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- 1041 Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
- 1508 The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
- 1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
- 1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant
- 1672 New York Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
- 1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.
- 1690 Mass Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money
- 1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in first interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
- 1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state
- 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
- 1831 "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
- 1836 Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.
- 1861 American Civil War: the Confederate States of America accepts a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
- 1864 Sherman reaches Savannah and 12 day siege begins
- 1868 The first traffic lights are installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
- 1869 The first American chapter of Kappa Sigma is founded at the University of Virginia.
- 1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
- 1869 Wyoming grants women the right to vote.
- 1898 Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR and Guam
- 1899 The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
- 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
- 1902 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
- 1904 The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind.
- 1911 Calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days)
- 1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
- 1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
- 1932 Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1932 Thailand receives its first constitution
- 1935 The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, was given to halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago. This award was given to the best college football player east the Mississippi River.
- 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs his Instrument of Abdication.
- 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
- 1937 Visitor posting - Gabriel Angel Acosta born in Saucillo, Chihuahua, MX
- 1941 HMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1,612 327 were lost.
- 1941 HMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1,285 officers and men
- 1941 World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near Malaya.
- 1943 Visitor posting - David H. Stowers born. Bowden, Cheshire, U.K. Pets: 3 cats.. "Trevor" "Georgina" "Indiana" - United Kingdom [email protected]
- 1946 Baseball great Walter Johnson died at the age of fifty-nine of a brain tumor. Nicknamed "The Big Train," Johnson
- 1948 The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1948 UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
- 1952 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
- 1953 Dr. Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.
- 1958 First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people
- 1962 Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years
- 1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show
- 1963 The United States Air Force's X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program is cancelled by Robert McNamara.
- 1963 Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth
- 1964 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Beatles - I Feel Fine
- 1965 The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
- 1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
- 1966 Visitor posting - Deborrah L. Thompson is born - USA
- 1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo.
- 1970 Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, "father of the Green Revolution", is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1971 Jim Hart throws a football for a record 98 yards, the longest recorded throw.
- 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
- 1972 The American League votes to adopt the Designated Hitter position for the following season.
- 1973 Visitor posting - David Robert Stowers born. Manchester, England - United Kingdom [email protected]
- 1974 Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
- 1975 Activist Andrei Sakharov is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted by his wife, Yelena Bonner.
- 1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
- 1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
- 1978 Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
- 1981 The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.
- 1981 Visitor posting - Monica was born in Baltimore, MD - USA
- 1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
- 1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
- 1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Ral Alfonsn.
- 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Flying Pickets - Only You
- 1983 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president
- 1983 Solidarity leader Lech Wasa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted by his wife, Danuta.
- 1984 Apartheid: Cleric and activist Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
- 1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1986 The Holocaust: Elie Wiesel is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1987 "Nightline" is seen in the USSR for first time
- 1988 Massive Earthquake in Armenia kills 100,000 in cities of Leninakan and Spitak
- 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine
- 1989 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement that peacefully changed the second oldest communist country into a democratic society.
- 1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
- 1993 Visitor posting - Ryan Hofstee born in Toronto, Ontario - Canada
- 1996 Rwandan Genocide: Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Joanna Tung born - Canada
- 1996 Visitor posting - taylor miller is born - USA
- 1998 Visitor posting - Cory Joshua Sheppard was born Ashford, Kent. - United Kingdom
- 2002 The High Court of Australia hands down its judgement in the internet defamation case of Gutnick v Dow Jones.
- 2004 A tombstone commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of Brazilian guerrilla Carlos Marighella is inaugurated in Salvador, Bahia.
- 2005 Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes in Nigeria.
- 2006 Chivas de Guadalajara wins their 11th championship, most in Mexican football (soccer).
- 2006 Two million Lebanese opposition supporters gather in downtown Beirut, calling for the government to resign.
- 2006 Visitor posting - Hernan & Alma Holguin married in Las Vegas - USA
- 2009 18 hostages are released after at least 65 people are kidnapped by gunmen in Agusan del Sur, Mindanao, the Philippines.
- 2009 A failed launch of an intercontinental missile RSM-56 Bulava by Russia is reported to be the cause of the mysterious spiral light seen over Northern Norway yesterday.
- 2009 In what has been described as a landmark case, the Supreme Court of Ireland rules that a gay man, identified as "A", who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple shall have access to the resulting boy child, overturning the original High Court decision. GLEN expresses concern at the Supreme Court's rejection of the lesbian couple as a "de facto family".
- 2009 India announces it is to create a new state, Telangana, out of Andhra Pradesh, with some officials resigning in protest.
- 2009 It is revealed that Egypt is building an iron wall up to 100 feet deep along its border with Gaza.
- 2009 New 4,000-page Spanish grammar guidelines, produced by the Spanish Royal Academy and 21 organizations in Spanish-speaking countries, are unveiled.
- 2009 Pakistani officials arrest five US citizens wanted by the FBI on suspicion of terrorism.
- 2009 The credit rating of Greece is downgraded, leading to increased pessimism regarding the Greek economy.
- 2009 Thousands of "red shirt" anti-government protesters demonstrate in Bangkok, Thailand, calling for new elections.
- 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama accepts the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
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