Events524 -
Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians.841 -
Battle of Fontenay.1530 - The
Augsburg Confession is presented at the
Diet of Augsburg to the
Holy Roman Emperor by the
Lutheran princes and
Electors of
Germany.
1678 -
Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a
doctorate of
philosophy.
1788 -
Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the
United States Constitution.
1876 -
Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel
George Armstrong Custer.
1905 -
Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells.
1938 - Dr.
Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first
President of Ireland.
1940 -
France formally surrenders to
Nazi Germany.
1944 - The
Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the
Nordic Countries begins.
1947-
The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The
Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 -
Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring
Bugs Bunny and
Giovanni Jones.
1950 - The beginning of the
Korean War, with the invasion of
the South by
the North.
1957 - United Church of Christ founded with the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.
1967 - First global satellite television programme – "
Our World"
1975 - Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi declares
Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.1975 -
Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 -
Missouri Governor
Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the
Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the
Latter Day Saints.
1981 -
Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of
Washington.
1982 -
Greece abolishes
headshaving of the recruits in the
military.
1983 -
India, led by
Kapil Dev, wins the
Cricket World Cup. They beat
West Indies by 43 runs in the final at
Lord's, London.
1991 -
Croatia and
Slovenia declare their independence from
Yugoslavia.
1993 -
Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female
Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The
Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19
U.S. servicemen dead in
Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned
Progress spacecraft collided with the
Russian Space station,
Mir.
1998 - In
Clinton v. City of New York, the
United States Supreme Court decides that the
Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is
unconstitutional.
1999 - The final episode of thirty-five year old daytime drama
Another World airs on NBC.
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