Events1025 -
Bolesław I the Brave was crowned in
Gniezno, becoming the first
King of
Poland.
1506 - The
cornerstone of the current
St. Peter's Basilica is laid.1518 -
Bona Sforza is crowned as
queen consort of
Poland.
1775 -
American Revolution: Two lanterns were hung in the steeple of the
Old North Church in
Boston,
Massachusetts, indicating
British advancement by sea;
Paul Revere,
William Dawes and
Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of
Samuel Adams and
John Hancock.
1797 -
Battle of Neuwied -
French victory against the
Austrians.
1880 - A
F4 tornado strikes
Marshfield,
Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
1899 -
St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a
Royal Charter by
Queen Victoria.
1906 - An
earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 destroys much of
San Francisco,
California. 1906 - The
Los Angeles Times runs a front-page story on the
Azusa Street Revival, launching
Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1915 -
French pilot
Roland Garros was shot down and glided to a landing on the
German side of the lines during
World War I.
1923 -
Yankee Stadium, "The House that
Ruth Built", opens.
1942 -
World War II: The
Doolittle Raid on
Tokyo occurs.1942 -
Pierre Laval becomes
Prime Minister of
Vichy France.
1942 - The Toronto Maple Leafs come back after a three game deficit to win the Stanley Cup against the Detroit Red Wings.
1943 -
World War II: "Operation Peacock",
Isoroku Yamamoto is
killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over the
Solomon Islands.
1946 - The
League of Nations is dissolved.
1947 - Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of
Heligoland,
Germany, detonating 6800 tonnes of explosives, creating the largest non-nuclear explosion in history and changing the shape of the island.
1949 - The
Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
1954 -
Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in
Egypt.
1958 - A
U.S. federal court rules that
poet Ezra Pound be released from an
insane asylum.
1961 -
CONCP is founded in
Casablanca as a united front of
African movements opposing
Portuguese colonial rule.
1974 -
Prime Minister of
Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates
Lahore Dry port.1974 -
Italian prosecutor Mario Sossi is kidnapped by the
Red Brigades.
1980 - The
Republic of
Zimbabwe (formerly
Rhodesia) comes into being, with
Canaan Banana as the country's first
President.
1983 - A
suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in
Beirut,
Lebanon, killing 63 people.
1988 -
U.S. launches
Operation Praying Mantis against
Iranian naval forces in retaliation for damage to the
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58). The one-day action is the largest naval battle since
World War II.
1992 -
General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against
President Mohammad Najibullah of the
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with
Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture
Kabul.
1993 -
President of Pakistan,
Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the
National Assembly and dismisses Cabinet.
1994 -
Richard Nixon, former
President of the United States, suffers a stroke and dies four days later.
1996 - In
Lebanon, at least 106
Lebanese civilians are killed when the
Israel Defense Forces shell the
UN compound at
Qana (see
Qana Massacre).
1999 - Hockey player
Wayne Gretzky's number (99) is retired league wide in the NHL.
2007 - The US
Supreme Court upheld the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.2007 - 32
Chinese steel workers burn to death in the
Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster.
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