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1026 - Conrad II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XIX. First of the Salian dynasty of Germanic kings.
1799 - Napoleon captured Jaffa Palestine.
1804 - The U.S. Congress ordered the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi to Louisiana.
1804 - The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans.
1854 - Charles III, duke of Parma, was attacked by an assassin. He died the next day.
1871 - Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government. This was the result of the Prussian victory in the Franco/Prussian War and the abandonment of Paris by the French government. The Commune lasted about two months before the entire revolt being put down.
1885 - Eastman Kodak (Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.) produced the first commercial motion picture film in Rochester, NY.
1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S.
1917 - At the start of the battle of Gaza, the British cavalry withdrew when 17,000 Turks blocked their advance.
1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, TX, erected a statue of Popeye.
1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland. This was the first of the so called "Eichmann transports" named after the slime bag architect of the "Final solution".
1945 - The battle of Iwo Jima ended.
1958 - The U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, Explorer III.
1973 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership and said "the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable."
1979 - The Camp David treaty was signed by Israel and Egypt that ended the 31-year state of war between the countries.
1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1799 - Napoleon captured Jaffa Palestine.
1804 - The U.S. Congress ordered the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi to Louisiana.
1804 - The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans.
1854 - Charles III, duke of Parma, was attacked by an assassin. He died the next day.
1871 - Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government. This was the result of the Prussian victory in the Franco/Prussian War and the abandonment of Paris by the French government. The Commune lasted about two months before the entire revolt being put down.
1885 - Eastman Kodak (Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.) produced the first commercial motion picture film in Rochester, NY.
1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S.
1917 - At the start of the battle of Gaza, the British cavalry withdrew when 17,000 Turks blocked their advance.
1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, TX, erected a statue of Popeye.
1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland. This was the first of the so called "Eichmann transports" named after the slime bag architect of the "Final solution".
1945 - The battle of Iwo Jima ended.
1958 - The U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, Explorer III.
1973 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership and said "the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable."
1979 - The Camp David treaty was signed by Israel and Egypt that ended the 31-year state of war between the countries.
1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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1513 - Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition first sight Florida. de Leon passed away at age 47 in a time when life expectancy hovered between 30 and 40. In view of that, despite mythology he either wasn't looking for the fountain of youth or at best only found the fountain of a few more good years. 
1625 - Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne.
1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
1802 - The Treaty of Amiens was signed ending the French Revolutionary War.
1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
1836 - The first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, OH.
1866 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill, which later became the 14th amendment.
1899 - The first international radio transmission between England and France was achieved by the Italian inventor G. Marconi.
1901 - Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by the U.S.
1912 - The first cherry blossom trees were planted in Washington, DC. The trees were a gift from Japan.
1914 - 1ST successful non-direct blood transfusion is performed by Dr. Albert Hustin in Brussels.
1941 - Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in Oahu, HI, and began spying for Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1942 - The British raided the Nazi submarine base at St. Nazaire, France.
1952 - The U.S. Eighth Army reached the 38th parallel in Korea, the original dividing line between the two Koreas.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
1625 - Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne.
1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
1802 - The Treaty of Amiens was signed ending the French Revolutionary War.
1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
1836 - The first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, OH.
1866 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill, which later became the 14th amendment.
1899 - The first international radio transmission between England and France was achieved by the Italian inventor G. Marconi.
1901 - Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by the U.S.
1912 - The first cherry blossom trees were planted in Washington, DC. The trees were a gift from Japan.
1914 - 1ST successful non-direct blood transfusion is performed by Dr. Albert Hustin in Brussels.
1941 - Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in Oahu, HI, and began spying for Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1942 - The British raided the Nazi submarine base at St. Nazaire, France.
1952 - The U.S. Eighth Army reached the 38th parallel in Korea, the original dividing line between the two Koreas.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
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364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1834 - The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
1864 - A group of Copperheads attack Federal soldiers in Charleston, IL. Five were killed and twenty were wounded. The term "Copperhead" for Southern sympathizers in the North came from their practice of cutting the Indian head from a copper penny and wearing it as a pin or badge so that they could identify each other.
1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1910 - The first seaplane took off from water at Martinques, France. The pilot was Henri Fabre.
1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively. So, why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
1941 - The Italian fleet was defeated by the British at the Battle of Matapan.
1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England.
1962 - The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1968 - The U.S. lost its first F-111 aircraft in Vietnam when it vanished while on a combat mission. North Vietnam claimed that they had shot it down.
1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1834 - The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.
1864 - A group of Copperheads attack Federal soldiers in Charleston, IL. Five were killed and twenty were wounded. The term "Copperhead" for Southern sympathizers in the North came from their practice of cutting the Indian head from a copper penny and wearing it as a pin or badge so that they could identify each other.
1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1910 - The first seaplane took off from water at Martinques, France. The pilot was Henri Fabre.
1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively. So, why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1939 - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.
