Events536 -
Byzantine General
Belisarius enters in
Rome while the
Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire.1425 - The
Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
1531 - First apparition of the
Virgin Mary (
Our Lady of Guadalupe) to
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill
1793 -
New York City's first daily
newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by
Noah Webster.
1824 - Patriot forces led by General
Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the
Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the
Peruvian War of Independence.
1835 - The
Republic of Texas captures
San Antonio.
1851 - The first
YMCA in
North America is established in
Montreal, Quebec.
1856 - The
Iranian city of
Bushehr surrenders to occupying
British forces.
1861 -
American Civil War: The
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the
U.S. Congress.
1872 - In
Louisiana,
P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving
African-American governor of a U.S. state.
1875 -
Massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded.
1888 - Statistician
Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the
United States War Department.
1892 - The football clubs Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merge to form
Newcastle United F.C.1897 - Activist
Marguerite Durand founds the
feminist daily
newspaper,
La Fronde in
Paris.
1905 - In
France, the law
separating church and state is passed.
1917 - In
Palestine, Allenby captures
Jerusalem.
1922 -
Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of
Poland.
1931 - The
Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the
Second Spanish Republic.
1937 -
Second Sino-Japanese War:
Battle of Nanjing -
Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen.
Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the
Chinese city of
Nanjing.
1940 -
World War II:
Operation Compass -
British and
Indian troops under the command of Major-General
Richard O'Connor attack
Italian forces near
Sidi Barrani in
Egypt.
1941 -
World War II: The
Republic of China,
Cuba,
Guatemala, the
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and the
Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on
Germany and
Japan.1941 -
World War II: The
19th Bombardment Group attack Japanese ships off the coast of
Vigan,
Luzon.
1946 - The "
Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" began with the "
Doctors' Trial", prosecuting
doctors alleged to be involved in
human experimentation.
1950 -
Harry Gold is sentenced to thirty years in jail for helping
Klaus Fuchs pass information about the
Manhattan Project to the
Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953 -
Red Scare:
General Electric announces that all
communist employees will be discharged from the company
1958 - Red Scare: The
John Birch Society founded in the
United States.
1960 - The first episode of
ITV soap-opera
Coronation Street is aired.
1961 - The trial of
Nazi Adolf Eichmann in
Israel ends with him being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.1961 -
Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
1968 -
NLS (a system for which
hypertext and the
computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in
San Francisco.
1987 -
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The
First Intifada begins in the
Gaza Strip and
West Bank1990 -
Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of
Poland.
2001 -
World Champion Chris Jericho defeated
WWF Champion Steve Austin in a
Title Unification match Jericho became the first
Undisputed Champion.
2003 - A
blast in the center of
Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
2006 -
Moscow suffers its
worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug addict rehabitational center.
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