Events 565 -
Eutychius is deposed as
Patriarch of Constantinople by
John Scholasticus.
1506 - The first contingent of 150
Swiss Guards arrived at the
Vatican.
1521 -
Emperor Charles V opens the
Diet of Worms.
1771 -
Spain cedes
Port Egmont in the
Falkland Islands to
England.
1824 -
Ashantis defeat
British forces in the
Gold Coast.
1840 -
British colonists reach
New Zealand.
1863 - The
January Uprising breaks out in
Poland,
Lithuania and
Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain
Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of
Russia.
1877 -
Arthur Tooth, an
Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using
ritualist practices
1879 -
Anglo-Zulu War:
Battle of Isandlwana -
Zulu troops defeat
British troops.1879 - Anglo-Zulu War:
Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139
British soldiers successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand
Zulu warriors.
1889 -
Columbia Phonograph is formed in
Washington, DC.
1890 - The
United Mine Workers of America is founded in
Columbus, Ohio.
1899 - Leaders of six
Australian colonies meet in
Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1901 -
Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen
Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
1905 -
Bloody Sunday in
St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
1906 -
SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
1917 -
World War I:
President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in
Europe.
1919 -
Act Zluky was signed, unifying the
Ukrainian People's Republic and the
West Ukrainian National Republic.
1924 -
Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first
Labour Prime Minister.
1931 - Sir
Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first
Australian-born
Governor-General of Australia.
1941 -
World War II: The
United Kingdom captures
Tobruk from
Nazi forces.
1944 - World War II:
Allies begin
Operation Shingle (an assault on
Anzio,
Italy).
1946 -
Iran:
Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's
Republic of Mahabad at the
Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of
Mahabad. He is the new president;
Hadschi Baba Scheich is the
prime minister.1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the
Central Intelligence Agency.
1947 -
KTLA, the first commercial
television station west of the
Mississippi River, begins operation in
Hollywood, California.1947 -
Paul Ramadier becomes Prime Minister of
France.
1952 - The first
Jet airliner, the
de Havilland Comet, enters service for
BOAC.
1957 -
Israel withdraws from the
Sinai Peninsula.1957 - The
New York City "
Mad Bomber,"
George P. Metesky, is arrested in
Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1962 - The
Organization of American States (OAS) suspends
Cuba's membership.
1963 -
Elysée treaty of cooperation between
France and Germany is signed by
Charles de Gaulle and
Konrad Adenauer.
1964 -
Mumbai's lowest-ever temperature recorded (7.4°C).
1967 -
Simon & Garfunkel perform live at
Philharmonic Hall in the
Lincoln Center,
New York City. The
recording is not released until
July 161968 - The TV sketch comedy
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on
NBC.
1973 - The
Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in
Roe v. Wade striking down state laws restricting
abortion during the first six months of
pregnancy.1973 - A chartered
Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport,
Nigeria killing 176.1973 -
George Foreman breaks
Joe Frazier's professional career undefeated heavyweight world
boxing champion status.
1980 -
Andrei Sakharov is arrested in
Moscow.
1983 -
Björn Borg retires from
tennis after winning five consecutive
Wimbledon championships.
1984 - The
Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the
computer mouse and the
graphical user interface, is introduced during
Super Bowl XVIII with its famous "
1984"
television commercial.
1987 -
Pennsylvania politician
R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national
television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.1987 - Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the
ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
1990 -
Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the
1988 Internet worm. Birth of Louis-Charles Régnier
1992 - Rebel forces occupy
Zaire's national radio station in
Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. 1992 -
Space Shuttle program:
STS-42 Mission - Dr.
Roberta Bondar becomes the first
Canadian woman in space.
1995 -
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central
Israel, two
suicide bombers from the
Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19
Israelis.
1997 -
Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the
United States Senate.
1999 -
Australian missionary
Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical
Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern
India.2002 -
Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in
American history to file for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003 - The
Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft
Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.
2006 -
Kobe Bryant of the
Los Angeles Lakers scored 81 points versus the
Toronto Raptors, the second greatest scoring performance in
NBA history.2006 -
Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of
Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
2007 - The
jury portion of the
trial against
Robert Pickton, accused of being
Canada's worst
serial killer, opens in
New Westminster,
British Columbia,
Canada
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