Events421 -
Constantius III becomes co-
Emperor of the
Western Roman Empire.1575 -
Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis".1587 -
Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the
Babington Plot to murder her cousin,
Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1601 -
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against
Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed.
1622 - King
James I of England disbands the
English Parliament.
1692 - A doctor in
Salem Village,
Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenage girls are under domination of
Satan, leading to the
Salem witch trials.
1693 - The
College of William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by
King William III and
Queen Mary II.
1726 - The
Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
1807 -
Battle of Eylau -
Napoleon defeats
Russians under
General Benigssen.
1817 -
Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join
San Martín and liberate
Chile from Spain.
1837 -
Richard Johnson becomes the first
Vice President of the United States chosen by the
United States Senate.
1849 -
New Roman Republic established.
1855 -
The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern
Devon.
1865 - In the
U.S.,
Delaware voters reject the
Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on
February 12,
1901.)
1867 - The
Ausgleich results in the establishment of the
Dual Monarchy of
Austria-Hungary.
1879 -
Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of
Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the
Royal Canadian Institute.
1887 - The
Dawes Act authorized the
President of the United States to survey
Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
1900 -
British troops are defeated by
Boers at
Ladysmith,
South Africa.
1904 -
Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise
torpedo attack by the
Japanese at
Port Arthur,
China starts the
Russo-Japanese War.
1910 - The
Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by
William D. Boyce.
1915 -
D.W. Griffith's controversial film
The Birth of a Nation premieres in
Los Angeles.
1918 - The
Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time.
1922 -
President Warren G. Harding introduces the first
radio in the
White House.
1924 -
Capital punishment: The first state execution using
gas in the
United States takes place in
Nevada.
1936 -
Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a
National Football League draft, by the
Philadelphia Eagles.
1943 -
World War II:
Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Army encircles the troops of Paulus. The Germans surrender.1943 -
World War II:
Battle of Guadalcanal -
United States forces defeat
Japanese troops.
1949 -
Cardinal Mindszenty of
Hungary sentenced for
treason.
1955 - The
Government of
Sindh abolished
Jagirdari system in the province. One
million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless
peasants.
1960 -
Queen Elizabeth II of the
United Kingdom issued an
Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the
House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "
Mountbatten-Windsor".
1962 - Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of
Nazi collaborator
Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris
Prefecture of Police.
1963 - Travel, financial and commercial transactions by
United States citizens to
Cuba are made illegal by the
John F. Kennedy administration.
1968 -
American civil rights movement: A
civil rights protest staged at a white-only
bowling alley in
Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the
deaths of three college students.
1969 - The last weekly issue of the
Saturday Evening Post hits
magazine stands.
1971 - The
Nasdaq stock market index debuts.
1974 - After 84 days in
space, the crew of the first
American space station Skylab return to
Earth.1974 - Military
coup in
Upper Volta.
1978 - Proceedings of the
United States Senate are broadcast on
radio for the first time.
1979 -
Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the
President of the
Republic of the Congo for the first time.
1986 -
1984 Summer Olympics head of the
LAPD bomb squad,
Arleigh McCree, and his partner
Officer Ronald Ball of the
Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world.
1989 - An Independent Air
Boeing 707 crashes into
Santa Maria mountain in
Azores Islands off the coast of
Portugal, killing 144.
1993 -
General Motors sues
NBC after
Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some
GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places.
NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
1996 - The
U.S. Congress passes the
Communications Decency Act.1996 - The massive Internet collaboration "
24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.
1998 - First female
ice hockey game in
Olympic history:
Finland beats
Sweden 6-0.
2005 -
Israel and
Palestinians agree to cease-fire.
2006 - Palestinians attack
Temporary International Presence in Hebron offices in
Hebron; International observers end decade-long presence.
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