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- 0334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- 0760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- 1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo
- 1176 Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
- 1200 Peace of Goulet
- 1370 Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
- 1377 Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
- 1455 Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans)
- 1455 Richard of York takes St Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI
- 1455 Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
- 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac
- 1570 The first atlas, with 70 maps, published
- 1594 Earl Mauritius & Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen
- 1629 Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lübeck
- 1659 France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
- 1712 Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary
- 1746 Russia & Austria signs treaty of cooperation
- 1761 The first life insurance policy in the U S is issued, in Philadelphia
- 1784 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy
- 1807 A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
- 1807 Townsend Speakman first sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)
- 1807 U S authorities arrest former vice president Aaron Burr February 19 in Alabama and bring him to trial May 22 at Richmond, Va , in a circuit court presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall of the Supreme Court Burr has apparently schemed to establish an independent nation comprised of Mexico and parts of the Louisiana Territory, but the court acquits him for lack of evidence
- 1809 Second and last Day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon was repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
- 1819 The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
- 1836 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul" premieres in Düsseldorf
- 1840 The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
- 1842 Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns, when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground.
- 1843 The first wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence MO for Oregon
- 1843 Thousands of people and their cattle headed west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It was part of the Great Migration. They followed what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
- 1844 Persian Prophet The Bb announces His revelation, founding Bbism. He announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest." He is considered the forerunner of Bah'u'llh, the founder of the Bah' Faith.
- 1848 The abolition of slavery in Martinque
- 1849 Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
- 1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").
- 1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner
- 1863 General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg
- 1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
- 1864 Battle of North Anna River VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
- 1868 The Great Train Robbery occurs near Marshfield, Indiana as seven members of the Reno gang make off with a bounty of $96,000
- 1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500)
- 1872 Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
- 1888 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers
- 1892 Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube
- 1893 Montréal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in first Cup Game
- 1900 Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative
- 1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
- 1902 Earth tremor causes explosion at Coal Creek mine, 8 km from Fernie, killing 128 miners.
- 1903 Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
- 1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
- 1906 10th anniversary of Olympics, celebration held in Athens, Greece
- 1906 The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, opens in Athens.
- 1906 Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane
- 1906 Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
- 1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex vs Somerset
- 1909 The first San Fransisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched
- 1915 Five trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
- 1915 Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain to erupt other than Mount St. Helens in the continental US during the 20th century.
- 1915 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland)
- 1916 French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun
- 1923 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier
- 1926 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
- 1926 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
- 1926 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop
- 1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
- 1927 Near Xining, China a 8.3 quake caused 200,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
- 1928 US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
- 1930 Visitor posting - Aliza nee Liberman Elkon born in Jersey City, NJ - USA
- 1931 Canned rattlesnake meat first goes on sale in Florida I'll pass thanks
- 1933 Emilian Dobrescu was born on this day in Romania
- 1933 John Mackay makes the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster
- 1933 Loch Ness Monster is first reportedly sighted by John Mackay
- 1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day first celebrated
- 1936 Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
- 1939 Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel"
- 1940 Decision to form 8th Division of AIF
- 1940 Nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium.
- 1941 British troops attack Baghdad
- 1941 Second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete
- 1942 Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.
- 1942 México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan
- 1942 World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
- 1943 RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander"
- 1943 Stalin disbands Komintern
- 1944 Two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.
- 1945 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
- 1945 Barin Road, Solomons, cleared
- 1945 NSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide
- 1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
- 1947 Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.
- 1947 The first US ballistic missile fired
- 1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
- 1950 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
- 1953 Visitor posting - My wonderful husband Robert McNeilly was born on this day! - USA
- 1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
- 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
- 1956 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- 1957 South Africa Government approves race separation in universities
- 1959 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF
- 1960 Chile a 9.5 quake was one of the 10 Largest Earthquakes in the World.
- 1960 Visitor posting - may 22 1960 donna-marie domitrovits is born
- 1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severely damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo HI at 01:04 AM
- 1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
- 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
- 1961 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
- 1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
- 1962 Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.
- 1962 Netherlands telephone net becomes completely automated
- 1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600 meters
- 1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inning game
- 1963 A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London
- 1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
- 1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"
- 1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66
- 1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single goes #1
- 1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champion
- 1965 Ticket to Ride by the Beatles goes to Number One on the pop charts
- 1966 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
- 1966 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
- 1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)
- 1967 Egyptian president Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
- 1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
- 1967 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuts on public TV
- 1967 The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
- 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett - Young Girl
- 1968 Visitor posting - Kev Foy (Warrington) born this day - United Kingdom
- 1969 Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
- 1969 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface
- 1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus
- 1971 Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.
- 1972 Ceylon adopts a new constitution thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
- 1972 Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion
- 1972 US President Nixon begins visit Moscow
- 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
- 1973 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was established. This is a program to involve Nigerian graduates in the development of their country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973 graduates of universities and later Polytechnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program of their service year.- Nigeria
- 1973 U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up
- 1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later
- 1974 Soccer team Veendam forms
- 1977 Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)
- 1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long
- 1979 The first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials
- 1980 Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
- 1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
- 1985 Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid
- 1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR
- 1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado
- 1988 Károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary
- 1990 Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times
- 1990 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
- 1990 North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
- 1990 The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
- 1990 The final episode of Newhart airs on CBS TV
- 1991 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome
- 1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
- 1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea
- 1992 After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
- 1992 Visitor posting - Commander Peter Lowis of the Glasgow 1st Northeast Battalion of the RIRA was born
- 1992 California Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey
- 1992 India launches its Agni rocket
- 1992 Visitor posting - Jay Modi was born - India
- 1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show
- 1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1993 Visitor posting - Andrew Newsome was born - USA
- 1994 Visitor posting - Alyson Campbell was born - USA
- 1995 Bangladesh Shahityacharcha Kendro established.
- 1995 Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised
- 1995 Visitor posting - Amanda vanHoof was born - Canada
- 1995 Visitor posting - Jessie Townsend Was Born!!!!!! - USA
- 1997 Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
- 1998 In Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area.
- 1998 Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
- 2003 In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Srenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
- 2004 Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family marries Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano.
- 2004 The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
- 2006 Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters voted to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union.
- 2009 Visitor posting - After having 5 sons of our own (Luke, Stefan, Aaron, Keith, and Derek), and then being blessed with 2 grandsons ( Devan and Jack), our first beautiful granddaughter was born, Sadie Julia Hansen, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. - Canada
- 2010 American boy, 13, breaks Everest record. Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old American became the youngest climber to ever summit Mount Everest
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