Events
753 BC -
Romulus and Remus found
Rome (
traditional).
43 BC -
Battle of Mutina:
Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by
Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Although Antony fails to capture
Mutina,
Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly afterwards.1509 -
Henry VIII ascends the throne of
England (unofficially) at the death of his father,
Henry VII1792 -
Tiradentes, a
revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is
hanged and
quartered.
1836 -
Texas Revolution:
Battle of San Jacinto –
Republic of Texas forces under
Sam Houston defeat troops under
Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1863 -
Bahá'u'lláh declares his mission as "
He whom God shall make manifest". Considered the founder of the
Bahá'í Faith.
1894 -
Norway formally adopts the
Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
1898 -
Spanish-American War: The
U.S. Congress, on
April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the
United States and
Spain as of this date.
1918 -
World War I:
German fighter ace
Manfred von Richthofen, known as "
The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in
France.
1930 - A fire at a penitentiary in
Columbus, Ohio, kills 320 people.
1944 - Women in
France receive the right to vote.
1945 -
World War II:
Soviet Union forces south of
Berlin at
Zossen attack the
German High Command headquarters.
1952 -
Secretary's Day (now
Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1960 -
Brasília,
Brazil's
capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the
Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital,
Rio de Janeiro.1960 - Founding of the
Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in
Washington, DC.
1962 - The
Seattle World's Fair (
Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first
World's Fair in the
U.S. since
World War II.
[1]1963 - The
Universal House of Justice of the
Bahá'í faith is elected for the first time.
1965 - The
1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1966 -
Rastafari movement:
Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits
Jamaica, an event now celebrated as
Grounation Day.
1967 - A few days before the
general election in
Greece,
Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a
coup d'état, establishing a
military regime that lasts for seven years.
1970 - The
Hutt River Province Principality secedes from
Australia 1975 -
Vietnam War:
President of
South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees
Saigon, as
Xuan Loc, the last
South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct
North Vietnamese assault on
Saigon, falls.
1982 -
Rollie Fingers of the
Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first
pitcher to record 300 saves.
1987 - The
Tamil Tigers are blamed for a
car bomb that explodes in the
Sri Lankan capital of
Colombo, killing 106 people.
1989 -
Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In
Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in
Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader
Hu Yaobang.
1994 - The first discoveries of
extrasolar planets are announced by
astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
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