1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance.
1682 - King Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles, France.
1835 - James Gordon Bennett published the "New York Herald" for the first time.
1840 - World's first adhesive postage stamp, the "Penny Black", is issued in Great Britain. Not sure if "Penny Black" refers to the appearance of the stamp or the taste the adhesive leaves in the mouth.
1851 - Linus Yale patented the clock-type lock.
1861 - Arkansas became the ninth state to secede from the Union.
1877 - Chief Crazy Horse surrendered to U.S. troops in Nebraska.
1882 - The U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years.
1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz.
1910 - Kind Edward VII of England died. He was succeeded by his second son, George V.
1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on board) were killed.
1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
1941 - Bob Hope gave his first USO show at California's March Field. Thanks for the memories.
1942 - During World War II, the Japanese seized control of the Philippines. About 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.
1945 - Axis Sally made her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
1957 - U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage".
1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1981 - A jury of international architects and sculptors unanimously selected Maya Ying Lin's entry for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1994 - The Channel Tunnel officially opened. The tunnel under the English Channel links England and France.
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558 - The dome of the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople collapsed. It was immediately rebuilt as ordered by Justinian.
1429 - The English siege of Orleans was broken by French forces led by Joan of Arc.
1525 - The German peasants' revolt was crushed by the ruling class and church officials. The peasants should have had the right to keep and bear hakenbuchse.
1663 - The first Theater Royal was opened in London.
1763 - Indian chief Pontiac began all out war on the British in New York.
1800 - The U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part became the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remained the Northwest Territory.
1912 - Columbia University approved final plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories.
1912 - The first airplane equipped with a machine gun flew over College Park, MD.
1915 - RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost. This act moved the US much closer to involvement in WWI.
1937 - The German Condor Legion arrived in Spain to assist Franco’s forces.
1939 - Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
1942 - In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attacked each other with carrier planes. It was the first time in the history of naval warfare where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other.
1943 - The last major German strongholds in North Africa, Tunis and Bizerte, fell to Allied forces.
1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It would take effect the next day.
1954 - French Colonial Forces surrendered to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu after 55 days of fighting.
1954 - The United States and the United Kingdom rejected the Soviet Union's bid to join NATO.
1975 - U.S. President Ford declared an end to the Vietnam War.
1997 - A report released by the U.S. government said that Switzerland provided Nazi Germany with equipment and credit during World War II. Germany exchanged for gold what had been plundered or stolen. Switzerland did not comply with postwar agreements to return the gold.
1429 - The English siege of Orleans was broken by French forces led by Joan of Arc.
1525 - The German peasants' revolt was crushed by the ruling class and church officials. The peasants should have had the right to keep and bear hakenbuchse.
1663 - The first Theater Royal was opened in London.
1763 - Indian chief Pontiac began all out war on the British in New York.
1800 - The U.S. Congress divided the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part became the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remained the Northwest Territory.
1912 - Columbia University approved final plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories.
1912 - The first airplane equipped with a machine gun flew over College Park, MD.
1915 - RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost. This act moved the US much closer to involvement in WWI.
1937 - The German Condor Legion arrived in Spain to assist Franco’s forces.
1939 - Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
1942 - In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attacked each other with carrier planes. It was the first time in the history of naval warfare where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other.
1943 - The last major German strongholds in North Africa, Tunis and Bizerte, fell to Allied forces.
1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It would take effect the next day.
1954 - French Colonial Forces surrendered to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu after 55 days of fighting.
1954 - The United States and the United Kingdom rejected the Soviet Union's bid to join NATO.
1975 - U.S. President Ford declared an end to the Vietnam War.
1997 - A report released by the U.S. government said that Switzerland provided Nazi Germany with equipment and credit during World War II. Germany exchanged for gold what had been plundered or stolen. Switzerland did not comply with postwar agreements to return the gold.
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Joan of Arc is one of those historical figures that has reached mythic proportions. I am completely fascinated by her. Regardless of if you believe she actually spoke with God or not, you cannot denigrate what she accomplished in her very short life.1429 - The English siege of Orleans was broken by French forces led by Joan of Arc.
Even if one of her main supporters ended up being a pedophile satanist serial killer.
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Cousi wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 4:07 pm
Joan of Arc is one of those historical figures that has reached mythic proportions. I am completely fascinated by her. Regardless of if you believe she actually spoke with God or not, you cannot denigrate what she accomplished in her very short life.
Even if one of her main supporters ended up being a pedophile satanist serial killer.
She is fascinating and had an incredible for the time understand of the use of massed infantry and artillery. If memory serves she planned 12 or 13 major battles and won 8 of them which is a pretty good average. She never actually took part in the battles but did accompany her troops close enough to have been wounded by arrows twice, I believe.
