Events1214 -
Battle of Bouvines: In
France,
Philip II of France defeats
John of England. 1549 -
Jesuit priest
Francis Xavier's ship reached
Japan.
1663 - The
British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the
American colonies have to be sent in
English ships from English ports. 1689 -
Glorious Revolution:
Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
1694 - A
Royal Charter is granted to the
Bank of England.
1720 - The second important victory of the
Russian Navy - the
Battle of Grengam.
1778 -
American Revolution:
First Battle of Ushant -
British and
French fleets fight to a standoff.
1789 - The first
U.S. federal government agency, the
Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed
Department of State).
1794 -
French Revolution:
Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution." (See
9 Thermidor.)
1819 -
Duitama is named
municipality1865 -
Welsh settlers arrive in
Argentina at
Chubut Valley.
1866 - The
Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic
telegraph communication for the first time.
1880 -
Second Anglo-Afghan War:
Battle of Maiwand - In a
pyrrhic victory,
Afghan forces led by
Ayub Khan defeat the
British Army in battle near
Maiwand,
Afghanistan.
1914 -
Felix Manalo registers the
Iglesia ni Cristo with the
Filipino government.
1921 - Researchers at the
University of Toronto led by
biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone
insulin.
1928 -
Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200
first-class wickets before end of
July.
1940 - The animated short "
A Wild Hare" is released, introducing the character of
Bugs Bunny.
1941 -
Japanese troops occupy
French Indo-China.1941 - Day of Anti-Fascist uprising of people of
Bosnia and Herzegowina.
1949 - Initial flight of the
de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
1953 -
Korean War ends: The
United States,
People's Republic of China, and
North Korea, sign an armistice agreement.
Syngman Rhee,
president of
South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 - The
Allied occupation of
Austria stemming from
World War II, ends (started on
May 9,
1945).
1964 -
Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to
South Vietnam bringing the total number of
United States forces in
Vietnam to 21,000.
1971 - Nabisco introduces the pop tart.
1972 - The
F-15 Eagle flies for the first time.
1974 -
Watergate Scandal: The
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of
impeachment against
President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.
1976 - Former
Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the
Lockheed scandal.
1977 - Ipatiev House at Ekaterinburg, Russia, USSR is destroyed.
1981 -
British television: On
Coronation Street,
Ken Barlow marries
Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show.
1983 -
Black July: 18
Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in
Colombo were
massacred by the
Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
1987 - First expedited salvaging of
Titanic wreckage begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
1990 - The
Supreme Soviet of the
Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of
Belarus from the
Soviet Union. Until
1996 the day was celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a
referendum held that year the celebration of
independence was transferred to
June 3.1990 - The
Jamaat al Muslimeen stage a
coup d'état attempt in
Trinidad and Tobago, occupying
Parliament and the studios of
Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding
Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his
Cabinet, as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.1990 - The last
Citroën 2CV rolled off the production line at
Mangualde,
Portugal.
1995 - In
Washington, DC, the
Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated.
1996 -
Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In
Atlanta, Georgia, a
pipe bomb explodes at
Centennial Olympic Park during the
1996 Summer Olympics, killing two and injuring 111.1996 - In
Atlanta, Georgia,
Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey set the
100m world record of 9.84s +0.7 m/s wind during the
1996 Summer Olympics.
1997 -
Si Zerrouk massacre in
Algeria; about 50 people killed.1997 - The
Toronto Transit Commission opens its
Spadina light rail transit line.
1999 - Twenty-one die in a
canyoning disaster near
Interlaken,
Switzerland.
2002 -
Ukraine airshow disaster: A
Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at
Lviv,
Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.
2005 -
STS-114:
NASA grounds the
Space shuttle, pending an investigation of the
external tank's continued foam-shedding problem. During ascent, the external tank of the
Space Shuttle Discovery sheds a piece of foam slightly smaller than the piece that caused the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; this foam does not strike the
spacecraft.
2006 - The
Federal Republic of Germany is deemed guilty in the loss of
Bashkirian 2937 and
DHL Flight 611, because it is illegal to outsource flight surveillance.
2007 -
Two news helicopters collide while covering a police car chase in Phoenix, AZ.
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