Events
69 -
Vespasian, a former general under
Nero, enters
Rome to claim the title of
emperor.1192 -
Richard the Lion-Heart was captured and imprisoned by
Leopold V of
Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with
Saladin ending the
crusade.1522 -
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving
Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on
Malta and become known as the
Knights of Malta.
1606 - The
Virginia Company loaded three ships with settlers and set sail to establish
Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent
English settlement in the Americas
1803 -
Louisiana Purchase completed at a ceremony in
New Orleans.
1835 - First signing of the
Texas Declaration of Independence at
Goliad, Texas.
1860 -
South Carolina becomes the first state to
secede from the
United States.
1915 -
World War I: Last
Australian troops evacuated from
Gallipoli.
1917 -
Cheka, first
Soviet secret police, founded.
1941 -
World War II: First battle of the
American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in
Kunming, China.
1942 -
World War II: Bombing of
Calcutta by the Japanese.
1951 - Nuclear power first harvested when
EBR-1 powers four light bulbs.
1952 -
United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in
Moses Lake,
Washington killing 87.
1955 -
Cardiff was proclaimed as the capital city of
Wales,
United Kingdom1960 -
National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
1973 - The Spanish
Prime Minister,
Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a
car bomb attack in
Madrid1981 - The first ever on-stage
performance of the award-winning
Broadway musical Dreamgirls at
Imperial Theatre on
Broadway.
1984 - The
Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of
Todmorden in the
Pennines.
1988 - The
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed at
Vienna.
1989 -
United States invasion of Panama: United States sends troops into
Panama to overthrow government of
Manuel Noriega.
1991 -
Paul Keating becomes the 24th
Prime Minister of Australia.1991 - A Missouri court passes the
death sentence on Palestinian militant
Zein Isa and his wife Maria for the
honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
1995 -
NATO begins peacekeeping in
Bosnia.1995 - An
American Airlines Flight 965 Boeing 757 crashes into a mountain 50 km north of
Cali,
Colombia killing 160.
1996 - American astronomer and Astrophysicist
Carl Edward Sagan dies at age 62.
1996 -
NeXT merges with
Apple Computer, starting the path to
Mac OS X.1999 -
Macau is handed over to the
People's Republic of China by
Portugal.
2001 -
Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002):
President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office.
2002 - US Senator
Trent Lott resigns as
majority leader.
2005 -
2005 New York City transit strike:
New York City's
Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all
New York City Subway and
Bus services.2005 -
US District Court Judge
John E. Jones III ruled against mandating teaching "intelligent design" in his ruling of
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
2006 - A
judge rules against the
death penalty in the case of
Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the
Jewish Federation in
Seattle.
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