Events
1740 -
Maria Theresa takes the throne of
Austria.
France,
Prussia,
Bavaria and
Saxony refuse to honour the
Pragmatic Sanction and the
War of the Austrian Succession begins.
1781 -
Patent of Toleration, providing limited
freedom of worship, was approved in
Habsburg Monarchy.
1803 - The
United States Senate ratifies the
Louisiana Purchase.
1818 -
The Convention of 1878 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settled the US-Canada border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
1824 -
William H. Seward and
Frances Adeline Miller Seward wed.
1827 -
Battle of Navarino - a combined
Turkish and
Egyptian armada is destroyed by an allied
British,
French, and
Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos,
Greece. The most important result of this battle is the end of the Greek Liberation War and the affirmation of independence of modern
Greece.
1883 -
Peru and
Chile signed the
Treaty of Ancón, by which the
Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the
War of the Pacific.
1910 - The hull of the
RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated
RMS Titanic, is launched from the
Harland and Wolff shipyard in
Belfast,
Ireland.
1935 - The
Long March ends
1941 -
World War II: Thousands of civilians in
Kragujevac in
German-occupied Serbia are killed in the
Kragujevac massacre.
1944 - The
Soviet army and
Yugoslav Partisans liberate
Belgrade, the capital of
Yugoslavia1944 - Liquid
natural gas leaks from storage tanks in
Cleveland, then explodes; the explosion and resulting fire level 30 blocks and kill 130.1944 -
General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the
Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the
Japanese during the
Second World War.
1947 - The
House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into
Communist infiltration of
Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1951 - The "
Johnny Bright Incident" occurred in
Stillwater,
Oklahoma 1952 -
Governor Evelyn Baring declared a
state of emergency in
Kenya and began arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the
Mau Mau Uprising, including
Jomo Kenyatta, the future first
President of Kenya.
1955 - Publication of
The Return of the King, being the last part of
The Lord of the Rings.
1967 - A purported
bigfoot is filmed by
Patterson and Gimlin.
1968 - Former
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries
Greek shipping tycoon
Aristotle Onassis.
1971 - The
Nepal stock exchange collapses.
1973 - The
Saturday Night Massacre:
President Nixon fires
Attorney General Elliot Richardson and
Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire
Watergate prosecutor
Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by
Robert Bork.1973 - The
Sydney Opera House opens.
1976 - The
ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the
Mississippi River between
Destrehan and
Luling, LA. Seventy-eight passengers and crew died; only 18 people aboard the ferry survived.
1977 - A plane carrying
Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in
Mississippi, killing lead singer
Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist
Steve Gaines along with backup singer
Cassie Gaines, the road manager, pilot, and co-pilot.
1979 - The
John F Kennedy library is opened in
Boston,
Massachusetts.
1982 - During the
UEFA Cup match between
FC Spartak Moscow and
HFC Haarlem at least 63 and probably many more people are crushed to death in the
Luzhniki disaster.
1984 - The
Monterey Bay Aquarium opens in
Monterey Bay, California.
1991 - The
Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.
2004 -
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is sworn in as the
President of
Indonesia.2004 - The
Boston Red Sox of
Major League Baseball become the first team in the history of the league to win a best-of-7
postseason series after trailing the series 3 games to 0, by defeating the
New York Yankees in Game 7 the
American League Championship Series.2004 - The first
Ubuntu Linux distribution is released.
2007 - England lose to South Africa, 6-15, in the sixth
Rugby world cup
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