Events
869 - The
Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch
Photius of Constantinople.1143 - The king
Alfonso VII of Leon recognises
Portugal as a Kingdom.
1550 - Foundation of
Concepción, city in
Chile.1582 - Because of the implementation of the
Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in
Italy,
Poland,
Portugal and
Spain.1665 - The
University of Kiel is founded.
1789 -
French Revolution: Women of
Paris march to
Versailles in
the March on Versailles to confront
Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the
abolition of
feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
1793 -
French Revolution:
Christianity is disestablished in
France.
1857 - The City of
Anaheim was founded.
1864 - The
Indian city of
Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a
cyclone; 60,000 die.
1869 - A strong
hurricane devastates the
Bay of Fundy region of Maritime
Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1877 -
Chief Joseph surrenders his
Nez Perce band to General
Nelson A. Miles.
1895 - The first
individual time trial for racing
cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of
London.
1903 -
Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first
Chief Justice of Australia and
Sir Edmund Barton and
Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
1905 -
Wilbur Wright pilots
Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1910 -
Portugal overthrows its monarchy and declares itself a republic.
1914 -
World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1915 -
Bulgaria enters
World War I as one of the
Central Powers.
1921 -
Baseball: The
World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.
1930 - British
Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
1936 - The
Jarrow March sets off for
London.
1944 -
Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first
German jet fighter over
France.
1945 -
Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by
Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of
Warner Brothers' studios.
1947 - The first televised
White House address is given by
U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
1953 - The first documented recovery meeting of
Narcotics Anonymous is held.
1966 - Near
Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the
Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
1970 -
PBS became a
television network.1970 -
Montreal, Quebec:
British Trade Commissioner
James Cross is kidnapped by members of the
FLQ terrorist group.
1973 - Signature of the
European Patent Convention.
1974 -
Guildford pub bombing by the
IRA leaves 5 dead and 65 injured.
1981 -
Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.
1984 -
Marc Garneau becomes the first
Canadian in space, aboard the
Space Shuttle Challenger.
1986 -
Israeli secret nuclear weapons were revealed. The
British newspaper
The Sunday Times ran
Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal."
1988 - The
Chilean opposition coalition
Concertación (center-left) defeat
Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a
general election was called.
1990 - After one hundred and fifty years The Herald
broadsheet newspaper in
Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1991 - An
Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from
Jakarta killing 137. 1991 - The first official version of the
Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
1999 - The
Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west
London kills 31 people.
2000 - Mass demonstrations in
Belgrade lead to resignation of
Serbian strongman
Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the
Bulldozer Revolution.
2001 -
Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the
2001 anthrax attacks.2001 -
Tom Ridge resigns as
Governor of Pennsylvania to become
President Bush's Homeland Security Advisor.
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