Events1152 -
Henry II marries
Eleanor of Aquitaine.1268 - The
Principality of Antioch, a
crusader state, falls to the
Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the
Battle of Antioch;
Baibars' destruction of the city of
Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.1498 -
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of
Calicut, India1593 -
Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of
heresy lead to an arrest warrant for
Christopher Marlowe.
1631 - In
Dorchester, Massachusetts,
John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first
Governor of Massachusetts.1652 -
Rhode Island passes the first law in
North America making
slavery illegal.
1765 - Fire destroys a large part of
Montreal,
Quebec.
1783 - First
United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown,
Saint John,
New Brunswick,
Canada after leaving the
United States.
1803 -
Napoleonic Wars: The
United Kingdom revokes the
Treaty of Amiens and declares war on
France.
1804 -
Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed
Emperor of the French by the
French Senate.
1811 - Las Piedras Battle first great military triumph of the liberating revolution of the
Río de la Plata in
Uruguay leaded by
Jose Artigas.
1825 -
Theodoros Kolokotronis, general in the
Greek War of Independence is released from prison.
1848 - Opening of the first
German National Assembly (
Nationalversammlung) in
Frankfurt,
Germany.
1863 -
American Civil War: The
Siege of Vicksburg begins, ending on
July 4.
1869 - Surrender and dissolution of the
Ezo Republic to
Japan.1869 - The Public Credit Act is passed by
Ulysses S. Grant, one of his first actions as
President of the United States. The Act endorsed the payment of the national debt after the
American Civil War in
gold currency instead of
greenbacks.
1876 -
Wyatt Earp starts work in
Dodge City,
Kansas under
Marshal Larry Deger.
1896 - The
United States Supreme Court rules in
Plessy v. Ferguson that
separate but equal is constitutional.1896 -
Khodynka Tragedy: a
mass panic on
Khodynka Field in
Moscow during the festivities of the
coronation of
Russian Tsar Nicholas II resulted in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1897 -
Dracula, a novel by
Irish author
Bram Stoker is published.
1900 - The
United Kingdom proclaims a
protectorate over
Tonga.
1910 - The
Earth passes through the tail of
Comet Halley.
1917 -
World War I: The
Selective Service Act of 1917 passes the
U.S. Congress giving the
President the power of
conscription.
1926 -
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a
Venice, California, beach.
1927 - The
Bath School Disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in
Michigan.
1933 -
New Deal:
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs an act creating the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Monte Cassino - Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as
Germans evacuate
Monte Cassino and
Allied forces take the stronghold after a struggle that claimed 20,000 lives over four months. 1944 - Deportation of
Crimean Tatars by the
Soviet Union government. 1944 -
World War II:
SS troops burn down six villages in the Brkini hills in south western
Slovenia.
1948 - The First
Legislative Yuan of the
Republic of China officially convenes in
Nanking.
1953 -
Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the
sound barrier (she flew in a
F-86 Sabrejet at an average speed of 652.337 miles per hour (1049.835 km/h) at
Rogers Dry Lake,
California).
1958 - An
F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1959 - Launching of the
National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in
Conakry,
Guinea.
1969 -
Apollo program:
Apollo 10 launched. Crewed by astronauts
Tom Stafford,
Gene Cernan, and
John Young. Dress-rehearsal flight for the
moon landing missions that followed.
1974 -
Nuclear test: Under project
Smiling Buddha,
India successfully detonates its first
nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. 1974 - Completion of the
Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on
August 8,
1991.
1980 -
1980 Mount St. Helens eruption:
Mount St. Helens erupts in
Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. 1980 -
Gwangju Massacre:
Students in
Gwangju,
South Korea begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
1980 -
Ian Curtis: British Musician hangs himself on May 18, 1980. The very short-lived band
Joy Division draws to a close.
1983 - In
Ireland, scene of remarkable
pirate radio broadcasting during the decade, the Government launched a crackdown, with the leading
Dublin pirate
Radio Nova being put off the air.
1990 - In
France, a modified
TGV train achieves a new
rail world speed record -
515.3km/h - superseding the previous record of 406.9km/h set by the
German InterCityExperimental train
1991 -
Helen Sharman from
Sheffield becomes the first
Briton to orbit in
Space1991 - Northern
Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the
Republic of Somaliland however it is unrecognised by the international community.
1992 - The
Archivist of the United States issues a proclamation to officially announce that the
27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been ratified, despite more than 200 years for completion of the ratification process by the
state legislatures.
1995 -
Alain Juppé becomes
Prime Minister of
France.
1998 -
United States v. Microsoft: The
United States Department of Justice and 20
U.S. states file an
antitrust case against
Microsoft.
2006 - The post
Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
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