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- 0330 Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
- 1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
- 1310 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
- 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
- 1502 Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
- 1548 Great fire in Brielle
- 1625 Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
- 1647 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to become governor
- 1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
- 1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estrées' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaçao
- 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
- 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
- 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
- 1751 First US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
- 1751 The first US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
- 1752 The first US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
- 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
- 1784 England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
- 1792 Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
- 1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
- 1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral.
- 1813 In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
- 1818 Charles XIV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1820 Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
- 1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
- 1841 Lt. Charles Wilkes lands at Fort Nisqually in Puget Sound.
- 1850 Work starts on first brick building in San Fransisco
- 1857 Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- 1858 Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
- 1862 CSS Virginia blown up by Confederates to prevent capture.
- 1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
- 1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
- 1865 Jeff Thompson surrenders
- 1867 Luxembourg gains its independence.
- 1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
- 1891 Otsu Scandal.
- 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes first bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
- 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
- 1894 Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
- 1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title
- 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace
- 1907 A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot.
- 1907 Bank of San Fransisco incorporated
- 1910 Glacier National Park is established (Montana, USA)
- 1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms The park borders the Cdn. Waterton National Park in Canada
- 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
- 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
- 1918 The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus was officially established.
- 1921 Tel Aviv is first all Jewish municipality
- 1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
- 1924 Mercedes-Benz formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging the two companies.
- 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean
- 1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
- 1927 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- 1928 General Electric opens first TV-station (Schenectady NY)
- 1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX
- 1929 First regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
- 1929 The first regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
- 1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
- 1934 Dust Bowl: A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl in North America.
- 1941 The first Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
- 1942 German submarine U-S53 torpedoes British steamer Nicoya and Dutch ship Leno near Anticosti Island, Quebec
- 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
- 1942 William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
- 1943 Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
- 1943 Naval task force lands Army troops on Attu, Aleutians.
- 1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)
- 1944 Allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy
- 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office washer
- 1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
- 1944 World War II: The Allies start a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- 1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
- 1945 Wewak in New Guinea captured by Australia's 6th Division
- 1946 The first packages from the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, or CARE, arrive in Europe at Le Havre, France
- 1946 UMNO is created.
- 1947 BF Goodrich manufactures first tubeless tire, Akron OH
- 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
- 1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
- 1948 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy
- 1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
- 1949 First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
- 1949 Israel joins the United Nations.
- 1949 Siam officially changes its name to Thailand, a name in use since 1939.
- 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
- 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
- 1953 The Waco Tornado: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
- 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)
- 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
- 1954 Visitor posting - May 11 1954 Pamala J Messinger was the first child born to Davey and Floy
- 1955 Israel attacks Gaza
- 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
- 1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia
- 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
- 1959 Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC
- 1960 French liner "France" launched
- 1960 In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann, living under the assumed name Ricardo Klement.
- 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
- 1960 The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market.
- 1962 Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy
- 1962 Near the Coast of Mexico a 7.0 quake resulted in four persons killed, and many injured. Extensive property damage in south-central Mexico
- 1962 US sends troops to Thailand
- 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
- 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
- 1964 Terence Conran opened the first Habitat store on London's Fulham Road.
- 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
- 1965 The first of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
- 1965 U.S. destroyers deliver first shore bombardment of Vietnam War.
- 1965 West Indies becomes first holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
- 1966 Henry "Dickie" Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, N.C..
- 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
- 1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
- 1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
- 1967 Andreas Papandreou is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
- 1967 Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
- 1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
- 1968 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
- 1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
- 1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
- 1970 The Beatles song "The Long and Winding Road" is released as a single in the United States. It becomes the group's last number one single in that country.
- 1970 The Lubbock Tornado: An F5 tornado hits downtown Lubbock, Texas, killing 26.
- 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
- 1973 Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
- 1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms
- 1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
- 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
- 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
- 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
- 1975 Visitor posting - Bronwyn Mary Devlin was born in Balclutha, New Zealand. ' Don't question your existence, live for each day, be content with what you have and who you are'. Nothing is forever. - New Zealand
- 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
- 1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
- 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
- 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
- 1978 Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps
- 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
- 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
- 1982 Visitor posting - The amazingly wonderful Carolyn Roney was born on this date to very proud parents! - USA
- 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
- 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
- 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
- 1983 Visitor posting - taher bag wala badda ne rulawis may - India
- 1983 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.
- 1984 A transit of Earth from Mars takes place.
- 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
- 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
- 1985 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
- 1985 56 spectators die when a flash fire strikes a football ground during a match in Bradford, England.
- 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
- 1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1
- 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts - Paul Hardcastle - 19
- 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines
- 1987 First heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
- 1987 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
- 1987 The first heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
- 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
- 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
- 1988 Visitor posting - Srisaravanan born this day....!!!!! - India
- 1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
- 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
- 1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
- 1992 Visitor posting - This day may 11th back in the early 90's, i lloyduchman stormed this earth, like the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck haiti. Today iz just first day of another 365 days journey around the sun, as im lookin forward to enjoy the trip to the fullest. - Nigeria
- 1992 Visitor posting - Dillon Wilker was born on this day - USA
- 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
- 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
- 1994 "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances
- 1994 Visitor posting - Brittny Fensom Bornn! I love my cat Lily! - USA
- 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
- 1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup
- 1995 Visitor posting - Nakea Clark's Birthday (: - USA
- 1995 In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
- 1995 Visitor posting - Kristen Leigh Rose was born :) - USA
- 1995 Visitor posting - Sebastian Mojarro was born.
- 1996 Visitor posting - abby's birthday woot woot - USA
- 1996 After taking-off from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
- 1996 Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe the first president of Nigeria died at the age of 92. - Nigeria
- 1996 Visitor posting - Sierra Smith is born!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - USA
- 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
- 1997 IBM Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player.
- 1998 An election is held in the Philippines where actor Joseph Estrada emerged as winner for President.
- 1998 India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device.
- 1999 Visitor posting - Elena the Awesome was born. - USA
- 2000 Last performance of the musical Cats in London's West End.
- 2001 Kurt Schachner turned 40 YEARS OLD. And boy does he show it.
- 2004 The Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow kills nine people.
- 2007 Pope Benedict XVI canonizes the first Brazilian-born saint, Frei Galvo.
- 2008 Visitor posting - Jake and Ashley end a year and a half relationship.
- 2010 Visitor posting - JACKIE DUFFY (nee walker) murdered today 2007 - United Kingdom [email protected]
- 2010 Visitor posting - Sayre Patrick O'Bryan is born!! - USA
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