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- 0096 Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
- 0335 Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I.
- 1180 Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
- 1356 In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French.
- 1454 In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
- 1544 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois)
- 1573 Spanish attack on Alkmaar.
- 1615 Thomas Row, the first British messenger came to India.
- 1679 New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1692 Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
- 1739 The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
- 1739 Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
- 1755 Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens
- 1759 British capture Québec during the French & Indian War
- 1759 The British capture Quebec City.
- 1769 Boston Gazette reports first US piano (a spinet)
- 1777 First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.
- 1789 American government takes out first ever loan, a total of $191,608.81.
- 1796 George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
- 1809 Royal Opera House in London opens.
- 1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)
- 1810 First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
- 1812 Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
- 1830 A horse beats the first U.S.-made locomotive in a race near Baltimore.
- 1837 Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
- 1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden.
- 1851 NY Times starts publishing
- 1851 The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times, begins publishing.
- 1872 King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- 1873 The Panic of 1873 begins.
- 1879 Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time.
- 1885 Riots break out in Montreal to protest compulsory smallpox vaccination.
- 1893 Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- 1895 Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
- 1895 D.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes first chiropractor
- 1895 Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
- 1898 Fashoda Incident - Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
- 1900 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid commit their first robbery together.
- 1906 A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
- 1910 In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
- 1911 All workers go on general strike in Valencia
- 1911 Britain's first twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown
- 1911 Russian Premier Peter Stolypin shot at the Kiev Opera House
- 1913 Visitor posting - Mary V. Dupary is born
- 1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
- 1914 The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- 1914 World War I: South African troops land in German South West Africa.
- 1918 Australians attack on the Hindenburg Line
- 1919 Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast
- 1919 The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
- 1922 Hungary admitted to League of Nations.
- 1926 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250
- 1927 Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air (16 radio stations)
- 1928 Walt Disney releases "Steamboat Willie", the best known of the early short films to feature Mickey Mouse.
- 1930 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup
- 1931 The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1932 Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign.
- 1934 Bruno Hauptmann is arrested for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh III.
- 1934 USSR admitted to League of Nations.
- 1936 On test a new lightweight streamlined passenger train attains an officially recorded speed of 112 1/2 mph on the Canadian Pacific Winchester Subdivision near St. Telesphore, Quebec, with 4-4-4 locomotive no. 3003.
- 1939 William Joyce's first Nazi propaganda broadcast.
- 1939 World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mocicki flees to Romania.
- 1940 World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
- 1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
- 1942 Holocaust in Brody, western Ukraine: About 2,500 Brody Jews are deported by German Gestapo to the extermination camp in Belzec.
- 1943 Most of the 2,000 deported Minsk Jews are killed in Sobibor.
- 1943 World War II: Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews.
- 1943 World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibr.
- 1944 Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War).
- 1945 1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration
- 1945 Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
- 1945 In Gary, Indiana, 1000 whites walk out of schools to protest integration.
- 1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London.
- 1947 Country singers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, making it the venue's first country performance.
- 1947 President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the US Air Force as an independent service - USA
- 1948 Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
- 1948 Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator's term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
- 1948 Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator for Palestine and Israel.
- 1948 Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine
- 1948 Yoni Abramski, 12-year-old Israeli boy, shot and killed by Jordanian sniper in Jerusalem.
- 1952 The US bars Charlie Chaplin from reentering the country after a trip to England.
- 1957 "Wagon Train" premiers
- 1957 Dalida is the first artist to be awarded a gold record in France for 300 000 sales of "Bambino".
- 1957 First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test.
- 1959 Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
- 1959 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
- 1960 Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
- 1961 Visitor posting - Layla enters the world
- 1961 U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1962 Rwanda, Burundi and Jamaica admitted to the United Nations.
- 1963 The last game at the Polo Grounds is played.
- 1964 North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
- 1965 "Get Smart" premiers
- 1967 Esporte Clube Santo Andr, of Brazil, is founded.
- 1967 Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
- 1970 Jimi Hendrix found dead in his basement in London.
- 1970 The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, UK.
- 1971 Number one hit on UK music charts - Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
- 1972 A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- 1972 First Ugandans expelled by Idi Amin arrive in the UK.
- 1973 King Carl XVI Gustaf accedes to the throne of Sweden.
- 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die
- 1975 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF
- 1975 Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List.
- 1975 Visitor posting - Singer/Songwriter Sinan Akgoz aka Sinbad Shahzade was born - United Kingdom
- 1976 A Turkish Boeing 727 hits a mountain in southern Turkey killing 155.
- 1976 Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in Beijing.
- 1976 Mao Zedong's funeral takes place in Beijing.
- 1977 Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
- 1977 US Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth & Moon together
- 1977 Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together.
- 1978 Leaders of Israel and Egypt reach a settlement for the Middle East at Camp David.
- 1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect
- 1979 Visitor posting - Sept 18, 1979 Mohsen and Sussan get married in Tehran.
- 1979 Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's first admittedly gay judge
- 1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
- 1981 Assemble Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France
- 1982 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
- 1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
- 1983 Rock band Kiss unmasks for the first time in an appearance on MTV to coincide with the release of new album Lick It Up.
- 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- 1984 Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
- 1985 A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
- 1985 Visitor posting - Rhiannah is born!
- 1985 Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
- 1987 Ronald Reagan announces joint destruction of nuclear warheads by USA and USSR.
- 1988 Burma suspends its constitution. Military begins deadly offensive against pro-democracy demonstrators, killing thousands of people across the country.
- 1988 End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students) were killed by the Tatmadaw.
- 1988 Greg Louganis suffers a head injury while qualifying for the Seoul Olympics; goes on to win two Gold medals.
- 1989 A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
- 1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
- 1989 Hurricane Hugo hits Puerto Rico, killing six.
- 1990 A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
- 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host the 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
- 1990 Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1991 Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
- 1991 Visitor posting - Justin Havoc born. My pet is a rock - Canada
- 1991 Otzi the Iceman is discovered by a couple of German tourists.
- 1991 Visitor posting - Cody "KingKong" Jones is born - USA
- 1992 An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
- 1993 Visitor posting - Amy Elizabeth was born - USA
- 1993 Visitor posting - Alannah Grace Blough was born in Orange City florida - USA
- 1995 The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Noelle Grace Jewell was born this day! (: - USA
- 1997 Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
- 1997 U.S. media magnate Ted Turner donates USD $1 billion to the United Nations.
- 1997 Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on Welsh autonomy.
- 1998 Cal Ripken Jr voluntarily took himself out of the Baltimore Orioles lineup to end his ML Record of consecutive games played.
- 1998 ICANN is formed.
- 1999 Trillium Rail takes over operation of 41 miles of industrial trackage in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula comprising sections of the Cayuga sub. and the Thorold, Canal, Grantham, Fonthill, Town Line and West Welland spurs. The lines will be operated by a Trillium subsidiary, the Port Colborne Terminal Railway.
- 2001 Commencement of U.S. combat activities in Afghanistan.
- 2001 First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 2002 The body of missing schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is found in Yateley heath in Hampshire, ending a six-month search.
- 2003 Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the U.S.
- 2003 The UK's Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, receives Royal Assent.
- 2004 Ford put Jaguar Racing and Cosworth up for sale.
- 2006 Right wing protesters riot the building of the Hungarian Television in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsny admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections.
- 2006 The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. Constitution revoked; martial law declared.
- 2007 Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution
- 2007 President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president
- 2008 Both the Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe and Asia pump up to $180 billion into money markets in the hope to free up a lending freeze between banks
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