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1096 - Peter the Hermit and his army reached Hungary. They passed through without incident.
1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against King Henry VI.
1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1660 - English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.
1794 - The United States Post Office was established.
1846 - The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, TX.
1914 - The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1919 - The U.S. Navy's first transatlantic flight took off with three Curtiss NC flying boats.
1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 - V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.
1958 - U.S. President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1985 - "New Coke" was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola.
1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against King Henry VI.
1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1660 - English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.
1794 - The United States Post Office was established.
1846 - The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, TX.
1914 - The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1919 - The U.S. Navy's first transatlantic flight took off with three Curtiss NC flying boats.
1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 - V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.
1958 - U.S. President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1985 - "New Coke" was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola.
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1386 - Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).
1502 - Christopher Columbus left Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1671 - Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
1754 - The first newspaper cartoon in America showed a divided snake "Join or die" in "The Pennsylvania Gazette."
1785 - Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle. All hail Bramah!
1865 - President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
1915 - German and French forces fought the Battle of Artois.
1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.
1936 - Fascist Italy took Addis Abba and annexed Ethiopia.
1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.
1941 - British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after the RN captured Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen. The capture of this ship along with the above mentioned U-110 provided both a working "Enigma" machine but also cipher documents and keying material.
1955 - West Germany joined NATO.
1962 - A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time.
1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.
1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, AR, U.S. President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
1502 - Christopher Columbus left Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1671 - Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
1754 - The first newspaper cartoon in America showed a divided snake "Join or die" in "The Pennsylvania Gazette."
1785 - Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle. All hail Bramah!
1865 - President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
1915 - German and French forces fought the Battle of Artois.
1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.
1936 - Fascist Italy took Addis Abba and annexed Ethiopia.
1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.
1941 - British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after the RN captured Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen. The capture of this ship along with the above mentioned U-110 provided both a working "Enigma" machine but also cipher documents and keying material.
1955 - West Germany joined NATO.
1962 - A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time.
1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.
1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, AR, U.S. President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
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1676 - In Virginia, Bacon's Rebellion began. Nathaniel Bacon led the the rebellion which pitted colonists against the Royal governor who installed high taxes and showed favoritism toward cronies .
1768 - The imprisonment of the journalist John Wilkes as an outlaw provoked violence in London. Wilkes was returned to parliament as a member for Middlesex.
1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
1775 - Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time.
1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold led an attack on the British Fort Ticonderoga and captured it from the British.
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte won a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy.
1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in Missouri.
1857 - The Sepoy troops of India revolted against the British Army.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union troops near Irvinville, GA.
1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ahem.
1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
1941 - Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission.
1942 - U.S. forces in the Philippines began to surrender to the Japanese.
1943 - U.S. troops invaded Attu in the Aleutian Islands to expel the Japanese.
1960 - US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1968 - Preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.
1768 - The imprisonment of the journalist John Wilkes as an outlaw provoked violence in London. Wilkes was returned to parliament as a member for Middlesex.
1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
1775 - Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time.
1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold led an attack on the British Fort Ticonderoga and captured it from the British.
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte won a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy.
1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in Missouri.
1857 - The Sepoy troops of India revolted against the British Army.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union troops near Irvinville, GA.
1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ahem.
1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
1941 - Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission.
1942 - U.S. forces in the Philippines began to surrender to the Japanese.
1943 - U.S. troops invaded Attu in the Aleutian Islands to expel the Japanese.
1960 - US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1968 - Preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.
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330 - Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes the capital of the Roman Empire.
1189 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1792 - The Columbia River was discovered by Captain Robert Gray.
1812 - British prime Minster Spencer Perceval was shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons.
1857 - Indian mutineers seized Delhi from the British.
1858 - Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
1889 - Major Joseph Washington Wham takes charge of $28,000 in gold and silver to pay troops at various points in the Arizona Territory. The money was stolen in a train robbery.
1894 - Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois went on strike.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.
1944 - A major offensive was launched by the allied forces in central Italy.
1967 - The siege of Khe Sanh ended.
1995 - The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was extended indefinitely. The treaty limited the spread of nuclear material for military purposes.
2001 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced his decision to approve a 30-day delay of the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh had been scheduled to be executed on May 16, 2001. The delay was because the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had failed to disclose thousands of documents to McVeigh's defense team. (Oklahoma)
1189 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1792 - The Columbia River was discovered by Captain Robert Gray.
1812 - British prime Minster Spencer Perceval was shot by a bankrupt banker in the lobby of the House of Commons.
1857 - Indian mutineers seized Delhi from the British.
1858 - Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
1889 - Major Joseph Washington Wham takes charge of $28,000 in gold and silver to pay troops at various points in the Arizona Territory. The money was stolen in a train robbery.
