Events1220 -
Sweden was defeated by
Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.1509 - The Emperor
Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the
Vijayanagara Empire.1576 - The cornerstone for
Tycho Brahe's
Uraniborg observatory is laid on
Hven.1585 -
John Davis enters
Cumberland Sound in quest for the
Northwest Passage. 1588 -
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - The naval engagement ends, thus ending the
Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
1605 - The city of
Oulu,
Finland, is founded by
Charles IX of Sweden.
1647 - The
Irish Confederate Wars and
Wars of the Three Kingdoms:
Battle of Dungans Hill -
English Parliamentary forces defeat
Irish forces.
1786 -
Mont Blanc on the
French-
Italian border is climbed for the first time by
Jacques Balmat and Dr
Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1793 - The
insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution.
1794 -
Joseph Whidbey and
George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the
Northwest Passage near
Juneau, Alaska.
1810 - Eminent
Urdu poet
Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to
Delhi.
1839 -
Beta Theta Pi is founded in
Oxford, Ohio.
1844 - The
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by
Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church).
1863 -
American Civil War: Following his defeat in the
Battle of Gettysburg, General
Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to
Confederate President
Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
1863 -
American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Gov.
Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by
blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.
1870 - The
Republic of Ploieşti, a failed
Radical-Liberal rising against
Domnitor Carol of
Romania.
1876 -
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his
mimeograph.
1908 -
Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at
Le Mans, France. It's the Wright Brothers' first public flight and the French public goes wild.
1910 - The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's
Wright Flyer.
1911 - The millionth patent is filed in the
United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.1911 -
Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the
United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in
1913.
1918 -
World War I:
Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the
German front lines.
1929 - The
German airship
Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1931 - Workers go on strike at the
Hoover dam1938 - The building of
Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
1940 - "
Aufbau Ost" directive was signed by
Wilhelm Keitel.
1942 -
World War II: In
Washington, DC, six
German would-be saboteurs are executed.1942 -
Quit India resolution was passed by the
Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across
India1945 - World War II - The
Soviet Union declares war on
Japan and
invades Manchuria. 1945 - The
United Nations Charter is signed by the
United States, which becomes the third nation to join.
1946 - First flight of the
Convair B-36.
1947 -
Pakistan's
National Flag is approved.
1949 -
Bhutan becomes independent
1962 - Elizabeth Ann Duncan becomes the last woman to be executed in the
United States prior to the reintroduction of
capital punishment in 1977.
1963 -
Great Train Robbery: In
England, a gang of 15
train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
1967 - The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.
1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs
Japan's first
heart transplant.
1973 - U.S. Vice President
Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken
kickbacks while governor of
Maryland. 1973 -
Kim Dae-Jung, a
South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is
kidnapped.
1974 -
Watergate scandal: U.S. President
Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
1980 - The
Buttevant railway accident in Ireland occurred.
1986 -
Altaf Hussain's address at
Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement
MQM.
1988 - The "
8888 Uprising" occurs in
Burma.1988 - The lights are turned on at
Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games
1989 -
Space Shuttle program:
STS-28 Mission -
Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
1990 -
Iraq occupies
Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the
Gulf War shortly afterward.
1991 - Collapse of
Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built1991 -
John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by
Islamic Jihad, is released.
2000 -
Confederate submarine
H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
2007 - It is confirmed that a EF2
tornado touches down in Kings County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date.
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