Events1079 -
Omar Khayyám completes the
Iranian calendar.1447 -
Nicholas V becomes
Pope.1454 -
Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the
Prussian Confederation pledged allegiance to
Casimir IV of Poland, and the
Polish king agreed to help in their struggle for
independence from the
Teutonic Knights.1479 -
Treaty of Alcaçovas -
Portugal gives the
Canary Islands to
Castile in exchange for claims in
West Africa.
1521 -
Ferdinand Magellan arrives at
Guam.
1788 - The
First Fleet arrives at
Norfolk Island in order to found a
convict settlement.
1820 - The
Missouri Compromise is signed into law by
President James Monroe. The compromise allows
Missouri to enter the
Union as a
slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the
Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
1834 -
York,
Upper Canada is incorporated as
Toronto.
1836 -
Texas Revolution:
Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day
siege by an army of 3,000
Mexican troops, the 187
Texas volunteers defending the
Alamo are defeated and the fort taken.
1853 - The
Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in
Venice.
1856 - The
University of Maryland, College Park is chartered as the
Maryland Agricultural College.
1857 - The
Supreme Court of the United States rules in the
Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
1869 -
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first
periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1899 -
Bayer registers
aspirin as a trademark.
1900 - A
coal mine explosion in
West Virginia traps 50 coal miners.
1901 - In
Bremen an assassin attempts to kill
Wilhelm II of Germany.
1902 - The
Spanish football club
Real Madrid is founded.
1921 - The
Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the
Communist International.
1925 -
Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in
Europe, is founded.1925 -
Belgium annexes
Eupen,
Malmedy, and
Sankt Vith.
1927 - Fritz Lang's
Metropolis is released
1940 -
Winter War: An armistice is signed by
Finland and the
Soviet Union.
1945 - A
communist-dominated
government under
Petru Groza assumes power in
Romania.
1946 -
Vietnam War:
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with
France which recognizes
Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the
French Union.
1948 -
USS Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from
Newport News, Virginia.
1951 - The trial of
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1953 -
Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds
Josef Stalin as
Premier and
First Secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1957 -
United Kingdom colonies
Gold Coast and
British Togoland become the independent
Republic of
Ghana.1957 -
Israel withdraws its troops from the
Sinai Peninsula.
1964 -
Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives
Cassius Clay the name
Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of
Allah".1964 -
Constantine II becomes
King of
Greece.1964 -
Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor
mile run by completing it in 3 minutes, 56.4 seconds.
1970 - Suspected murderer
Charles Manson releases to help finance his defense.
1975 -
Algiers Accord:
Iran and
Iraq announce a settlement over their border dispute.
1981 - After 19 years presenting the
CBS Evening News,
Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1983 - The
United States Football League begins its first year of competition.
1984 - Twelve-month-long
strike in
British coal industry begins.
1987 - The
British ferry
M/S Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
1988 - Students at
Gallaudet University go on strike in favor of the selection of a deaf university president. The protest is called
Deaf President Now.
1992 - The
Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect
computers.1992 - Founding of the
Council of the Baltic Sea States.
1994 -
Referendum in
Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with
Romania.
1997 -
Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a
London gallery, and is recovered a week later.
2006 -
South Dakota Governor
Mike Rounds signs a bill into legislation that would ban most
abortions in the state.
2007 - Former White House aide
I. Lewis Libby, Jr. was found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice trial.2007 -
United States lottery
Mega Millions set a new world record for the
highest jackpot ever offered of US$390 million.
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