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218 Elagabalus becomes the emperor of Rome
536 St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
793 Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert’s monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England capturing and killing monks
979 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France
1191 King Richard I of England arrives at Acre in modern day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade
1405 Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on the King of England, Henry IV‘s orders
1551 Pope Julius III excommunicates the Duke of Parma, Ottavio Farnese
1624 Earthquake strikes Peru
1632 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, conquers Sittard in the Netherlands
1647 England parliament bans Christmas, Easter and Whitsun festivities, services and celebrations, including in the home, with fines for non-compliance – proves unpopular
1663 Battle at Amegical: English & Portuguese fleet defeats the Spanish
1690 Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai
1694 English troops attack Brest (300 killed)
1708 Spanish flagship galleon San José is sunk during a battle just off the coast of Cartagena, Columbia carrying a cargo of gold, silver and emerald valued today in billions
1761 British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast
1779 Admiral Horatio Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy on HMS Foudroyant set sail against Spanish fleet
1783 Laki volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption, killing 10,000 and causing widespread famines throughout Asia and Europe
1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr Hall in NYC)
1787 “Tarare” an opera by Antonio Salieri premieres at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, France
1789 James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives
1809 William Hyde Wollaston invents the first reflective goniometer
1812 Robert Jenkinson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Spencer Perceval’s assassination
1815 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation
1817 An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately
1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
1829 1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London opens in Liverpool
1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn
1846 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu
1856 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
1861 American Civil War: Tennessee votes to secede from the Union
1861 US Sanitary Commission is given executive approval
1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1869 Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents the 1st vacuum cleaner, calls it a “sweeping machine”
1872 US Congress endorses penny post card
1880 Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky delivers an emotional speech at the unveiling of a monument to Pushkin in Moscow
1886 First Home Rule Bill for Ireland defeated by 343 votes to 313 in the British House of Common
1887 Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator
1889 Cable cars service begins in Los Angeles, California
1892 US shoemaker Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to in a segregated RR car (US Supreme Court Plessy v Ferguson)
1896 First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris
1905 US President Theodore Roosevelt sends identical notes to Japan and Russia urging them to negotiate and end hostilities, offering his personal services
1911 Belgium government of Schollaert falls
1912 Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
1914 34.7°F (1.5°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1915 92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1916 Battle of Verdun: Germans capture Fort Vaux after several days of intense fighting
1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler’s nova of 1604, discovered
1920 Reds’ Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but umpire ejects Roush for delay of game
1928 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1929 Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curacao kidnap governor Fruytier
1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo
1933 Athletics’ first baseman Jimmie Foxx hits 3 consecutive home runs as Philadelphia outscores New York Yankees, 14 – 10; 4 straight HRs after Foxx had homered last time up the previous day
1937 “Carmina Burana”, the first work of Carl Orff’s Trionfi cantata trilogy, premieres at the Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany
1937 World’s largest flower blooms in NY Botanical Garden, 12′ calla lily
1938 Gert Terblanche, a local school boy, discovers fossils of an unknown ‘robust-type’ human ancestor, later named Paranthropus robustus by Robert Broom, at Kromdraai, Blaauwbank River Valley in South Africa
1940 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway
1941 British & French troops overthrow pro-German Syria
1942 Bing Crosby records “Silent Night”
1944 1st SS-Panzer Korps counterattacks at Normandy
1944 Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy
1944 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested
1944 General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully
1946 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia
1948 “Texaco Star Theater” premieres on NBC-TV, with “Mr. Television” Milton Berle made permanent emcee in September of the same year
1948 John Rudder becomes 1st negro commissioned officer in US marines
1949 Secker & Warburg publishes George Orwell‘s seminal novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, set in the totalitarian state of Oceania
1949 Siam changes name to Thailand
1950 Boston Red Sox rout St Louis Browns, 29-4 at Fenway Park; set 6 MLB records including runs scored and most total bases, 60
1950 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
1950 Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
1950 Test Cricket debut of famous West Indian spin twins Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin in 1st Test v England at Manchester; Valentine takes 8-104 on Day 1 but WI lose by 202 runs
1953 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touches down in Flint, Michigan killing 113
1953 Mary Church Terrell wins struggle to end illegal segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants
1955 MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax
1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
1956 Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. killed by another USAF airman in Vietnam, becoming the first American killed in the Vietnam War
1956 WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 1st official “missile mail” lands (Jacksonville, Florida)
1959 X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1960 1st date in James Clavell‘s novel “Nobel House”
1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1961 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
1961 Test cricket debut of future Australian captain Bill Lawry, 1st Test v England in Birmingham
1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
1964 “The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)”, recorded by 1960s American pop singers, Jan and Dean, is released
1965 MLB Draft: Kansas City Athletics A’s select Arizona State University outfielder Rick Monday #1; inaugural MLB Draft
1965 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965 USSR launches Luna 6; it missed the Moon by 99,000 miles
1966 NFL & AFL announce merger plans, one league with two divisions (NFC and AFC) starting in 1970
1966 Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an “F5” on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
1967 Six Day War: Israel’s navy and air force attack USS Liberty in Mediterranean Sea in broad daylight, mistaking it for an Egyptian ship; 34 US crewmen killed, 75 injured, and ship badly damaged
1968 Bermuda adopts its constitution
1968 Gary Puckett and Union Gap release “Lady Will Power”
1968 James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured
1968 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
1968 Rolling Stones release “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
1968 The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1969 “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” variety show last airs on CBS-TV
1969 21st Emmy Awards: “Get Smart”, Don Adams and Susan St James win Actor and ComedianDon Adams
1969 General Franco closes Spain’s frontier with Gibraltar
1969 Guitarist Brian Jones is asked to leave the Rolling Stones, replaced by Mick Taylor
1969 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 MLB legend Mickey Mantle gives his farewell retirement speech during “Mickey Mantle Day” at Yankee Stadium, 60,096 see #7 retired
1969 Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August
1970 MLB players union and management end labor dispute, raising minimum salary to $12,000
1971 General Officer Commanding the British Army Harry Tuzo, then claims that a permanent military solution to the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland could not be achieved
1971 North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign
1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain
1974 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group “Yes” (for the first time)
1974 US and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract
1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich, Germany killing 35
1975 USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
1976 Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks
1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
1977 MLB California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game, in 10-inning, 2-1 win over visiting Toronto Blue Jays
1978 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
978 Braves draft Bob Horner #1
1978 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes “Mormon Will” is a forgery
1979 “The Source,” 1st computer public information service, goes on-line
1979 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
1979 Wings release “Back to the Egg” album
1980 34th Tony Awards: “Children of a Lesser God” (play) & “Evita” (musical) win
1981 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
1982 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
1982 Falklands War: Royal Fleet Auxiliary Sir Gahalad attacked in San Carlos Water (“Bomb Alley”) by Argentine aircraft: 48 soldiers and crewman were killed.
