Events
46 BC -
Julius Caesar dedicates a
temple to his mythical ancestor
Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the
battle of Pharsalus.715 -
Ragenfrid defeats
Theudoald at the
Battle of Compiègne.1212 -
Golden Bull of Sicily certified hereditary royal title in
Bohemia for
Přemyslid dynasty.
1580 -
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.1687 - The
Parthenon in
Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from
Venetian forces led by
Morosini who were besieging the
Ottoman Turks stationed in
Athens.1687 - The city council of
Amsterdam votes to support
William of Orange's invasion of
England, which became the
Glorious Revolution.
1777 -
British troops occupy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the
American Revolution.
1783 -
Fayette County, Pennsylvania created
1789 -
Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first
United States Secretary of State,
John Jay is appointed the first
Chief Justice of the United States,
Samuel Osgood is appointed the first
United States Postmaster General, and
Edmund Randolph is appointed the first
United States Attorney General.
1792 - Marc-David Lasource begins accusing
Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a
dictatorship for
France.
1810 - A new
Act of Succession is adopted by the
Riksdag of the Estates and
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the
Swedish throne.
1907 -
New Zealand and
Newfoundland each become
dominions within the
British Empire.
1914 - The
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the
Federal Trade Commission Act.
1917 - Compulsory military service went into effect in Canada.
1918 -
World War I:
Battle of Meuse.
1934 -
Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1937 -
Street and Smith Publications launches a half-hour radio program featuring the announcer for its "Detective Stories" radio show,
The Shadow, with
Orson Welles in the title role.
1944 -
World War II:
Operation Market Garden fails.
1950 -
United Nations troops recapture
Seoul from the
North Koreans.1950 -
Indonesia admitted to the
United Nations.
1954 -
Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a
typhoon in the
Tsugaru Strait,
Japan killing 1,172.
1957 -
West Side Story, by
Arthur Laurents,
Leonard Bernstein, and
Stephen Sondheim, directed and choreographed by
Jerome Robbins opens on
Broadway.
1960 - In
Chicago, the first
televised debate takes place between presidential candidates
Richard M. Nixon and
John F. Kennedy.1960 -
Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the
U.S.S.R.1962 -
Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
1966 - The first
Chevrolet Camaro appeared.
1970 - The
Laguna Fire starts in
San Diego County,
California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
1973 -
Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the
Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 - The
Lonie Report in
Victoria, Australia recommends
rail line closures and
freeway expansion.
1981 -
Baseball:
Nolan Ryan sets a
Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1983 -
Soviet military officer
Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war. 1983 -
Australia II, the first non-
American winner, wins the
Americas Cup.
1984 -
United Kingdom agrees handover of
Hong Kong.
1988 -
Ben Johnson is stripped of his
gold medal in the
100 m sprint at the
Seoul Olympics for
failing a drug test.
1997 - A
Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near
Medan,
Indonesia, airport, killing 234.1997 - An
earthquake strikes the
Italian regions of
Umbria and the
Marche, causing part of the
Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 -
Anti-globalization protests in
Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the
IMF and
World Bank summits.2000 -
Express Samina, capsized after running aground near the isle of
Paros. 82 people were killed.
2002 - The overcrowded
Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of
Gambia killing more than 1,000.2002 - Thirty people are killed in a shooting by terrorists at a temple in
Gandhinagar,
India.
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