first and only recorded time in history.
1983 - Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the
Wah Mee Massacre in
Seattle, Washington, said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in
American history.
1991 - The
IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both
Paddington station and
Victoria station in
London.
1998 - Two
white separatists are arrested in
Nevada and accused of plotting a
biological attack on
New York City subways.
2000 -
Stjepan Mesić becomes the second president of
Croatia.
2001 -
FBI agent
Robert Hanssen is arrested for
spying for the
Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to
life in prison.2001 -
Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the final lap of the
Daytona 500, which was won by
Michael Waltrip, driving in a car that Earnhardt owned. His son,
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second.
2003 - Nearly 200 people die in the
Daegu subway fire in
South Korea2003 -
Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
2004 - Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near
Neyshabur in
Iran when a run-away freight
train carrying
sulfur,
petrol and
fertiliser catches fire and explodes.
2005 - The
United Kingdom law banning
fox hunting,
hare coursing and other sports which kill wild
mammals is enforced from this date.
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