1982 US President Ronald Reagan addresses the British Parliament in his “ash heap of history” speech
1983 “Trading Places”, American comedy film, is released
1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr “nonstop” cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1983 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.81) in Berlin, Germany
1984 “Ghostbusters“, American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson premiere
1984 “Gremlins”, American comedy horror film, is released
1984 Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia
1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria
1986 Iraqi jets attack Assadabad satellite station in Afghanistan
1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
1987 New Zealand’s Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power.
1987 Oliver North‘s secretary Fawn Hall testifies at Iran-Contra hearing
1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season
1990 “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” last airs on Fox-TV
1990 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
1991 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1991 Victory parade following success in the Gulf War is held in Washington, D.C.
1991 Warren Schutte is 1st non American to win NCAA Division 1 golf title
1992 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
1992 Thomas Klestil succeeds Kurt Waldheim as president of Austria
1993 Drag queen RuPaul releases his debut album “Supermodel of the World”
1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
1994 Mass murderer Joel Rifkin sentenced to 27 years in prison
1995 Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O’Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
1996 Australian cricketer Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire
1996 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v Essex
1996 Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1996 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper
1996 Revival of the legendary procession of Lady Godiva (Godgifu) naked through Coventry, England
1998 Kichwamba massacre.rebels affiliated with the Allied Democratic Front armed group attacked the Kichwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole, Uganda, and set three dormitories on fire, killing 80 students. The ADF abducted another 100 students and destroyed other property including laboratories and school vehicles.
2001 Ray Bourque plays the final game in his NHL career
2002 British-Canadian Lennox Lewis retains boxing’s WBC Heavyweight title with eighth-round knockout of American Mike Tyson at The Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee
2003 57th Tony Awards: “Hairspray” (musical) & “Take Me Out” (play) win
2004 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
2007 Jazz legend Oscar Peterson forced to cancel his appearance at Carnegie Hall all-star performance (held in his honor), due to illness
2007 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State’s worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker
2008 French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal equals Björn Borg’s Open era record of 4 consecutive French titles; outclasses Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
2008 The Akihabara massacre took place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street. A man killed seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.
2009 First section of the elevated High Line park, built on an old railway opens in New York from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street
2012 A bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people
2013 Patrick Kane scores a playoff hat-trick against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals
2014 68th Tony Awards: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” (musical) & “All The Way” (play) win
2014 Audra McDonald wins a Tony Award for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar And Grill”
2015 MLB Draft: Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson first pick by Arizona Diamondbacks
2017 British General Election results in a hung parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May and the Conservative party lose their majority
2017 Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies to a US Senate committee that US President Donald Trump told “lies plain and simple”
2017 UN states Islamic State forces have shot and killed hundreds of fleeing civilians during battle for Mosul, Iraq in past two weeks
2017 US prisoner Richard Anthony Jones freed after 17 years in Roeland Park, Kansas when his lookalike discovered
2018 IMF agrees to lend Argentina up to 50 billion dollars
2018 WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers in India prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam
2018 World’s most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and NVidia
2019 Albanian President Ilir Meta cancels nationwide local elections amid constitutional crisis after the opposition refuses to participate until Prime Minister Edi Rama resigns
2020 Former astronaut Kathy Sullivan is the first woman to reach deepest point of the ocean – Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench. Formerly the first American woman to spacewalk.
2020 Lockdowns for COVID-19 in Europe saved 3 million lives according to study by Imperial College London
2020 National Bureau of Economic Research announces the US officially entered recession in February, ending the longest expansion of growth since 1854 (11 years)
2020 New York begins reopening after 100 days of lockdown due to COVID-19 with just 702 hospitalized (18,825 at peak of outbreak)
2020 The Philippines says children won’t go back to school until a vaccine is found for COVID-19
2020 World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2% in 2020
2021 National Geographic announces it is officially recognizing the South Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean
2022 “Ms Marvel” TV miniseries premieres on Disney+, with Disney’s first on-screen Muslim superhero story, starring Iman Vellani
2023 British PM Rishi Sunak meets US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington announcing an economic partnership, to investigate dangers of A.I. and re-stating their long-term support for Ukraine
2023 US federal prosecutors file 37 count indictment against former US President Donald Trump, for unlawful retention of defense information, for storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort, and obstruction of justice
2023 US Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act ruling 5-4 that Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama had weakened Black