Events474 -
Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the
Byzantine Empire.1555 -
Bishop of
Gloucester John Hooper is
burned at the stake.
1621 -
Gregory XV becomes
Pope, the last Pope
elected by
acclamation.
1775 -
American Revolutionary War:
British Parliament declares
Massachusetts in rebellion.
1788 - The
Habsburg Empire joins the
Russo-Turkish War in the
Russian camp.
1822 -
Haiti invades the
Dominican Republic.
1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of
electoral votes, the
United States House of Representatives elects
John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
1861 -
American Civil War:
Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the
Confederate States of America by the
Confederate convention at
Montgomery, Alabama.
1870 - The
U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
1885 - The first
Japanese arrive in
Hawaii.
1889 - The
United States Department of Agriculture (
USDA) is established as a
Cabinet-level agency.
1895 -
William G. Morgan invents
volleyball.
1900 -
Davis Cup competition is established.
1904 -
Battle of Port Arthur1920 - By the terms of the
Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes
Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago
Svalbard, and designates it as
demilitarized.
1922 -
Brazil becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1934 - The
Balkan Entente is formed.
1942 -
World War II: Top
United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss
American military strategy in the war.1942 -
Daylight saving time goes into effect in the
United States.
1943 -
World War II:
Allied authorities declare
Guadalcanal secure after
Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the
Battle of Guadalcanal.
1945 -
The Battle of the Atlantic the
HMS Venturer sinking
U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
1950 -
Second Red Scare:
Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the
United States State Department of being filled with
Communists.
1960 -
Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1962 -
Jamaica becomes independent nation within the
Commonwealth of Nations.
1964 -
Olympic Games:
Winter Olympic Games -
The IX Olympic Winter Games close in
Innsbruck,
Austria.1964 -
The Beatles make their first appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
1965 -
Vietnam War: The first
United States combat troops are sent to
South Vietnam.
1966 - The
NHL announces its intended expansion that will double its size.
1969 - First test flight of the
Boeing 747.
1971 - The 6.4 on the
Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the
San Fernando Valley area of
California.1971 -
Satchel Paige becomes the first
Negro League player to be voted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame.1971 -
Apollo program:
Apollo 14 returns to
Earth after the third manned
moon landing.
1973 -
Biju Patnaik of the
Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in
Orissa,
India.
1975 - The
Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to
Earth.
1986 -
Comet Halley reaches
perihelion, its closest approach to the
sun, during its second visit to the
solar system in the
20th century.
1991 - Voters in
Lithuania vote for independence.
1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for
Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
1995 -
Space Shuttle astronauts
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and
Michael Foale become the first
African American and first
Briton, respectively, to perform
spacewalks.
1996 - The
Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month
ceasefire shortly followed by a
large bomb in
London's
Canary Wharf.
2001 - The
American submarine
USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the
Ehime-Maru, a
Japanese training vessel operated by the
Uwajima Fishery High School.
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