Events
1632 - 300 colonists bound for
New France depart
Dieppe, France.
1793 - The
Prussians conquer
Mayence.
1829 - In the
United States,
William Austin Burt patents the
Typographer, a precurser to the
typewriter.
1833 - Corner stones laid for construction of the
Kirtland Temple in Ohio
1840 - The
Province of Canada is created by the
Act of Union.
1862 -
American Civil War:
Henry W. Halleck takes command of the
Union Army.
1874 -
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of
Goa.
1881 - The
Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded.
1903 -
Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
1903 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of
Chicago becomes the first owner of a
Ford Model A.
1914 -
Austria-Hungary issues an
ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed
Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands
World War I is sparked on
July 28,
19141926 -
Fox Film buys the patents of the
Movietone sound system for recording sound onto
film.
1929 -
Fascist government in
Italy ban the use of foreign words.
1936 - In
Catalonia,
Spain, the
Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties.
1940 - US Under Secretary of State
Sumner Welles`s declaration on the US non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three
Baltic States -
Estonia,
Latvia and
Lithuania.
1942 -
The Holocaust: The
Treblinka extermination camp is opened1942 -
World War II:
Hitler signed the
Operation Edelweiss.
1945 - The process against
Philippe Pétain begins.
1952 - Establishment of the
European Coal and Steel community.1952 - General
Muhammad Naguib leads the
Free Officers Movement (formed by
Gamal Abdel Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King
Farouk of Egypt.
1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.
1961 -
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded in
Nicaragua.
1962 -
Telstar relays the first live trans-
Atlantic television signal. 1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was signed.
1967 -
12th Street Riot: In
Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst
riots in
United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly
African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
1968 -
Glenville Shootout: In
Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days.1968 - The first and only successful hijacking of an
El Al aircraft took place when a 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The aircraft was en route from
Rome,
Italy, to
Lod,
Israel.
1970 -
Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of
Oman.
1972 - The
United States launches
Landsat 1, first Earth-resources
satellite.
1982 - The
International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial
whaling by 1985-86.1982 - Actor
Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of
Twilight Zone: The Movie when a
helicopter spins out of control.
1983 - Around 3,000
Tamils were slaughtered by
Shinhalese Buddhist majority in
Sri Lanka and some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighboring
Tamil Nadu,
India and a lot found refuge in
Europe and
Canada. This incident, known as
Black July led directly to beginning of
civil war in Sri Lanka.1983 -
Gimli Glider:
Air Canada flight 143 lands "dead-stick" in
Gimli, Manitoba.
1984 -
Vanessa Williams becomes the first
Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after
nude photos of her appeared in
Penthouse magazine.
1986 - In
London,
Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries
Sarah Ferguson at
Westminster Abbey.
1988 - General
Ne Win, effective ruler of
Myanmar since
1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1992 - A
Vatican commission, led by
Joseph Ratzinger, establishes it is necessary to limit rights of
homosexual people and non-married couples.
1995 -
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and is visibly seen with a naked eye nearly a year later.
1997 -
Digital Equipment Company files
antitrust charges against chipmaker
Intel.1997 - Spree killer
Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police
1999 - Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned
King Mohammed VI of Morroco at the death of his father.1999 -
ANA Flight 61 is
hijacked in
Tokyo.
2001 -
Megawati Soekarnoputri becomes the fifth
President of
Indonesia, replacing
Abdurrahman Wahid.
2003 -
Operation Warrior Sweep is the first major military deployment of the
Afghan National Army.
2004 - Eleven years after its destruction,
Stari most (the Old Bridge) in
Mostar is reopened.
2005 -
Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of
Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt, killing 88 people.
2007 - The Northbound
Highway 404 HOV Lane in Toronto, Canada was open to the public
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