1407 - Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1516 - 1ST Jewish ghetto established: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area.
1741 - Frederick II of Prussia defeated Maria Theresa's forces at Mollwitz and conquered Silesia.
1790 - The U.S. patent system was established when U.S. President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 into law.
1809 - Austria declared war on France and its forces entered Bavaria.
1814 - Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Toulouse by the British and the Spanish. The defeat led to his abdication and exile to Elba.
1849 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100. The Roman who had invented the fibula centuries before was unenviable for comment.
1862 - Union forces began the bombardment of Fort Pulaski in Georgia along the Tybee River.
1865 - During the American Civil War, at Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee issued his last order.
1866 - The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated.
1912 - The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England.
1925 - F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby" for the first time.
1932 - Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
1938 - Germany annexed Austria after Austrians had voted in a referundum to merge with Germany.
1941 - In World War II, U.S. troops occupied Greenland to prevent Nazi infiltration.
1945 - German Me 262 jet fighters shot down ten U.S. bombers near Berlin.
1960 - The U.S. Senate passed the Civil Rights Bill.
1972 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union joined with 70 other nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare.
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1512 - The forces of the Holy League were heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna.
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1783 - After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1814 - Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne. The allied European nations had marched into Paris on March 30, 1814. He was banished to the island of Elba.
1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
1941 - Germany bombers blitzed Conventry, England.
1945 - U.S. troops reached the Elbe River in Germany.
1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
1948 - The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was announced in a general press release.
1951 - U.S. President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.
1961 - Israel began the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of World War II war crimes.
1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
"The astronauts did return safely", does not fully describe the work them flyers and NASA did to bring that ship home. They aviated the Hell out of the situation.
1974 - The Judiciary committee subpoenas U.S. President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.
1979 - Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt on March 30.
2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1783 - After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1814 - Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne. The allied European nations had marched into Paris on March 30, 1814. He was banished to the island of Elba.
1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
1941 - Germany bombers blitzed Conventry, England.
1945 - U.S. troops reached the Elbe River in Germany.
1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
1948 - The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was announced in a general press release.
1951 - U.S. President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.
1961 - Israel began the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of World War II war crimes.
1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
"The astronauts did return safely", does not fully describe the work them flyers and NASA did to bring that ship home. They aviated the Hell out of the situation.
1974 - The Judiciary committee subpoenas U.S. President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.
1979 - Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital after recovering from an assassination attempt on March 30.
2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.
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As I understand it, they even downplayed some things in the movie because they felt the audiences wouldn't believe them.1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
"The astronauts did return safely", does not fully describe the work them flyers and NASA did to bring that ship home. They aviated the Hell out of the situation.
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Cousi wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:36 pmAs I understand it, they even downplayed some things in the movie because they felt the audiences wouldn't believe them.1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
"The astronauts did return safely", does not fully describe the work them flyers and NASA did to bring that ship home. They aviated the Hell out of the situation.
Yes! What the astronauts and the NASA team accomplished was nothing short of incredible. I've read accounts of the mission and was amazed at the on the fly innovating and inventing that took place. Thank God the "MacGyver" was strong in all of them.
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1096 - Peter the Hermit gathered his army in Cologne.
1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople. Since Constantinople was Christian and unoccupied by invading Muslim forces this made no sense except from a point of material greed.
1606 - England adopted the original Union Jack as its flag.
1770 - The British Parliament repealed the Townsend Acts.
1782 - The British navy won a naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1811 - 1ST US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington. I'm sure the name of the place cheered them all up.
1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.
1864 - Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there.
1911 - Pierre Prier completed the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.
1916 - American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clashed at Parrel, Mexico.
1927 - The British Cabinet came out in favor of women voting rights.
1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
1955 - The University of Michigan Polio Vaccine Evaluation Center announced that the polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was "safe, effective and potent."
1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
1982 - The British Navy began enforcing a blockade around the Falkland Islands.
1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople. Since Constantinople was Christian and unoccupied by invading Muslim forces this made no sense except from a point of material greed.
1606 - England adopted the original Union Jack as its flag.
1770 - The British Parliament repealed the Townsend Acts.
1782 - The British navy won a naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
1811 - 1ST US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington. I'm sure the name of the place cheered them all up.
1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.
1864 - Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there.
1911 - Pierre Prier completed the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.
1916 - American cavalrymen and Mexican bandit troops clashed at Parrel, Mexico.
1927 - The British Cabinet came out in favor of women voting rights.
1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
1955 - The University of Michigan Polio Vaccine Evaluation Center announced that the polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was "safe, effective and potent."