1941 - The Italian fleet was defeated by the British at the Battle of Matapan.
1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England.
1962 - The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1968 - The U.S. lost its first F-111 aircraft in Vietnam when it vanished while on a combat mission. North Vietnam claimed that they had shot it down.
1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
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Wow. 40 years ago. One of my first political memories.n11pilot wrote:1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.
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It doesn't seem possible that it was four decades ago.
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1461 - Edward IV secured his claim to the English thrown by defeating Henry VI’s Lancastrians at the battle of Towdon.
1638 - First permanent European settlement in Delaware was established.
1847 - U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott took possession of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz.
1848 - Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam.
1901 Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election
1903 - A regular news service began between New York and London on Marconi's wireless.
1906 - In the U.S., 500,000 coal miners walked off the job seeking higher wages.
1912 - Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far".
1913 - The Reichstag announced a raise in taxes in order to finance the new military budget.
1936 - Italy firebombed the Ethiopian city of Harar.
1941 - The British sank five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean.
1943 - In the U.S. rationing of meat, butter and cheese began during World War II.
1951 - In the United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed in June 19, 1953.
1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.
1962 - Cuba opened the trial of the Bay of Pigs invaders.
1966 - Leonid Brezhnev became the First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He denounced the American policy in Vietnam and called it one of aggression.
1971 - Lt. William Calley Jr., of the U.S. Army, was found guilty of the premeditated murder of at least 22 Vietnamese civilians. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was the result of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
1971 - A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The death sentences were later commuted to live in prison.
1979 - The Committee on Assassinations Report issued by U.S. House of Representatives stated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the result of a conspiracy. (This should get Eric back to reading posts on the Electric Speakeasy. )
1992 - Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton said "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again" in reference to when he had experimented with marijuana.
1993 - The South Korean government agreed to pay financial support to women who had been forced to have sex with Japanese troops during World War II.
1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a constitutional amendment that would have limited terms to 12 years in the U.S. House and Senate. Cue Captain Renault...."I'm shocked, shocked!"
1638 - First permanent European settlement in Delaware was established.
1847 - U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott took possession of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz.
1848 - Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam.
1901 Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election
1903 - A regular news service began between New York and London on Marconi's wireless.
1906 - In the U.S., 500,000 coal miners walked off the job seeking higher wages.
1912 - Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far".
1913 - The Reichstag announced a raise in taxes in order to finance the new military budget.
1936 - Italy firebombed the Ethiopian city of Harar.
1941 - The British sank five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean.
1943 - In the U.S. rationing of meat, butter and cheese began during World War II.
1951 - In the United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed in June 19, 1953.
1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.
1962 - Cuba opened the trial of the Bay of Pigs invaders.
1966 - Leonid Brezhnev became the First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He denounced the American policy in Vietnam and called it one of aggression.
1971 - Lt. William Calley Jr., of the U.S. Army, was found guilty of the premeditated murder of at least 22 Vietnamese civilians. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was the result of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
1971 - A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The death sentences were later commuted to live in prison.
1979 - The Committee on Assassinations Report issued by U.S. House of Representatives stated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the result of a conspiracy. (This should get Eric back to reading posts on the Electric Speakeasy.
)1992 - Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton said "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again" in reference to when he had experimented with marijuana.
1993 - The South Korean government agreed to pay financial support to women who had been forced to have sex with Japanese troops during World War II.
1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a constitutional amendment that would have limited terms to 12 years in the U.S. House and Senate. Cue Captain Renault...."I'm shocked, shocked!"
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240 BC - 1ST recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1533 - Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
1814 - The allied European nations against Napoleon marched into Paris.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether.
1855 - About 5,000 "Border Ruffians" from western Missouri invaded the territory of Kansas and forced the election of a pro-slavery legislature. It was the first election in Kansas.
1856 - Russia signs the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War.
1867 - US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly).
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1905 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was chosen to mediate in the Russo-Japanese peace talks. This mediation won President Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize. Significant because in those days a person actually had to do something to receive the award.
1909 - In Oklahoma, Seminole Indians revolted against meager pay for government jobs.
1916 - Pancho Villa killed 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico.
1940 - The Japanese set up a puppet government called Manchuko in Nanking, China.
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive began when North Vietnamese troops crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the northern portion of South Vietnam.
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
1533 - Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
1814 - The allied European nations against Napoleon marched into Paris.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether.
1855 - About 5,000 "Border Ruffians" from western Missouri invaded the territory of Kansas and forced the election of a pro-slavery legislature. It was the first election in Kansas.
1856 - Russia signs the Treaty of Paris, ending the Crimean War.
1867 - US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre - Seward's Folly).
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1905 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was chosen to mediate in the Russo-Japanese peace talks. This mediation won President Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize. Significant because in those days a person actually had to do something to receive the award.
1909 - In Oklahoma, Seminole Indians revolted against meager pay for government jobs.
