Events
68 -
Galba,
governor of
Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of
Roman emperors begun with
Julius Caesar and
Augustus.
1453 -
Mehmed II begins his siege of
Constantinople (
İstanbul), which would fall on
May 29.1513 -
Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on
Florida becoming the first known
European to do so.
1755 -
Commodore William James captures
pirate fortress of
Suvarnadurg on west coast of
India.
1792 - The
Coinage Act is passed establishing the
United States Mint.
1801 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Copenhagen - The
British destroy the
Danish fleet.
1804 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by
HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
1810 -
Napoleon Bonaparte marries
Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
1863 -
Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to
riot in
Richmond, Virginia and demand the
Confederate government to release emergency supplies.
1865 -
American Civil War:
Siege of Petersburg broken -
Union troops capture the trenches around
Petersburg, Virginia, forcing
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee to retreat. 1865 - American Civil War:
Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his
Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of
Richmond, Virginia.
1900 - The
Foraker Act passes through
Congress, giving
Puerto Ricans limited
self-rule.
1902 -
Dmitry Sipyagin,
Minister of Interior of the
Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the
Marie Palace,
St Petersburg.1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time
movie theater in the
United States, opens in
Los Angeles, California.
1917 -
World War I: The
Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the
Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the
German trenches. To that time, the biggest
artillery bombardment in history.
1917 -
World War I:
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the
U.S. Congress for a
declaration of war on
Germany.1917 - The first
woman ever elected to the
U.S. Congress,
Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from
Montana.
1930 -
Haile Selassie is proclaimed
emperor of
Ethiopia.
1962 - The first official
Panda crossing is opened outside
Waterloo station,
London.
1972 -
Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the
United States for the first time since being labeled a
communist in the early
1950s during the
Red Scare.1972 -
Vietnam War:
Easter Offensive begins -
North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of
Quang Tri Province.
1973 - Launch of
LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
1975 -
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian
refugees flee from the
Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing
North Vietnamese troops.1975 -
CN Tower completed in
Toronto Ontario Canada: reaches 553.33 metres in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
1980 -
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the
U.S. economy rebound.
1982 -
Falklands War:
1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by
Argentina. See also
1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands by
United Kingdom1984 - Sqn Ldr
Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard
Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first
Indian in space.
1989 -
Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in
Havana,
Cuba to meet with
Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1991 - First female
Premier of a
Canadian province takes office.
Rita Johnston succeeds
William Vander Zalm, who resigned, as
Premier of British Columbia.
1992 - In
New York,
Mafia boss
John Gotti is convicted of
murder and
racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
2002 -
Israeli forces surrounded the
Church of the Nativity in
Bethlehem into which armed
Palestinians retreated. A siege ensues.
2004 -
Islamist terrorists involved in the
11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt a thwarted bombing of the
Spanish high-speed train
AVE near
Madrid.
2005 -
James Stewart Jr. becomes first
African American to win a major motorsports event.
2006 - Over 60
tornadoes breakout, hardest hit is
Tennessee with 29 people killed.
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