Events
193 -
Septimius Severus is proclaimed
Roman Emperor by the army in
Illyricum (in the
Balkans).475 -
Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the
Monophysiste christological position.1241 -
Battle of Liegnitz:
Mongol forces defeats the
Polish and
German armies. 1413 -
Henry V is crowned
King of
England.
1440 -
Christopher of Bavaria is appointed
King of Denmark.1667 - First public art exhibition opens in
Paris.
1682 -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the
Mississippi River, claims it for
France and names it
Louisiana.
1865 -
American Civil War:
Robert E. Lee surrenders the
Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to
Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the
war.
1867 -
Alaska purchase: Passing by a single vote, the
United States Senate ratifies a
treaty with
Russia for the purchase of
Alaska.
1909 - The
U.S. Congress passes the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
1913 - The
Brooklyn Dodgers'
Ebbets Field opens.
1916 -
World War I:
Battle of Verdun -
German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1917 - World War I:
Battle of Arras - The
battle begins with
Canadian forces executing a massive assault on
Vimy Ridge.
1937 - The
Kamikaze arrives at
Croydon Airport in
London - it is the first
Japanese-built aircraft to fly to
Europe.
1939 -
Marian Anderson sings at the
Lincoln Memorial, after having been refused the right to sing at the
Daughters of the American Revolution's
Constitution Hall.
1940 -
World War II:
Germany invades
Denmark and
Norway.
1942 - World War II:
Battle of Bataan/
Bataan Death March -
United States forces surrender on the
Bataan Peninsula.
Japanese Navy launches air raid on
Trincomalee in
Ceylon (
Sri Lanka);
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and
Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire are sunk off the island's east coast.
1945 - World War II: The
German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.1945 - World War II:
Battle of Königsberg, in
East Prussia, ends.1945 - The
United States Atomic Energy Commission formed
1947 - The
Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in
Texas,
Oklahoma, and
Kansas.1947 - The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial
Freedom Ride begins through the upper
South in violation of
Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the
United States Supreme Court's
1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned
racial segregation in interstate travel.
1948 -
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in
Bogotá (the
Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in all of
Colombia (La violencia).1948 - Massacre at
Deir Yassin.
1953 -
Warner Brothers premieres the first
3-D film, entitled
House of Wax1957 - The
Suez Canal in
Egypt is cleared and opens to
shipping1959 -
Mercury program:
NASA announces the selection of the
United States' first seven
astronauts, which the news media quickly dub the "
Mercury Seven".
1967 - The first
Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
1969 - The "
Chicago Eight" plead not guilty on federal charges of conspiracy to incite a riot at the
1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago, Illinois.
1975 - The first game of the
Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
1980 - Israeli troops move into
Lebanon1980 -
Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr is murdered by Saddam Husseins baath party, Along with his sister
Bint al-Hoda Sadr. They are commonly known as the 2 martyrs by Iraqi shia muslims.
1986 - The
government of France rules against the
privatization of
French automaker
Renault.
1990 - Sir Alex Klett is born.
1990 - Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. was founded at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
1991 -
Georgia declares its independence from the
Soviet Union.
1992 -
US Federal Court finds former
Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty on drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. 1992 -
John Major's
Conservative Party wins an unprecedented
fourth general election victory in the
United Kingdom.
1997 -
Lockheed Martin unveils the
F-22 Raptor Stealth air superiority fighter.
1998 - The National Prisoner of War Museum is located in
Andersonville, Georgia, on the site of the
American Civil War Andersonville POW camp.
1999 -
Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara,
President of
Niger, is assassinated.
2003 -
2003 invasion of Iraq:
Baghdad, Iraq falls to
American forces.
2005 -
HRH Charles, Prince of Wales weds Camilla Parker Bowles.
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