Events
350 -
Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the
Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the
usurper Magnentius, in
Rome.1422 -
Battle of Arbedo between the duke of
Milan and the Swiss cantons.1520 - The
Spaniards are expelled from
Tenochtitlan.1559 - King
Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against
Gabriel de Montgomery.1651 - The
Battle of Beresteczko ends with a
Polish victory.1688 - The
Immortal Seven issue the
Invitation to William, beginning the struggle for
English independence from
Rome which would culminate in the
Glorious Revolution.
1758 -
Seven Years' War:
Battle of Domstadtl.
1805 - The
U.S. Congress organizes
Michigan Territory.
1859 - French acrobat
Charles Blondin crosses
Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1864 -
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants
Yosemite Valley to
California for "public use, resort and recreation."
1882 -
Charles Guiteau hanged in
Washington, DC for the shooting death of
President James Garfield.
1886 - The first transcontinental train trip across
Canada departs from
Montreal. It arrives in
Port Moody, British Columbia on
July 4 of the same year.
1905 -
Albert Einstein publishes the article "
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", where he introduces
special relativity.
1906 - The
United States Congress passes the
Meat Inspection Act and
Pure Food and Drug Act.
1908 - The
Tunguska impact event occurs in
Siberia.
1912 - The
Regina Cyclone hits
Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event.
1921 - U.S. President
Warren G. Harding appoints former President
William Howard Taft chief justice of the United States.
1934 - The
Night of the Long Knives,
Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in
Germany, takes place.
1935 - The
Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress.
1944 - The
Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to
American forces.
1952 -
The Guiding Light airs on television for the first time.
1953 - The first
Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
1956 - A
TWA Super Constellation and a
United Airlines DC-7 (
Flight 718) collide above the
Grand Canyon in
Arizona,
United States, killing all 128 on the two planes.
1960 -
Congo gains independence from
Belgium.
1963 -
Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for
Mafia boss
Salvatore Greco, kills seven police and military officers near
Palermo.
1969 -
Nigeria bans
Red Cross aid to
Biafra.
1971 - The crew of the
Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.1971 -
Ohio ratifies the
26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
1972 - +1
leap second was added to the
UTC time system.
1977 -
Virginia Wade wins the
Ladies Singles title at
Wimbledon, the last
British champion at the
All England Club to date.
1985 - Thirty-nine American hostages from a hijacked TWA jetliner are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
1986 - The
U.S. Supreme Court rules that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
1987 - The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the
Loonie1988 - French archbishop
Marcel Lefebvre is excommunicated by the Catholic church.
1990 -
East and
West Germany merge their economies.
1992 - Former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher joins the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.1997 - The
United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over
Hong Kong to the
People's Republic of China.
2005 -
Spain legalizes
same-sex marriage.
2007 -
A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in
Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.
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