Events1187 - Siege of Jerusalem:
Saladin captures
Jerusalem after 88 years of
Crusader rule. 1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1535 -
Jacques Cartier discovers
Montreal, Quebec. 1552 -
Conquest of Kazan by
Ivan the Terrible.
1780 -
John André, British Army officer of the
American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1789 -
George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1835 - The
Texas Revolution begins with the
Battle of Gonzales:
Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of
Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1851 - The
pasilalinic-sympathetic compass is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Saltville -
Union forces attack
Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by
Confederate troops.
1889 - In
Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American
Old West.
1919 -
US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially
paralyzed.
1924 - The
Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the
League of Nations.
1928 - The "
Prelature of the
Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as
Opus Dei, was founded by
Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
1935 -
Italy invades
Abyssinia (
Ethiopia).
1937 - Samuel R. Caldwell becomes the first person in the
United States to be arrested on a marijuana charge.
1938 -
Tiberias massacre: Arabs murder 20 Jews.
1941 -
World War II: In
Operation Typhoon,
Germany begins an all-out offensive against
Moscow.
1944 -
World War II:
Nazi troops end the
Warsaw Uprising.
1958 -
Guinea declares itself independent from
France.
1967 -
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first
African-American justice of
United States Supreme Court.
1968 - A peaceful student demonstration in
Mexico City ends in the
Tlatelolco massacre.
1970 - A plane carrying the
Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters
crashes in
Colorado killing 31 people.
1980 - Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali in his bid to become Heavyweight boxing Champion for the fourth time after round 10 when Angelo Dundee tells referee to stop the fight.
1990 - A Chinese airline
Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at
Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.
1992 - The
Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the
Carandiru Penitentiary in
São Paulo,
Brazil.
1996 - The
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by former U.S. President
Bill Clinton.1996 - An
AeroPerú Boeing 757 crashes in
Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from
Lima, Peru, killing 70.
2001 - The
NATO backs US military strikes, following
9/11.
2002 - The
Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2004 -
American Samoa joins the
North American Numbering Plan.
2005 -
Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on
Lake George in
Upstate New York, killing twenty people.2005 -
NFL plays first regular season game outside
United States when the
Arizona Cardinals defeat the
San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in
Mexico City,
Mexico2006 - Five school girls are murdered by
Charles Carl Roberts in a
shooting at an Amish school in
Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits
suicide.
2007 - President
Roh Moo-hyun of
South Korea walks across the
Military Demarcation Line into
North Korea on his way to the second
Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader
Kim Jong Il.
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