1916 - Pancho Villa killed 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico.
1940 - The Japanese set up a puppet government called Manchuko in Nanking, China.
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive began when North Vietnamese troops crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the northern portion of South Vietnam.
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
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1146 - Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vezelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.
1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra edict expelling Jews who were unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1657 - English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines.
1776 - Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence failed to guarantee their rights.
1854 - The U.S. government signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan. The act opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakotade to American trade. More importantly it also provided for protection of shipwrecked sailors who happened to come ashore in Japan. Prior to this those unfortunate foreign sailors were beheaded on the spot.
1862 - Skirmishing between Rebels and Union forces took place at Island 10 on the Mississippi River.
1870 - In Perth Amboy, NJ, Thomas Munday Peterson became the first black to vote in the U.S.
1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1900 - The W.E. Roach Company was the first automobile company to put an advertisement in a national magazine. The magazine was the "Saturday Evening Post". I wonder if they made the first "Roach coach"? Never mind.
1901 - In Russia, the Czar lashed out at Socialist-Revolutionaries with the arrests of 72 people and the seizing of two printing presses.
1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into effect.
1920 - British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law.
1939 - Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany threatened invasion.
1948 - The Soviets in Germany began controlling the Western trains headed toward Berlin.
1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
1958 - The U.S. Navy formed the atomic submarine division.
1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) began exile by crossing the border into India where he was granted political asylum. Gyatso was the 14th Daila Lama.
1967 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Consular Treaty, the first bi-lateral pact with the Soviet Union since the Bolshevik Revolution.
1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra edict expelling Jews who were unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1657 - English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines.
1776 - Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence failed to guarantee their rights.
1854 - The U.S. government signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan. The act opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakotade to American trade. More importantly it also provided for protection of shipwrecked sailors who happened to come ashore in Japan. Prior to this those unfortunate foreign sailors were beheaded on the spot.
1862 - Skirmishing between Rebels and Union forces took place at Island 10 on the Mississippi River.
1870 - In Perth Amboy, NJ, Thomas Munday Peterson became the first black to vote in the U.S.
1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1900 - The W.E. Roach Company was the first automobile company to put an advertisement in a national magazine. The magazine was the "Saturday Evening Post". I wonder if they made the first "Roach coach"? Never mind.
1901 - In Russia, the Czar lashed out at Socialist-Revolutionaries with the arrests of 72 people and the seizing of two printing presses.
1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into effect.
1920 - British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law.
1939 - Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany threatened invasion.
1948 - The Soviets in Germany began controlling the Western trains headed toward Berlin.
1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
1958 - The U.S. Navy formed the atomic submarine division.
1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) began exile by crossing the border into India where he was granted political asylum. Gyatso was the 14th Daila Lama.
1967 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Consular Treaty, the first bi-lateral pact with the Soviet Union since the Bolshevik Revolution.
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527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I (Justinianus) as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1572 - The Sea Beggars under Guillaume de la Marck landed in Holland and captured the small town of Briel. The Sea Beggars were Calvinist Dutch nobles and their followers who opposed Spanish rule of the Netherlands.
1621 - The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.
1748 - Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.
1826 - Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine.
1863 - The first wartime conscription law went into effect in the U.S.
1865 - At the Battle of Five Forks in Petersburg, VA, Gen. Robert E. Lee began his final offensive.
1867 - Singapore, Penang, and Malakka became British crown colonies.
1891 - The London-Paris telephone connection opened.
1905 - Paris and Berlin were linked by telephone.
1918 - England's Royal Flying Corps was replaced by the Royal Air Force. Per Ardua Ad Astra.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch."
1939 - The U.S. recognized the Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war.
1945 - U.S. forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.
1952 - The Big Bang theory was proposed in "Physical Review" by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow.
1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was formed in Colorado.
1970 - The U.S. Army charged Captain Ernest Medina in the My Lai massacre.
1572 - The Sea Beggars under Guillaume de la Marck landed in Holland and captured the small town of Briel. The Sea Beggars were Calvinist Dutch nobles and their followers who opposed Spanish rule of the Netherlands.
1621 - The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.
1748 - Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.
1826 - Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine.
1863 - The first wartime conscription law went into effect in the U.S.
1865 - At the Battle of Five Forks in Petersburg, VA, Gen. Robert E. Lee began his final offensive.
1867 - Singapore, Penang, and Malakka became British crown colonies.
1891 - The London-Paris telephone connection opened.
1905 - Paris and Berlin were linked by telephone.
1918 - England's Royal Flying Corps was replaced by the Royal Air Force. Per Ardua Ad Astra.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch."
1939 - The U.S. recognized the Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war.
1945 - U.S. forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.
1952 - The Big Bang theory was proposed in "Physical Review" by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow.
1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was formed in Colorado.
1970 - The U.S. Army charged Captain Ernest Medina in the My Lai massacre.