Events
211 -
Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the
Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons,
Caracalla and
Geta.362 - Roman Emperor
Julian promulgates an edict that recognizes equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.1454 - In the
Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the
Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the
Grand Master.
1703 - In
Edo (now
Tokyo), 46 of the
Forty-Seven Ronin commit
seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1783 -
American Revolutionary War: The
United Kingdom formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the
United States of America.
1789 -
George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first
President of the United States by the
U.S. Electoral College.
1792 -
George Washington is unanimously elected to a second term as
President of the United States by the
U.S. Electoral College.
1794 - The
French legislature abolishes
slavery throughout all territories of the
French Republic.
1801 -
John Marshall is sworn in as
Chief Justice of the United States.
1810 -
British Navy seizes
Guadeloupe.
1825 - The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the
Ohio and Erie Canal and the
Miami and Erie Canal.
1859 -
Codex Sinaiticus discovered in
Egypt.
1861 -
American Civil War: In
Montgomery, Alabama, Delegates from six break-away
U.S. states meet and form The
Confederate States of America.
1899 - The
Philippine-American War begins.
1915 -
Germany establishes a
submarine blockade around the
UK and declares any vessel in it a legitimate target.
1932 -
World War II:
Japan occupies
Harbin, China.
1936 -
Radium E. becomes the first
radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1941 -
World War II: The
United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain
American troops.
1943 - World War II:
Battle of Stalingrad ends.
1945 - World War II: The
Yalta Conference begin .
1948 -
Ceylon (later renamed
Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the
British Commonwealth.
1957 -
USS Nautilus, the first
nuclear-powered submarine, logs her 60,000th
nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional
Nautilus described in
Jules Verne's novel
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
1966 -
All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 jet plunges into
Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
1969 -
Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974 - The
Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps
Patty Hearst in
Berkeley, California.
1976 - In
Guatemala and
Honduras an
earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1980 -
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names
Abolhassan Banisadr as president of
Iran.
1991 - The
Baseball Hall of Fame votes to ban
Pete Rose.
1992 - A
Coup d'état is led by
Hugo Chávez Frías, against
Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
1996 - Major
snowstorm paralyzes
Midwestern United States,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-22°C).
1997 - En route to
Lebanon, two
Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters
collide in mid-air over northern Galilee,
Israel killing 73.
1997 - After at first contesting the results,
Serbian President
Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the
November 1996 elections.
1998 - An
earthquake measuring 6.1 on the
Richter Scale in northeast
Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1998 - While in Belgium,
Bill Gates is assaulted by a
Belgian man and hit in the face with a cream pie.
1999 -
Hugo Chávez Frías,
Venezuelan military and politician, is elected
President of
Venezuela.
1999 - Unarmed
West African immigrant
Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes
New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city.
1999 - The
New Carissa runs aground near
Coos Bay, Oregon2000 -
German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is
jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the
sabotage of
German railway lines.
2003 - The
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed to
Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2006 - A
stampede occurs in the
ULTRA Stadium near
Manila killing 88..
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