Events1112 - marriage of
Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and
Douce I of Provence, uniting the fortunes of those two states1377 - more than 2,000 people of the
Italian city of
Cesena are slaughtered by
Papal Troops (
Cesena Bloodbath).1451 -
Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the
Ottoman Empire.1488 -
Bartolomeu Dias of
Portugal lands in
Mossel Bay after rounding the
Cape of Good Hope at the tip of
Africa, becoming the first known
European to travel this far south.1509 - The Battle of Diu, between
Portugal and the
Ottoman Empire takes place in
Diu,
India.1690 - The colony of
Massachusetts issues the first
paper money in
America.
1706 -
Swedish forces defeats a superior Saxon-Russian force by deploying a text book example of a
double envelopment during the
Battle of Fraustadt.
1783 -
American Revolutionary War:
Spain recognizes
United States independence.
1787 -
Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the
Constitution of the United States.
1807 - A British military force, under Brig-Gen. Sir
Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of
Montevideo, then part of the
Spanish Empire now capital of
Uruguay, following a siege.
1809 -
Illinois Territory is created.
1815 - The first commercial
cheese factory is founded (
Switzerland).
1834 - The
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina establishes the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, today known as
Wake Forest University.
1867 -
Prince Mutshito becomes
Emperor Meiji of Japan.
1870 - The
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, grants voting rights regardless of race.
1900 - Gubernatorial candidate
William Goebel is assassinated in
Frankfort, Kentucky. Former
Secretary of State Caleb Powers was later found guilty in a conspiracy to kill Goebel.
1913 - The
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, authorizing the
Federal government to impose and collect a graduated
income tax.
1916 -
Parliament buildings in
Ottawa,
Canada burn down.
1917 -
World War I: The
United States breaks off diplomatic relations with
Germany a day after
Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare.
1918 - The
Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service as the longest
streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long).
1923 -
Alpha Zeta chapter of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia founded at
Pennsylvania State University.
1930 - The
Communist Party of Vietnam was born.
1931 - The
Napier earthquake,
New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
1941 -
World War II: The
Nazis forcibly restore
Pierre Laval to office in occupied
Vichy,
France.
1944 - World War II:
United States troops capture the
Marshall Islands.
1945 - World War II:
Soviet Union agrees to enter the
Pacific Theatre conflict against
Japan.1945 - World War II: As part of
Operation Thunderclap, 1,000
B-17's of the
Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin.
1947 - Percival Prattis becomes the first
African American news correspondent allowed in the
United States House and
Senate press gallery.1947 - Coldest ever temperature recorded in North America at
Snag, Yukon, -63 degrees
Celsius1952 - The earliest known
tropical storm makes landfall in
South Florida.
1957 -
Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the
Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).
1959 -
The Day The Music Died: A
plane crash kills rock-and-roll performers
Buddy Holly,
Ritchie Valens, and
The Big Bopper.
1966 - The unmanned
Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the
Moon.
1967 -
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in
Australia, is hanged in
Pentridge Prison,
Melbourne.
1969 - In
Cairo,
Yasser Arafat is appointed
Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the
Palestinian National Congress.
1974 -
Science fiction author
Philip K. Dick reportedly has a
gnostic religious experience or
theophany, later recounted in his books
Valis (1981) and
Radio Free Albemuth (1985).
1984 -
Space Shuttle program:
STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts,
Bruce McCandless II and
Robert L. Stewart make first untethered spacewalks using the
Manned Maneuvering Unit.
1988 -
Iran-Contra Affair: The
United States House of Representatives rejects
President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to aid
Nicaraguan Contras.
1989 - After a
stroke,
P.W. Botha resigns party leadership and the presidency of
South Africa.1989 - A military coup overthrows
Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of
Paraguay since
1954.
1997 - Sixth
general elections held in
Pakistan under 1973 constitution.
1998 -
Karla Faye Tucker is executed in
Texas becoming the first woman executed in the
United States since
1984.1998 -
Cavalese cable-car disaster: a
United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento,
Italy.
1999 - In
Jammu and Kashmir the
political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived.
2004 -
Jóannes Eidesgaard becomes Prime Minister of the
Faroe Islands.
2007 - The
Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.2007 - An outbreak of the
H5N1 strain of
avian flu was confirmed at a
turkey farm owned by
Bernard Matthews Foods in
Suffolk,
U.K.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Free Download Now!
