Events
334 BC - The Greek army of
Alexander the Great defeats
Darius III of Persia in the
Battle of the Granicus.1176 - Murder attempt by the
Hashshashin (Assassins) on
Saladin near
Aleppo. 1377 -
Pope Gregory XI issues five
papal bulls to denounce the
doctrines of
English theologian John Wycliffe.1455 -
Wars of the Roses: At the
First Battle of St Albans,
Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King
Henry VI of England.
1762 -
Sweden and
Prussia sign the
Treaty of Hamburg.
1807 - A
grand jury indicts former
Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of
treason.
1809 - Second and last Day of the
Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna),
Napoleon was repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
1819 - The
SS Savannah leaves port at
Savannah, Georgia,
United States, on a voyage to become the first
steamship to cross the
Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at
Liverpool, England on
June 20.
1840 - The
transporting of
British convicts to the
New South Wales colony is abolished.
1842 - Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover
Howe Caverns, when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.
1843 - Thousands of people and their cattle headed west via wagon train from
Independence, Missouri to what would later become the
Oregon Territory. It was part of the Great Migration. They followed what is now known as the
Oregon Trail.
1844 -
Persian Prophet The
Báb announces His revelation, founding
Bábism. He announced to the world of the coming of "
He whom God shall make manifest." He is considered the forerunner of
Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the
Bahá'í Faith.
1848 The abolition of slavery in Martinque
1856 -
Congressman Preston Brooks of
South Carolina beats
Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the
United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking
Southerners who sympathized with the pro-
slavery violence in
Kansas ("
Bleeding Kansas").
1872 -
Reconstruction:
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the
Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full
civil rights to all but about 500
Confederate sympathizers.
1906 - The
1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official
Olympic Games, opens in
Athens. 1906 -
Wright brothers are granted
U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "
Flying-Machine".
1915 -
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain to erupt other than
Mount St. Helens in the continental US during the
20th century.1915 - Five trains collide in the
Quintinshill rail crash near
Gretna Green,
Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.1933 -
Emilian Dobrescu was born on this day in Romania
1936 -
Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the
Republic of Ireland.
1939 -
World War II:
Germany and
Italy sign the
Pact of Steel.
1942 -
Mexico enters
World War II on the side of the
Allies.1942 - The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new
trade union, the
United Steelworkers, is formed.1942 - World War II:
Ted Williams of the
Boston Red Sox enlists in the
United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
1947 -
Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of
Communism,
U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the
Truman Doctrine. The act grants
$400 million in military and economic aid to
Turkey and
Greece.
1960 - An
earthquake measuring 9.5 on the
Richter scale, now known as the
Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern
Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
1962 -
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.
1963 - Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician
Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
1964 -
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his
Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in
America.
1967 - The
Innovation department store in the centre of
Brussels,
Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in
Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
1968 - The nuclear-powered
submarine the
USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the
Azores.
1969 -
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4
nautical miles (16 km) of the
moon's surface.
1972 -
Ceylon adopts a new
constitution, changes its name to
Sri Lanka, and joins the
Commonwealth of Nations.
1990 -
North and
South Yemen are unified to create the
Republic of Yemen.1990 - The
Windows 3.0 operating system is released by
Microsoft.
1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old
Johnny Carson hosts
The Tonight Show for the last time. 1995 - Bangladesh Shahityacharcha Kendro established.
1997 -
Kelly Flinn,
US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a
general discharge in order to avoid a
court martial.
1998 -
Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that
United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a
grand jury concerning the scandal, involving
President Bill Clinton.
2002 - In
Washington, DC, the remains of the missing
Chandra Levy are found in
Rock Creek Park. 2002 -
American civil rights movement: A jury in
Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former
Ku Klux Klan member
Bobby Frank Cherry of the
1963 murders of four girls in the
bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
2003 - In
Fort Worth, Texas,
Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the
PGA Tour in 58 years.
2004 -
Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the
Spanish Royal Family marries
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano.2004 - The
U.S. town of
Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful
F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
2006 - Results from the
Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters voted to become independent from the
Serbia and Montenegro Union.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Free Download Now!
