Events455 -
Roman military commander
Avitus is proclaimed
emperor of the
Western Roman Empire. 1357 -
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assists laying the foundation stone of
Charles Bridge in
Prague.1540 -
Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife,
Anne of Cleves. 1541 -
Estevão da Gama departs
Massawa, leaving behind 400
matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother
Christovão da Gama, with orders to assist the
Emperor of Ethiopia defeat
Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his
Empire.
1755 -
French and Indian War:
Braddock Expedition -
British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat by
French and
Native American forces.
1789 - In
Versailles, the
National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the
National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a
French constitution.
1790 -
Russo-Swedish War:
Second Battle of Svensksund -In the
Baltic Sea, the
Swedish Navy captures one third of the
Russian fleet.
1793 -
Act Against Slavery passed in
Upper Canada and importation of slaves into
Lower Canada is prohibited.
1810 -
Napoleon annexes the
Kingdom of Holland as part of the
First French Empire.
1815 -
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes
Prime Minister of France.
1816 -
Argentina declares independence from
Spain.
1846 - By an
Act of Congress, the
Washington, DC area south of the
Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to
Virginia.
1850 -
President Zachary Taylor dies and
Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th
President of the United States.
1863 -
American Civil War:
Siege of Port Hudson ends.
1867 - An unsuccessful expedition led by E.D Young set out to search for Dr
David Livingstone (
Scottish Missionary and
explorer).
1868 - The
14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing
African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the
United States due process of law.
1887 - Reportedly paper napkins were used for the first time by
John Dickinson (stationery manufacturers) at the company's annual dinner.
1900 -
Queen Victoria gives
royal assent to an act creating the
Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one
federal government.
1918 -
Great train wreck of 1918: In
Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest
rail accident in
United States history.
1921 -
Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar delivered his famous speech at
Khilafat Conference,
Karachi.
1922 -
Johnny Weissmuller swims the
100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world
swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1943 -
World War II:
Operation Husky -
Allied forces perform an
amphibious invasion of
Sicily.
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Normandy -
British and
Canadian forces capture
Caen,
France.1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Saipan -
Americans take
Saipan.
1948 -
Pakistan issued first set of
Postage stamp, having image of
Constituent Assembly,
Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport),
Shahi Fort.
1955 - The
Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by
Bertrand Russell in
London.
1967 - A team of mountaineers successfully climb the
Old Man of Hoy, the expedition is televised by
BBC television in a unique live
outside broadcast.
1975 - The
National Assembly of
Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted)
multi-party system.
1979 - A car bomb destroys a
Renault owned by famed "
Nazi hunters"
Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in
France. A note purportedly from
ODESSA claims responsibility.
1981 -
Senegalese political parties Party of Independence and Work (
PIT) and
Democratic League - Movement for the Labour Party (
LD-MPT) legally recognized.
1982 - A
Boeing 727 carrying
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in
Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.
1982 - A man breaks into
Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom in what became known as the
Michael Fagan incident1984 -
York Minster was struck by a lightning bolt, the resulting fire rampaged through most of the building. However the cathedral valuables were rescued by
clergymen and the "
Rose Window" was not affected.
1986 - The
New Zealand Parliament passes the
Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
1989 - Two bombs explode in
Mecca, killing one
pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
1991 -
International Federation of Human Rights cites
human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during
Oka crisis in
Quebec,
Canada.1991 -
South Africa is reintroduced into the
Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
1995 - Musical group The
Grateful Dead perform the last concert of their 30-year career at
Soldier Field,
Chicago.
1999 -
Days of student protests begins after
Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of
University of Tehran.
2002 - The
African Union was established in
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The first
chairman was
Thabo Mbeki,
President of South Africa.
2004 - After
José Manuel Barroso's appointment to the
European Commission,
Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio announces that he will invite the second-in-line leader of
PSD,
Pedro Santana Lopes to form government.
2006 - At least 122 people are killed after a
Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers on board veers off the runway while landing at
Irkutsk Airport in
Siberia in wet conditions.
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