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- 0069 Vespasian, a former general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor.
- 1192 Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade.
- 1522 Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
- 1606 The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
- 1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown
- 1669 First jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery
- 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
- 1790 First successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)
- 1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M
- 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50
- 1835 First signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at Goliad, Texas.
- 1850 Hawaiian post office established
- 1860 SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede
- 1860 South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.
- 1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
- 1880 New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
- 1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
- 1891 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses
- 1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
- 1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY
- 1893 First state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia
- 1900 Giacobini discovers a comet which later will be visited bya spacecraft
- 1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
- 1915 Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli Peninsula
- 1915 World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.
- 1917 Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, is founded.
- 1917 Second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP
- 1918 The use of the collective title "Canadian National Railways" is authorized by order in council P.C. 3122.
- 1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)
- 1928 First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec
- 1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park
- 1938 V.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system
- 1939 Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service
- 1941 World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
- 1942 World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese.
- 1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
- 1951 The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for the first time. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
- 1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
- 1960 National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
- 1962 The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show
- 1963 Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners
- 1968 The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
- 1969 Number one hit on UK music charts - Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
- 1973 The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
- 1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
- 1977 First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
- 1978 H.R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
- 1980 Number one hit on UK music charts - John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
- 1980 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
- 1981 "Dreamgirls" opens on Broadway
- 1981 The first stage performance of the award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway.
- 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
- 1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library
- 1984 The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines.
- 1986 Number one hit on UK music charts - Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
- 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach NY
- 1987 Worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz collides with Vector 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000)
- 1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
- 1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
- 1988 The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna.
- 1988 Visitor posting - Kyle was born - USA
- 1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him
- 1989 United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega.
- 1989 Visitor posting - Brittney was born! - USA
- 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
- 1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
- 1991 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
- 1991 Paul Keating becomes the 24th Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1994 Visitor posting - Jazzerai S. was born - USA
- 1995 American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160.
- 1995 NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia
- 1995 The Democratic Social Movement is founded in Greece.
- 1995 Visitor posting - Deaundre Jerome Lawson is born
- 1996 NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
- 1998 Visitor posting - David Cameron Spayth was born 10 weeks early but a healthy 3.1 pounds in Mobile AL to Warren & Jennifer Spayth
- 1999 Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal.
- 2000 Visitor posting - Kayla Lucas born. Pets - Cat's name is Izzy - USA
- 2002 US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
- 2003 Visitor posting - Dieter and Glenda wed into eternal bliss - USA
- 2005 2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
- 2005 US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
- 2006 A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
- 2007 Bear Stearns takes a $1.9 billion write-down
- 2007 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
- 2007 Important Islamic date - Eid-ul-Adha (Festival of the Sacrifice)
- 2007 The Lakota Indians send a letter to the United States State Department declaring their secession from the union.
- 2007 The Utah Utes wins the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl over the Navy Midshipmen 35-32.
- 2007 The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the So Paulo Museum of Art, together with O Lavrador de Caf, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
- 2009 A crisis state of emergency is declared when at least three people are killed, hundreds are wounded and buildings collapse when an earthquake strikes Malawi.
- 2009 A runaway truck kills up to 100 people at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria.
- 2009 American band Rage Against the Machine top the UK Christmas Singles Chart with 1992 song "Killing in the Name". Its popularity arose from an internet campaign to prevent X Factor winner Joe McElderry from topping the charts.
- 2009 Colombia and Venezuela move closer to war.
- 2009 Gerry Adams, in an interview with RTÉ, speaks for the first time about the abuse his father inflicted on his family.
- 2009 Hundreds of riot police and Maoist protesters clash in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on the first day of a three-day general strike.
- 2009 Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina appoints Colonel Vital Albert Camille as the new Prime Minister, days after sacking former Prime Minister Eugene Mangalaza, who had been appointed as part of a power sharing agreement.
- 2009 Mourners pay their respects to drug baron Marcos Arturo Beltrán-Leyva days after he is shot dead by authorities.
- 2009 Philippine officials warn an eruption at the Mayon Volcano could happen within the next few days.
- 2009 Shi'ites say Saudi air attacks on northern Yemen have led to the deaths of 54 people, including women and children.
- 2009 Snowfall disrupts transport services and kills at least 18 people across Europe.
- 2009 Tanzania is hit by an earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude. (Press TV)
- 2009 Two people are killed and four people are wounded by flying concrete during a huge demolition of a Soviet war memorial in Georgia.
- 2009 United States Army Major General Anthony Cucolo makes pregnancy a court-martial offense for both female and male troops under his command in northern Iraq.
- 2009 Visitor posting - 2009- Amanda turns 18! :) - USA
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