Events
660 BC - Traditional founding date of
Japan by
Emperor Jimmu.
1531 -
Henry VIII of England recognized as supreme head of the
Church of England.
1659 - The assault on Copenhagen by
Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1752 -
Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the
United States, opens.
1790 -
Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions
U.S. Congress for
abolition of
slavery.
1794 - First session of
United States Senate open to the public.
1808 -
Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.
1809 -
Robert Fulton patents the
steamboat1812 -
Massachusetts governor
Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time.
1814 -
Norway's independence is proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the
Kalmar Union.
1826 -
University College London is founded under the name
University of London.
1840 -
Gaetano Donizetti's opera
La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in
Paris.
1843 -
Giuseppe Verdi's opera
I Lombardi receives its first performance in
Milan.
1855 - Kassa Hailu is crowned
Tewodros II,
Emperor of Ethiopia, by
Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.
1858 - The
Blessed Virgin Mary reputedly appears to Saint
Bernadette Soubirous of
Lourdes.
1861 -
American Civil War:
United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with
slavery in any state.
1873 - King
Amadeus I of Spain abdicates.
1889 -
Meiji constitution of
Japan adopted; 1st
Diet of Japan convenes in
1890.
1895 - The lowest ever
UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at
Braemar in
Aberdeenshire. This record was equalled on
10 January,
1982 and again on
30 December,
1995.
1902 - Police assault
universal suffrage demonstrators in
Brussels.
1903 -
Anton Bruckner's
9th Symphony receives its first performance in
Vienna.
1905 -
Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical
Vehementer nos.
1916 -
Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on
birth control.
1919 -
Friedrich Ebert (
SPD), elected
President of Germany.
1929 -
Italy and the
Vatican sign the
Lateran Treaty.
1937 - A sit-down strike ends when
General Motors recognizes the
United Auto Workers Union.
1938 -
BBC Television produces the world's first ever
science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the
Karel Capek play
R.U.R. (The play which coined the term "
robot").
1939 -
Lockheed P-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
1941 - First Gold record presented to
Glenn Miller for "
Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1942 - The
Battle of Bukit Timah was fought in
Singapore during
World War II.
1943 - General
Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the
allied armies in
Europe.
1948 -
John Costello succeeds
Éamon de Valera as
Taoiseach of
Ireland.
1953 -
President Dwight Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.1953 - The
Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with
Israel.
1963 -
The Beatles tape 10 tracks for their first album, including "
Please, Please Me".
1964 - At the
Washington Coliseum,
The Beatles give their first live performance in the
United States.1964 -
Greeks and
Turks begin fighting in
Limassol,
Cyprus.1964 - The
Republic of China (
Taiwan) breaks off diplomatic relations with
France.
1968 -
Israeli-
Jordanian border clashes.
1971 - Eighty-seven countries, including the
US,
UK, and
USSR, sign the
Seabed Treaty outlawing
nuclear weapons in international waters.
1973 -
Vietnam War: First release of
American prisoners of war from
Vietnam takes place.
1978 -
Censorship: the
People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by
Aristotle,
Shakespeare and
Dickens.
1979 -
Islamic revolution of Iran achieved victory by leadership of
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1981 - 100,000 gallons (380 m³) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of
TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in
Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
1987 -
Philippines constitution goes into effect.
1990 -
Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from
Victor Verster Prison outside
Cape Town,
South Africa.1990 -
Buster Douglas knocks out
Mike Tyson in
Tokyo, Japan to become undisputed heavyweight champion in one of the most shocking upsets in
boxing history.
1991 -
UNPO, the
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, forms in
The Hague,
Netherlands.
1997 -
Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the
Hubble Space Telescope.
2006 - U.S. Vice President
Dick Cheney accidentally shoots
Harry Whittington in the face while the two are hunting together.
2007 - In
Portugal, a national referendum dictates non-therapeutic
abortion to become legal when requested by the woman during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.2007 - In
Ireland, the
GAA's national stadium,
Croke Park, opens its doors to foreign sports for the first time.
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