Events625 -
Battle of Uhud takes place between
Muslims and Pagans in Arabia1174 -
Jocelin,
abbot of Melrose, is elected
bishop of Glasgow1568 -
Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in
France. Again
Catherine de' Medici and
Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the
Huguenots.
1708 -
James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the
Firth of Forth.
1775 -
American Revolutionary War:
Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"
give me liberty or give me death" at
St. John's Church in
Richmond, Virginia.
1801 -
Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then
strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at
St. Michael's Castle.
1806 - After traveling through the
Louisiana Purchase and reaching the
Pacific Ocean, explorers
Lewis and Clark and their "
Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1821 - Battle and fall of city of
Kalamata,
Greek War of Independence.
1848 - The ship
John Wickliffe arrives at
Port Chalmers carrying the first
Scottish settlers for
Dunedin,
New Zealand.
Otago province is founded.
1857 -
Elisha Otis's first
elevator is installed at 488
Broadway New York City.
1868 - The
University of California is founded in
Oakland, California when the
Organic Act is signed into law.
1889 -
Land run:
President Benjamin Harrison opens
Oklahoma to white settlement starting on
April 22.1889 - The free
Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east
London.1889 - The
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in
Qadian India.
1896 - The
Raines Law is passed by the
New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels
1903 - The
Wright Brothers apply for a
patent on their invention of one of the first successful
airplanes.
1908 - American diplomat
Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins
Jeon Myeong-un and
Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in hospital two days later
1909 -
Theodore Roosevelt leaves
New York for a post-
presidency safari in
Africa. The trip is sponsored by the
Smithsonian Institution and
National Geographic Society.
1919 - In
Milan,
Italy,
Benito Mussolini founds his
Fascist political movement.
1931 -
Bhagat Singh,
Rajguru and
Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the
Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.
1933 - The
Reichstag passes the
Enabling act of 1933, making
Adolf Hitler dictator of
Germany.
1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the
Philippines.
1940 - The
Lahore Resolution (
Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then
Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the
All India Muslim League.
1942 -
World War II: In the
Indian Ocean,
Japanese forces capture the
Andaman Islands.
1956 -
Pakistan becomes the first
Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
1962 -
NS Savannah, the first
nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was
launched as a showcase for
Dwight D. Eisenhower's
Atoms for Peace initiative.
1965 -
NASA launches
Gemini 3, the
United States' first two-man space flight (crew:
Gus Grissom and
John Young).
1978 - The first
UNIFIL troops arrived in
Lebanon for
peacekeeping mission along the
Blue Line.
1980 - Archbishop
Óscar Romero of
El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
1982 -
Guatemala's government, headed by
Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General
Efraín Ríos Montt.
1983 -
Strategic Defense Initiative:
President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1989 -
Stanley Pons and
Martin Fleischmann announce
cold fusion at the
University of Utah.
1992 - Education (Universities Funding Council) (Supplementary Functions) Order Sustained
1994 -
Wayne Gretzky sets all-time
NHL goal scoring record with 804.
1994 - At an election rally in
Tijuana,
Mexican presidential candidate
Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by
Mario Aburto Martínez.1994 -
Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in
Siberia when the
pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the
autopilot, killing 75.1994 - A
United States Air Force (USAF)
F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF
C-130 at
Pope Air Force Base and then crashes into a group of
United States Army soldiers on the ground, killing 24 people in what is often called the
Green Ramp Disaster.
1996 -
Taiwan holds its
first direct elections and chooses
Lee Teng-hui as
President.
1997 - The pilot episode of the successful
Midsomer Murders series with John Nettles airs for the first time, attracting 13.5 million viewers
1999 - Gunmen assassinate
Paraguay's
Vice President Luis María Argaña.
2001 - The
Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern
Pacific Ocean near
Fiji.
2003 - In
Nasiriyah,
Iraq, 11 soldiers of the
507th Maintenance Company as well as 18
U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 2003 - The
Australian cricket team defeats
India in the cricket World cup to win their second successive
Cricket World Cup.
2004 -
Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in
Hyderabad,
India.
2005 - The
United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of
Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.2005 - A major explosion at the
Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers.
2006 -
Federal Reserve discontinues publishing M3
money supply.
2007 -
Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in
Melbourne Australia.2007 - Iranian Navy
seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters.
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