Events366 -
Alamanni cross the frozen
Rhine River in large numbers, invading the
Roman Empire.533 - Mercurius becomes
Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the
papacy.1492 -
Reconquista:
Granada, the last
Moorish stronghold in
Spain, surrenders.
1757 - The
United Kingdom captures
Calcutta,
India.
1788 -
Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the
United States Constitution.
1793 -
Russia and
Prussia partition
Poland.
1818 - The British
Institution of Civil Engineers is formed.
1860 - The discovery of the planet
Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the
Académie des Sciences in
Paris.
1871 -
Amadeus I becomes King of
Spain.
1872 -
Brigham Young is arrested for
bigamy due to having 25 wives.
1879 -
Fred Spofforth claims the first
hat-trick in
test cricket on the
Sydney Cricket Ground against
England.
1882 -
John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the
Standard Oil trust.
1890 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the
White House.
1893 -
Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America introduces
railroad chronometers.
1900 -
John Hay announces the
Open Door Policy to promote trade with
China.
1905 -
Russo-Japanese War: The
Russian fleet surrenders at
Port Arthur,
China.1905 - The American
anarcho-syndicalist union known as the
Industrial Workers of the World forms.
1917 - The
Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.
1920 - The
Palmer Raids begin in the United States.
1921 - The first religious
radio broadcast (
KDKA AM in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) .
1923 -
U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns due to the
Teapot Dome scandal.
1929 -
Canada and the
United States agree on a plan to preserve
Niagara Falls.
1935 -
Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator
Charles Lindbergh.
1941 -
World War II:
German bombing severely damages the
Llandaff Cathedral in
Cardiff,
Wales.1941 - World War II: The U.S. government announces its
Liberty ship program to build freighters in support of the war effort.
1942 - World War II:
Manila is captured by
Japanese forces.1942 - The
United States Navy opens a
blimp base at
Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1946 - Unable to resume rule after
World War II,
King Zog of
Albania abdicates but retains his claim to the
throne.
1949 -
Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected
Governor of Puerto Rico.
1955 -
Panamanian president
Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated.
1957 - The
San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange and
Los Angeles Oil Exchange merge.
1959 - The first artificial satellite to orbit the moon,
Luna 1, is launched by the
U.S.S.R.1969 -
Luis Ferré becomes the first statehooder
Governor of Puerto Rico.1969 - Operation Barrier Reef began in
Mekong Delta,
Vietnam1971 - The second
Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a
Rangers-
Celtic football game.
1974 -
Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum
US speed limit to 55
MPH in order to conserve
gasoline during an
OPEC embargo.
1991 -
Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of
Washington, DC, becoming the first
African American woman to lead a city of that size and importance.
1993 - Leaders of the three warring factions in
Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans.
1998 -
Russia begins to circulate new
rubles to stem
inflation and promote confidence.
1999 - A brutal
snowstorm smashes into the
Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) at
Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.
2001 -
Sila Calderón becomes the first female
Governor of Puerto Rico.2002 -
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim
President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly.
2004 -
Stardust successfully flies past
Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to
Earth two years later.
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