Events
3114 BC - On this date in the
proleptic Gregorian calendar begins our current era in the
Maya Long Count Calendar.
2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of
Bel by
Hayk, progenitor and founder of the
Armenian nation.
586 BC - The
First Temple (originally built by
King Solomon) is destroyed by the
Babylonians in
Jerusalem.
480 BC -
Greco-Persian Wars:
Battle of Artemisium - The
Persians achieve a naval victory over the
Greeks in an engagement fought near
Artemisium, a promontory on the north coast of
Euboea. The Greek fleet holds its own against the
Persians in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at
Thermopylae.
70 - The
Second Temple is destroyed by the
Roman army in
Jerusalem.355 -
Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself
Roman Emperor against
Constantius II.1492 -
Alexander VI is elected
Pope.
1711 - The first race meeting was held at
Ascot1786 - Captain
Francis Light established the British colony of
Penang in
Malaysia 1804 -
Francis II assumed title of first
Emperor of Austria1828 - William Corder is hanged at
Bury St. Edmunds,
England, for
the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn a year ago.
1858 - First ascent of the
Eiger.
1898 -
Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of
Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico.
1918 -
World War I -
Battle of Amiens ends
1919 - Constitution of
Weimar Republic adopted
1919 - The 12-time
NFL champion
Green Bay Packers were formed by
Curly Lambeau and
George Whitney Calhoun.
1920 - The
Latvia-
Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed.
1929 -
Babe Ruth becomes the first
baseball player to hit
500 home runs in his career with a home run at
League Park in
Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 - Federal prison opened at
Alcatraz Island.
1952 -
Hussein proclaimed king of
Jordan1960 -
Chad declares independence.
1965 - Race riots (the
Watts riots) begin in
Watts area of
Los Angeles, California.
1968 - The last steam passenger train service ran in Britain. A
British Rail steam
locomotive made the 314-mile journey from
Liverpool to
Carlisle and returned to Liverpool before being dispatched to the
Wrecking yard.
1970 - A trademark application by the Van Brode Milling Company for the word
Spork was published by the
USPTO.
1972 -
Vietnam War: The last
United States ground combat unit depart
South Vietnam.
1975 -
East Timor: Governor
Mário Lemos Pires of
Portuguese Timor abandons the capital
Dili, following a coup by the
Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and
Fretilin.
1984 -
United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw
Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
1987 -
Alan Greenspan becomes
Chairman of the
United States Federal Reserve.
1992 - The
Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1999 - A total
solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia. 1999 - The exceptional
Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
2003 -
NATO takes over command of the
peacekeeping force in
Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside
Europe in its 54-year-history.2003 -
Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as
Hambali, is arrested in
Bangkok,
Thailand.2003 - A big
heat wave in
Paris had temperatures up to 112°
F (44°
C), with about 144 people dead.
2006 - The last
software patent expired on the
GIF format.2006 - The largest
string of firecrackers ever assembled is ignited in
Buchanan, Wisconsin. It contains an estimated 10,500,000 firecrackers.
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