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- 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
- 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, first capital of Brazil, is founded.
- 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- 1638 First permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
- 1638 Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.
- 1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
- 1798 Republic of Switzerland forms
- 1799 New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
- 1801 Britain seizes Danish and Swedish islands in West Indies.
- 1804 Thousands of whites are massacred in Haiti following a declaration by Governor General Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
- 1808 Williamstown Ontario John Johnson 1742-1830 gives patent and grants 12 acres of land for Williamstown Fair; oldest continuously operating farm fair in Ontario.
- 1809 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'tat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
- 1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
- 1831 Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
- 1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
- 1848 At about 5 am, the Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam on Lake Erie at the entrance to the River; only time in recorded history
- 1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
- 1849 Britain formally annexes the Punjab after the defeat of the Sikhs in India
- 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
- 1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day
- 1857 Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
- 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece
- 1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia AR
- 1865 Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed
- 1865 Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia
- 1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) is passed
- 1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
- 1867 Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
- 1868 Ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868.
- 1871 Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria in London
- 1871 The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
- 1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine)
- 1886 Dr John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard
- 1912 Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
- 1927 Henry O D Segrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona; first auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph)
- 1930 Heinrich Brning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
- 1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio
- 1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
- 1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
- 1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
- 1936 In Germany, dictator Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. In 1933 all political parties and political liberty had been abolished.
- 1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
- 1938 Visitor posting - Birth of Sherman Andrew Beck in Crowleyville, Ut. Father of ten - USA [email protected]
- 1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
- 1940 Visitor posting - Joe Chandler born - USA
- 1941 80% of American AM radio stations change frequencies under the terms of NARBA.
- 1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
- 1942 German submarine U-585 sinks
- 1942 The Bombing of Lbeck in World War II was the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
- 1943 Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's)
- 1945 World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
- 1946 First Test Cricket between Australia & New Zealand
- 1947 National revolt against France in Madagascar begins
- 1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
- 1951 "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
- 1951 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday win
- 1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
- 1954 A 7.0 earthquake near the south of Spain. This earthquake caused property damage at Malaga, and was 640 km deep
- 1954 Carrier aircraft began reconnaissance near Dien Bien Phu, Indochina
- 1959 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
- 1959 Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.
- 1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
- 1960 Launch of first fully integrated Fleet Ballistic Missile from USS Observation Island
- 1961 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows Washington DC residents to vote for President
- 1961 After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
- 1961 The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections.
- 1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army
- 1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
- 1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
- 1963 Visitor posting - Kelvin Burns entered the world - USA
- 1963 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Shadows - Foot Tapper
- 1964 Supermodel Elle MacPherson born this day.
- 1964 The first true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England)
- 1965 House of Commons approves Canada Pension Plan
- 1966 Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain.
- 1966 Muhammad Ali beats Canadian George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College
- 1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
- 1970 Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
- 1971 A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
- 1971 Chile President Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
- 1971 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
- 1971 First Lieutenant William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
- 1971 My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
- 1973 Naval Advisory Group and Naval forces, Vietnam disestablished and last U.S. prisoners of war left Vietnam.
- 1974 Mariner 10's, first fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
- 1974 NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
- 1975 Evacuation of Danang by sea began
- 1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
- 1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs Pakistan at WACA
- 1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- 1979 Visitor posting - Shawn Elizabeth Rivera Gonzalez is born - USA
- 1980 Visitor posting - Pam Walker was Born - Canada
- 1981 UK hist First London marathon run
- 1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
- 1982 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win
- 1982 The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982
- 1983 Visitor posting - Laurel & Vince were born!!! - USA
- 1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected President of Greece
- 1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
- 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
- 1986 Number one hit on UK music charts - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll
- 1987 US tourist Ginger Meadows taken by crocodile in Prince Regent River, Western Australia.
- 1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
- 1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
- 1988 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
- 1989 61st Academy Awards: "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
- 1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering
- 1989 Sergei Priakin signed by Calgary Flames; first Soviet player allowed to play in North America by Soviet Ice Hockey Federation
- 1989 The first Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
- 1989 US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico)
- 1990 Prime Minister Bob Hawke claims victory in Australian election, becoming first Labor winner of four consecutive terms.
- 1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins
- 1992 Visitor posting - Kaulin Reyes born - Dominican Republic
- 1993 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
- 1993 Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and Canada's first female to be elected in a general election as a premier.
- 1993 Catherine Callbeck leads her Prince Edward Island Liberals to a 31 seat landslide; first woman in Canada to be elected premier
- 1993 Visitor posting - March 29 1993 Sarah Calhoun is born
- 1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs New South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final
- 1994 Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
- 1994 Visitor posting - Robert Dustin Priess was born - USA
- 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win
- 1997 A boat carrying dozens of Albanians seeking refuge in Italy strikes an Italian navy ship and sinks in Adriatic waters, killing at least 52 people.
- 1998 Visitor posting - alex resendiz is born
- 2000 A US Air Force report shows a link between Agent Orange and diabetes in veterans who sprayed the chemical in the Vietnam War. Finally
- 2000 Visitor posting - Noah Joseph Robert Billewicz born, London, ON, CA
- 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
- 2004 UK hist Alistair Cooke dies at the age of 95 – until four weeks previously, and since 1946, he had broadcast his regular 'Letter from America' on BBC radio
- 2004 UK hist Ireland becomes first country in the world to ban smoking in public places
- 2009 Visitor posting - Justin Domgaard and Ayaunna Martinez start dating
- 2010 Visitor posting - Arianna J, Madrid of New Mexico was born - USA
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