Events
3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the
Maya calendar starts.523 -
John succeeds
Hormisdas as
Pope.1099 -
Paschal II elected
Pope.1315 -
Louis X of France marries
Clemence d'Anjou.1326 -
Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a
Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of
Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.1415 -
Hundred Years' War:
Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux,
France with 8000 men.1516 -
Treaty of Noyon between
France and
Spain signed. In it,
Francis recognises
Charles's claim to
Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to
Milan.
1521 -
Tenochtitlán (present day
Mexico City) falls to
conquistador Hernán Cortés.1536 -
Buddhist monks from
Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21
Nichiren temples throughout
Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional
Japanese date:
July 27 1536).1553 -
Michael Servetus arrested by
John Calvin in
Geneva as a
heretic.
1704 -
War of the Spanish Succession:
Battle of Blenheim -
English and
Austrians victorious over
French and
Bavarians.
1814 - The
Convention of London, a
treaty between the
United Kingdom and the
United Provinces, is signed in
London.
1904 - Lightning strikes the belltower of the
Kirtland Temple. A bucket brigade barely saves the historic structure.
1905 -
Norway holds
referendum in favour of dissolving the union with
Sweden.
1913 -
Otto Witte, an
acrobat, is crowned King of
Albania.1913 - Invention of
stainless steel by
Harry Brearley.
1918 - Women enlist in the
United States Marine Corps for the first time.
Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1920 -
Polish-Soviet War:
Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till
August 25. The
Red Army is defeated.
1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at
Gdynia, newly constructed
Polish seaport.
1937 -
Battle of Shanghai begins.
1940 -
World War II:
Battle of Britain begins - The
Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on
British fighter bases and
radar installations.
1954 -
Radio Pakistan broadcasts
National Anthem of
Pakistan for the first time.
1960 - The
Central African Republic declares independence from
France.
1961 - The
German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of
Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the
West.
1968 -
Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the
Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in
Varkiza,
Athens.
1973 -
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto elected
Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1979 - The roof of the uncompleted
Rosemont Horizon near
Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
1987 -
U.S. President Ronald Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the
Iran-Contra scandal.
1996 -
Marc Dutroux, his wife
Michelle Martin, and
Michel Lelièvre are arrested on suspicion of
kidnapping. All are found guilty on
June 22,
2004, with sentences of life, 30, and 25 years, respectively.
2004 - The Opening Ceremony of the
2004 Olympic Games takes place in
Athens.
2004 -
Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes
Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2004 -
Black Friday crackdown by
NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of
Maldives,
Malé.
2004 - 156
Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the
Gatumba refugee camp in
Burundi.
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