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- 1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed
- 1006 Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
- 1483 Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
- 1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1658 Montreal Quebec, Marguerite Bourgeoys opens Ville Marie's first school for French and Indian children, in a stone stable
- 1671 Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- 1722 The game of Billiards is mentioned in the New England Courant
- 1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
- 1789 George Washington inaugurated as first president of US
- 1789 On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
- 1794 The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
- 1798 Congress establishes Department of the Navy
- 1803 Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling overnight the size of the young nation.
- 1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
- 1808 The first practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
- 1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
- 1812 The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- 1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
- 1849 Garibaldi defends Rome against the French.
- 1856 Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua, against North American mercenaries.
- 1857 San Jose State University forms
- 1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
- 1863 Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarn, Mexico.
- 1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W.R. Scurry is killed
- 1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized
- 1871 Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
- 1889 First US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
- 1889 George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
- 1894 Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
- 1898 Championship wrestling match at the Met turns into a brawl
- 1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match
- 1900 Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
- 1900 Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- 1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1912 Former Examiner A. Bruce Bielaski, Chief Finch's assistant since 1909, was appointed Chief of the BOI (now FBI).
- 1913 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis
- 1915 Australia's first military pilot, Lieutenant Merz, is killed by Arabs after his Caudron plane is forced down by engine trouble over Mesopotamia during WWI.
- 1919 World War I peace conference grants German concession in Shantung, China, to Japan, whereupon China leaves the conference.
- 1920 Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1921 Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
- 1925 Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for USD $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
- 1927 The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
- 1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1957)
- 1930 Radio telephone service begins between Australia and England.
- 1930 Visitor posting - Auntie H is born - USA
- 1932 RCMP absorbs provincial police force of New Brunswick due to near bankruptcy of the province.
- 1938 The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
- 1938 The first televised FA Cup Final took place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End
- 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television during the World Fair's opening ceremonies broadcast.
- 1939 NBC/RCA first public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair
- 1939 RCA owned NBC begins regularly scheduled television service from its New York station with the opening ceremonies of the 1939 New York World's Fair broadcast.
- 1939 The 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
- 1939 The World's Fair, at a cost of $150 million, opens in New York amid a blaze of fireworks. England's king and queen arrive for the opening. Regular television broadcasting begins from the Fair.
- 1941 Atlantic German U-boat torpedoes Canadian passenger ship Nerissa off Ireland; 73 Canadian Army personnel lost.
- 1942 The Toronto Stock Exchange Index hits wartime low of 84.8 on news of German victories.
- 1942 The first submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
- 1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
- 1945 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the red flag over the Reichstag building.
- 1945 Germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich.
- 1945 Munich is captured by Patch's 7th Army unit.
- 1947 In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again.
- 1948 In Bogot, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
- 1948 Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia
- 1949 Visitor posting - Rand Noel, Writer - Historian, is Born in Schoenberg, Berlin - Germany
- 1949 Visitor posting - Stan Mcdonald is Born
- 1950 Construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Ontario Lakehead.
- 1951 Visitor posting - william charles miles was born,in the Bronx N.Y. - USA
- 1951 Visitor posting - Randall R. Hamilton, Attorney at Law in Winchester, VA, was born.
- 1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced
- 1955 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks
- 1959 Visitor posting - April 30 1959 John H.Bryant jr was born in North Carolina - USA
- 1960 Lt. Gen. H.D. Graham leaves the Canadian armed forces; last officer with a World War I ribbon to retire.
- 1961 The first Airline shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)
- 1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
- 1964 Visitor posting - Stephanie Randolph is Born in Indianapolis, IN - USA
- 1969 Sir Paul Hasluck appointed Australian Governor-General.
- 1969 Visitor posting - Steven John Marsh was born.The first redhead at Rushgreen hospital in England
- 1970 The first CP coal unit train, comprising 88 cars and carrying more than 9,000 tons of coking coal destined to Japan, arrives at Roberts Bank superport after a 700-mile run from Sparwood, B.C.
- 1970 Visitor posting - James Davenport is born. - USA
- 1970 US troops invade Cambodia
- 1970 Vancouver BC, the first computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta.
- 1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
- 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
- 1974 Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas died
- 1975 Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
- 1975 Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces
- 1975 Visitor posting - Roger Gorman is born in Worcester, UK
- 1975 US civilian forces evacuate from Vietnam; Saigon surrenders
- 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
- 1977 Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo hold first weekly march to demand return of their disappeared children.
- 1980 Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
- 1980 Queen Beatrix of Netherlands ascends to the throne
- 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
- 1981 John Lauchlan & James Blench; both natives of Seebe, Alberta, reach summit of 7,454.5m Mt. Gangapurna in the Himalayas by a new south face route.
- 1982 Fort McMurray Alberta, Alberta Alsands oil project collapses despite offers of aid from Ottawa and Alberta.
- 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Spandau Ballet - True
- 1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are, Sweden
- 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
- 1985 Visitor posting - Douglas Weiss Born. - USA [email protected]
- 1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
- 1986 In the Michoacan, Mexico region a 7.0 earthquake caused some minor damage (V) in the Mexico City area
- 1987 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
- 1987 Visitor posting - Jenna Lynch is born. A grand event in the lives of many. - USA
- 1988 French-Canadian singer Cline Dion wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland in front of 600 million TV-viewers, representing Switzerland with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi"
- 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - S'Express - Theme from S'Express
- 1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
- 1989 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
- 1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- 1991 A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people.
- 1991 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh
- 1993 During a tennis match between #1 female tennis player Monica Sele and Magdalena Maleeva, Gnter Parche plunged a steak knife between Sele's shoulderblades. Sele did not return to competitive tennis for over two years.
- 1993 The World Wide Web was born at CERN.
- 1993 Virgin Radio (then Virgin 1215) launches in the UK at 12:15pm.
- 1998 Secessionist rebels and the Papua New Guinea government sign a permanent ceasefire, ending a nine-year rebellion on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.
- 1999 Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
- 2001 The Mitchell Report on the Arab-Israeli conflict is published.
- 2002 A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
- 2006 Trapped miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell at Beaconsfield, Tasmania are found alive after being unaccounted for for five days.
- 2009 Visitor posting - God sent an angel to us...Peyton Presley - USA
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