Events
215 BC - A temple is built on the
Capitoline Hill dedicated to
Venus Erycina to commemorate the
Roman defeat at
Lake Trasimene.1014 -
Battle of Clontarf:
Brian Boru defeats
Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.1343 -
St. George's Night Uprising1348 - The founding of the
Order of the Garter by King
Edward III of England is announced on
St George's Day.
1521 - Battle of Villalar:
King Charles I of Spain defeats the
Comuneros.
1597 - Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen
Elizabeth I of England in attendance.
1616 - Funeral of
Miguel de Cervantes, who died on
April 221635 - First public school in the United States,
Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
1660 -
Treaty of Oliwa is established between
Sweden and
Poland.1661 - King
Charles II of England,
Scotland and
Ireland is crowned in
Westminster Abbey.
1827 -
William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays.
1867 -
William Lincoln patents the
zoetrope, a machine which government of
Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. The
Grand National Assembly of Turkey was founded in
Ankara.
1923 - Inauguration ceremonies take place of
Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter.
1932 - The 153-year old
De Adriaan Windmill in
Haarlem,
the Netherlands burns down.
1935 -
Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940 -
Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in
Natchez, Mississippi kills 198 people.
1941 -
World War II: Greek government and
King George II evacuate
Athens before the attacking
Wehrmacht.
1942 -
World War II:
Baedeker Blitz –
German bombers hit
Exeter,
Bath and
York in retaliation for the British raid on
Lübeck.
1948 -
1948 Arab-Israeli War:
Haifa, the major port of
Israel, is
captured from Palestinian forces.
1955 - The
Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the
Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the
Canadian Congress of Labour.
1961 -
Algiers putsch by French generals.
1967 - A group of young radicals are expelled from the
Nicaraguan Socialist Party (PSN). This group goes on to found the
Socialist Workers Party (POS).
1968 - The
United Kingdom produces its first decimalised coins, a 5p and a 10p coin.1968 -
Vietnam War: Student protesters at
Columbia University in
New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. see main article
Columbia University protests of 19681974 - A
Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashes in
Bali,
Indonesia, killing 107.
1979 - Fighting in London between the
Anti-Nazi League and the
Metropolitan Police's
Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester
Blair Peach.
1982 -
Conch Republic established.1982 - The
ZX Spectrum is released.1982 -
Julio Franco makes his
Major League debut playing
shortstop for the
Philadelphia Phillies.
1985 -
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases
New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.)
1987 - 28 construction workers died when the
L'Ambiance Plaza collapses while under construction in
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1988 -
Pink Floyd's album
Dark Side of the Moon, after spending the record total of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the
Billboard 200, left the charts for its first time ever.
1990 -
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the
United Nations and the 50th member of the
Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 -
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from
Ethiopia in a
United Nations-monitored referendum.
1997 -
Omaria massacre in
Algeria; 42 villagers killed.
2003 -
Beijing closes all schools for two weeks due to the
SARS virus.
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