Events680 -
Battle of Karbala:
Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet
Muhammad, was
decapitated by forces under
Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by
Shi'a Muslims as
Aashurah.732 -
Battle of Tours: Near
Poitiers,
France, leader of the
Franks,
Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of
Moors, stopping the
Muslims from spreading into
Western Europe. The governor of
Cordoba,
Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.1471 - Battle of Brunkeberg in
Stockholm:
Sten Sture the Elder, the
Regent of
Sweden, with help of
farmers and
miners, repels an attack by
Christian I,
King of Denmark.1575 - Battle of Dormans:
Roman Catholic forces under Duke
Henry of Guise defeated the
Protestants, capturing
Philippe de Mornay among others.1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in
Italy,
Poland,
Portugal and
Spain.
1631 - A
Saxon army takes over
Prague.
1780 - The
Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the
Caribbean.
1845 - In
Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the
United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.
1860 - The original cornerstone of the
University of the South is laid in
Sewanee,
Tennessee.
1868 -
Carlos Céspedes issues the
Grito de Yara from his
plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming
Cuba's independence.
1889 -
Barnard College is founded.
1910 -
Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity is established at
Columbia University.
1911 -
Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of
Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in
China, and the founding of the
Republic of China.1911 - The
KCR East Rail commences service between
Kowloon and
Canton.
1913 -
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the
Panama Canal.
1919 -
Richard Strauss' opera
Die Frau ohne Schatten receives its debut performance in
Vienna.
1920 - The
Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of
Carinthia became part of
Austria.
1933 -
United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A
United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by
sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of
commercial aviation.
1935 - A tornado destroys the 160 metre tall wooden
radio tower in
Langenberg. As a result of this catastrophe, few wooden towers are constructed after this date.
1938 - The
Blue Water Bridge opens, connecting
Port Huron, Michigan and
Sarnia, Ontario1938 - The
Munich Agreement cedes the
Sudetenland to
Nazi Germany.
1944 -
Holocaust: 800
Gypsy children are systematically murdered at
Auschwitz death camp.
1954 - The
Communist Party of Honduras is founded.
1957 - U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the
finance minister of
Ghana,
Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a
Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1957 - The
Windscale fire in
Cumbria,
UK becomes the worlds first major nuclear accident.
1963 -
France cedes control of the
Bizerte naval base to
Tunisia.
1967 - The
Outer Space Treaty, signed on
January 27 by more than sixty nations, enters into force.
1969 -
King Crimson releases their debut album,
In the Court of the Crimson King, considered by many to be the first
progressive rock album.
1970 -
Fiji becomes independent. 1970 - In
Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits
Canada when
Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour
Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the
FLQ terrorist group.
1971 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the
United States, the
London Bridge reopens in
Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
1973 -
Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal
income tax evasion.
1979 - The
Pac-Man arcade game is released to the
Japanese market by
Namco.
1985 -
United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an
Egyptian plane carrying the
Achille Lauro cruise ship and force it to land at a
NATO base in
Sigonella,
Sicily where they are arrested.
1986 - An
earthquake measuring 7.5 on the
Richter Scale strikes
San Salvador,
El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1995 - South African President
Nelson Mandela attends Genadendal. 1997 - An
Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin,
Uruguay, killing 74.
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