1894 - Workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois went on strike.
1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.
1944 - A major offensive was launched by the allied forces in central Italy.
1967 - The siege of Khe Sanh ended.
1995 - The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was extended indefinitely. The treaty limited the spread of nuclear material for military purposes.
2001 - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced his decision to approve a 30-day delay of the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh had been scheduled to be executed on May 16, 2001. The delay was because the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had failed to disclose thousands of documents to McVeigh's defense team. (Oklahoma)
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1780 - Charleston, South Carolina fell to British forces.
1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice.
1881 - Tunisia, in North Africa became a French protectorate.
1885 - In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government.
1926 - The airship Norge became the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.
1942 - The Soviet Army launched its first major offensive of World War II and took Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine from the German army.
1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II.
1949 - The Soviet Union announced an end to the Berlin Blockade. Due to the Western Allied airlift the blockade failed in its purpose and the city of Berlin did not starve or freeze into total submission to the Soviets.
1965 - West Germany and Israel exchanged letters establishing diplomatic relations.
1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters.
2002 - Former U.S. President Carter arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head of state, in or out of office, had gone to the island since Castro's 1959 revolution. Not sure why.
1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice.
1881 - Tunisia, in North Africa became a French protectorate.
1885 - In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government.
1926 - The airship Norge became the first aircraft to fly over the North Pole.
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1940 - The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.
1942 - The Soviet Army launched its first major offensive of World War II and took Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine from the German army.
1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II.
1949 - The Soviet Union announced an end to the Berlin Blockade. Due to the Western Allied airlift the blockade failed in its purpose and the city of Berlin did not starve or freeze into total submission to the Soviets.
1965 - West Germany and Israel exchanged letters establishing diplomatic relations.
1975 - U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces in international waters.
2002 - Former U.S. President Carter arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head of state, in or out of office, had gone to the island since Castro's 1959 revolution. Not sure why.
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1607 - An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. The passengers went ashore the next day and this site became the first permanent settlement English colony in America.
1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip left Britain for Australia. He successfully landed eleven ships full of convicts on January 18, 1788, at Botany Bay. The group moved north eight days later and settled at Port Jackson.
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1846 - The U.S. declared that war existed with Mexico.
1861 - Britain declared its neutrality in the American Civil War. However, Britain often aided the Confederacy by selling arms, munitions and other supplies as well as allowing shipyards to build blockade runners.
1864 - The Battle of Resaca commenced as Union General Sherman fought towards Atlanta during the American Civil War.
1865 - The last land engagement of the American Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. The last shots of the Civil War fired at sea occurred on 22 June when the Confederate raider Shenandoah fired on US flagged whaling ships in the Bering Sea.
1880 - Thomas Edison tested his experimental electric railway in Menlo Park.
1888 - Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
1912 - Royal Flying Corps was established in England.
1913 - Igor Sikorsky flew the first four engine aircraft. A beautiful thing it was too. It even had a balcony or pulpit in front of the enclosed cockpit equipped with a small searchlight to aid in landing.
1917 - Near Fatima, Portugal, three peasant children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1927 - "Black Friday" occurred in Germany. The equity market in Germany went into a sort of free fall.
1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain.
1958 - U.S. Vice President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
1968 - Peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam began in Paris.
1999 - In Moscow, the impeachment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin began.
1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip left Britain for Australia. He successfully landed eleven ships full of convicts on January 18, 1788, at Botany Bay. The group moved north eight days later and settled at Port Jackson.
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1846 - The U.S. declared that war existed with Mexico.
1861 - Britain declared its neutrality in the American Civil War. However, Britain often aided the Confederacy by selling arms, munitions and other supplies as well as allowing shipyards to build blockade runners.
1864 - The Battle of Resaca commenced as Union General Sherman fought towards Atlanta during the American Civil War.
1865 - The last land engagement of the American Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. The last shots of the Civil War fired at sea occurred on 22 June when the Confederate raider Shenandoah fired on US flagged whaling ships in the Bering Sea.
1880 - Thomas Edison tested his experimental electric railway in Menlo Park.
1888 - Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
1912 - Royal Flying Corps was established in England.
1913 - Igor Sikorsky flew the first four engine aircraft. A beautiful thing it was too. It even had a balcony or pulpit in front of the enclosed cockpit equipped with a small searchlight to aid in landing.
1917 - Near Fatima, Portugal, three peasant children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1927 - "Black Friday" occurred in Germany. The equity market in Germany went into a sort of free fall.
1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain.
1958 - U.S. Vice President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
1968 - Peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam began in Paris.
1999 - In Moscow, the impeachment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin began.