1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
1982 - The British Navy began enforcing a blockade around the Falkland Islands.
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1250 - The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured.
1598 - King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes which granted political rights to French Protestant Huguenots.
1759 - The French defeated the European allies in Battle of Bergen.
1775 - Lord North extended the New England Restraining Act to South, Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The act prohibited trade with any country other than Britain and Ireland.
1829 - The English Parliament granted freedom of religion to Catholics.
1860 - The first mail was delivered via Pony Express when a westbound rider arrived in Sacremento, CA from St. Joseph, MO.
1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, the Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.
1868 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide.
1933 - The first flight over Mount Everest was completed by Lord Clydesdale.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial.
1945 - Vienna fell to Soviet troops.
1960 - The first navigational satellite was launched into Earth's orbit.
1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.
1984 - U.S. President Reagan sent emergency military aid to El Salvador without congressional approval.
1990 - The Soviet Union accepted responsibility for the World War II murders of thousands of imprisoned Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. The Soviets had previously blamed the massacre on the Nazis.
1598 - King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes which granted political rights to French Protestant Huguenots.
1759 - The French defeated the European allies in Battle of Bergen.
1775 - Lord North extended the New England Restraining Act to South, Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The act prohibited trade with any country other than Britain and Ireland.
1829 - The English Parliament granted freedom of religion to Catholics.
1860 - The first mail was delivered via Pony Express when a westbound rider arrived in Sacremento, CA from St. Joseph, MO.
1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, the Union-held Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates.
1868 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide.
1933 - The first flight over Mount Everest was completed by Lord Clydesdale.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial.
1945 - Vienna fell to Soviet troops.
1960 - The first navigational satellite was launched into Earth's orbit.
1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.
1984 - U.S. President Reagan sent emergency military aid to El Salvador without congressional approval.
1990 - The Soviet Union accepted responsibility for the World War II murders of thousands of imprisoned Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. The Soviets had previously blamed the massacre on the Nazis.
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1775 - The first abolitionist society in U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.
1793 - A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo was crushed by French republican troops.
1865 - US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington. The President died of his wounds early the next morning.
1894 - First public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope took place.
1903 - In New York, NY Dr Harry Plotz discovers a vaccine against typhoid.
1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
1918 - The 1ST US Army Aero Squadron engaged in America's first aerial dogfight with enemy aircraft over Toul, France.
1931 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
1935 - Black Sunday: Severe sandstorm ravages the US Midwest, creating the "Dust Bowl".
1946 - The civil war between Communists and nationalist resumed in China.
1953 - Viet Minh invaded Laos with 40,00 troops.
1981 - America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after a three-day test flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
1986 - U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist related targets in Libya.
2003 - The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
1793 - A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo was crushed by French republican troops.
1865 - US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington. The President died of his wounds early the next morning.
1894 - First public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope took place.
1903 - In New York, NY Dr Harry Plotz discovers a vaccine against typhoid.
1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
1918 - The 1ST US Army Aero Squadron engaged in America's first aerial dogfight with enemy aircraft over Toul, France.
1931 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
1935 - Black Sunday: Severe sandstorm ravages the US Midwest, creating the "Dust Bowl".
1946 - The civil war between Communists and nationalist resumed in China.
1953 - Viet Minh invaded Laos with 40,00 troops.
1981 - America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after a three-day test flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
1986 - U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist related targets in Libya.
2003 - The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
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For 15 April
1755 - Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London.
1784 - The first balloon was flown in Ireland.
1850 - The city of San Francisco was incorporated.
1861 - U.S. President Lincoln mobilized the Federal army.
1880 - William Gladstone became Prime Minister of England.
1917 - The British defeated the Germans at the battle of Arras.
1923 - Insulin became generally available for people suffering with diabetes.
1940 - French and British troops landed at Narvik, Norway.
1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.
1952 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the official Japanese peace treaty.
1952 - The first B-52 prototype was tested in the air.
1953 - Charlie Chaplin surrendered his U.S. re-entry permit rather than face proceedings by the U.S. Justice Department. Chaplin was accused of sympathizing with Communist groups.
1959 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro began a U.S. goodwill tour.
1989 - Students in Beijing launched a series of pro democracy protests upon the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. The protests led to the Tienanmen Square massacre.
1755 - Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London.
1784 - The first balloon was flown in Ireland.
1850 - The city of San Francisco was incorporated.
1861 - U.S. President Lincoln mobilized the Federal army.
1880 - William Gladstone became Prime Minister of England.
1917 - The British defeated the Germans at the battle of Arras.
