Events
1400 -
Owain Glyndŵr declared
Prince of Wales by his followers.
1701 -
James Francis Edward Stuart,sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the
Jacobite claimant to the thrones of
England and
Scotland.
1776 -
American Revolutionary War: the
Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1795 -
United Kingdom conquers
Cape Town,
South Africa.
1810 - With the
Grito de Dolores,
Father Miguel Hidalgo begins
Mexico's fight for independence from
Spain1812 -
Russians set fire to
Moscow shortly after midnight - the city is burned completely down days later.
1863 -
Robert College of
Istanbul-
Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States is founded by
Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1887 - The first game of softball was played in
Chicago, Illinois1893 - Settlers race in
Oklahoma for prime land in the
Cherokee Strip.
1901 -
Alturas,
California, incorporated as the only city in
Modoc County.
1908 -
General Motors is founded.
1919 - The
American Legion is incorporated.
1920 - The
Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the
J.P.Morgan building in
New York City - 38 are killed with 400 injured.
1940 -
Sam Rayburn elected
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, widely regarded as the most effective
Speaker of the House in
American history.
1941 - Concerned that
Reza Pahlavi the
Shah of Persia was about to align his petroleum-rich country with
Germany during
World War II, the
United Kingdom and the
USSR occupy
Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son,
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1949 - First
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner episode-
Fast and Furry-ous is aired.
1955 -
Juan Perón is deposed in
Argentina.
1963 -
Malaysia is formed from
Malaya,
Singapore,
British North Borneo (
Sabah) and
Sarawak.
1964 - First episode of
Bewitched is aired.
1966 - The
Metropolitan Opera House opens at
Lincoln Center in
New York City to the world premiere of
Samuel Barber's
opera,
Antony and Cleopatra.
1970 -
King Hussein of
Jordan declares military rule due to the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (
PFLP). This results in the formation of the
Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
1975 -
Papua New Guinea gains its independence from
Australia.
1975 - The first prototype of the
MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 -
Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into
Erevan reservoir1977 - American-born Greek
soprano Maria Callas died in
Paris1978 - An earthquake hits the city of
Tabas,
Iran measuring 7.5-7.9 on the
Richter scale killing about 25,000 people.
1982 -
Sabra and Shatila massacre in
Lebanon.
1987 - The
Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the
ozone layer from
depletion.
1991 - The trial of
Panamanian "strongman"
Manuel Noriega begins in the
United States.
1992 -
Black Wednesday: the
Pound Sterling is forced out of the
European Exchange Rate Mechanism by
currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the
Deutschmark.
2004 -
Hurricane Ivan touches land near
Pensacola,
Florida, becoming the third (now fourth) costliest hurricane to strike the
United States.
2007 -
One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in
Thailand killing 89 people.
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