1923 - Insulin became generally available for people suffering with diabetes.
1940 - French and British troops landed at Narvik, Norway.
1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.
1952 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the official Japanese peace treaty.
1952 - The first B-52 prototype was tested in the air.
1953 - Charlie Chaplin surrendered his U.S. re-entry permit rather than face proceedings by the U.S. Justice Department. Chaplin was accused of sympathizing with Communist groups.
1959 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro began a U.S. goodwill tour.
1989 - Students in Beijing launched a series of pro democracy protests upon the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. The protests led to the Tienanmen Square massacre.
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1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.
69 - Otho committed suicide after being defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum. Otho had been Roman Emperor for three months and was the second Emperor in the "Year of Four Emperors".
556 - Pelagius I began his reign as Catholic Pope.
1065 - The Norman Robert Guiscard took Bari. Five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy ended.
1175 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, signed the Treaty of Montebello with the Lombard League.
1705 - Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge.
1746 - Jacobite Rising 1745: Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army.
1818 - The U.S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
1862 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1905 - Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000,000 of personal money to set up the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. MS Quimby was an aviatrix who had a lot of flying skill but not the publicity machine of the later Amelia Earhart.
1917 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
1922 - The Soviet Union and Germany signed the Treaty of Rapallo under which Germany recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic and trade relations were restored.
1942 - The Island of Malta was awarded the George Cross in recognition for heroism under constant German air attack.
1944 - The destroyer USS Laffey survived immense damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1945 - American troops entered Nuremberg, Germany.
1951 - 75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1968 - The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
69 - Otho committed suicide after being defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum. Otho had been Roman Emperor for three months and was the second Emperor in the "Year of Four Emperors".
556 - Pelagius I began his reign as Catholic Pope.
1065 - The Norman Robert Guiscard took Bari. Five centuries of Byzantine rule in southern Italy ended.
1175 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, signed the Treaty of Montebello with the Lombard League.
1705 - Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge.
1746 - Jacobite Rising 1745: Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army.
1818 - The U.S. Senate ratified Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border.
1862 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.
1862 - In the U.S., slavery was abolished by law in the District of Columbia.
1905 - Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000,000 of personal money to set up the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
1912 - Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. MS Quimby was an aviatrix who had a lot of flying skill but not the publicity machine of the later Amelia Earhart.
1917 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
1922 - The Soviet Union and Germany signed the Treaty of Rapallo under which Germany recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic and trade relations were restored.
1942 - The Island of Malta was awarded the George Cross in recognition for heroism under constant German air attack.
1944 - The destroyer USS Laffey survived immense damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1945 - American troops entered Nuremberg, Germany.
1951 - 75 people were killed when the British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel.
1968 - The Pentagon announced that troops would begin coming home from Vietnam.
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1387 - Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars).
1492 - Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1521 - Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1524 - New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
1535 - Antonio Mendoza was appointed first viceroy of New Spain.
1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France ordered the seizure of U.S. ships.
1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.
1861 - Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union.
1864 - U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners. This ban was twofold. 1. Grant knew that the South was running out of manpower and that the Confederates routinely ignored the terms of prisoner parole by putting freed prisoners back in the line. 2. The South would not exchange captured black Union troops.
1865 - Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination.
1895 - China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the end of the first Sino-Japanese War. In the treaty China ceded Taiwan to Japan.
1917 - A bill in Congress to establish Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It was passed a couple of months later.
1941 - Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT.
1941 - The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing.
1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.
1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
1983 - In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
1984 - In London, demonstrators outside the Libyan Embassy were fired upon from someone inside. Eleven people were injured and an English Police woman was killed.
1989 - In Poland, courts gave Solidarity legal status.
1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.
1492 - Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1521 - Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1524 - New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
1535 - Antonio Mendoza was appointed first viceroy of New Spain.
1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France ordered the seizure of U.S. ships.
1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.
1861 - Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union.
1864 - U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners. This ban was twofold. 1. Grant knew that the South was running out of manpower and that the Confederates routinely ignored the terms of prisoner parole by putting freed prisoners back in the line. 2. The South would not exchange captured black Union troops.
1865 - Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination.
1895 - China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the end of the first Sino-Japanese War. In the treaty China ceded Taiwan to Japan.
1917 - A bill in Congress to establish Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It was passed a couple of months later.
1941 - Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT.
1941 - The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing.
1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.
1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
1983 - In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
1984 - In London, demonstrators outside the Libyan Embassy were fired upon from someone inside. Eleven people were injured and an English Police woman was killed.
1989 - In Poland, courts gave Solidarity legal status.
1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.