1264 - King Henry III was captured by his brother in law Simon deMontfort at the Battle of Lewes in France. Family reunions can at times be very stressful.
1509 - In the Battle of Agnadello, French defeated Venitians in Northern Italy.
1610 - French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) was assassinated by a fanatical monk, François Ravillac.
1643 - Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution.
1796 - English country doctor Edward Jenner administers the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
1804 - William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the "Corps of Discovery."
1853 - Gail Borden applied for a patent for condensed milk.
1879 - Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Telephone Company of Europe.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1940 - The Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
1955 - The Warsaw Pact, a Easter European mutual-defense treaty, was signed in Poland by eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union.
1961 - A bus carrying Freedom Riders was bombed and burned in Alabama.
1975 - U.S. forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia. 40 U.S. servicemen were listed as killed in action during the military operation.
1980 - U.S. President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services.
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1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Nice, couldn't just have a live and let live papal bull.
1602 - Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold.
1614 - An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould. Aristocrats are revolting!
1618 - German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his "Harmonics Law".
1702 - The War of Spanish Succession began.
1795 - Napoleon entered the Lombardian capital of Milan.
1849 - Neapolitan troops entered Palermo, and were in possession of Sicily.
1862 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926 - Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth were forced down in Alaska after a four-day flight over an icecap. Ice had begun to form on the dirigible Norge.
1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
1957 - Britain dropped its first hydrogen bomb on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1958 - Sputnik III, the first space laboratory, was launched in the Soviet Union.
1963 - The last Project Mercury space flight was launched.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
1602 - Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold.
1614 - An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould. Aristocrats are revolting!
1618 - German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his "Harmonics Law".
1702 - The War of Spanish Succession began.
1795 - Napoleon entered the Lombardian capital of Milan.
1849 - Neapolitan troops entered Palermo, and were in possession of Sicily.
1862 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926 - Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth were forced down in Alaska after a four-day flight over an icecap. Ice had begun to form on the dirigible Norge.
1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
1957 - Britain dropped its first hydrogen bomb on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
1958 - Sputnik III, the first space laboratory, was launched in the Soviet Union.
1963 - The last Project Mercury space flight was launched.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
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1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England set up the Afghan state. Great job, what could possibly go wrong?
1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
1888 - The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin.
1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood.
1943 - Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous "Dambusters Raid", bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs. Pure genius and a lot of flying skill.
1944 - 1ST of over 180,000 Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz concentration camp.
1948 - The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he'd disappeared.
1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the U-2 spy plane incident. US pilot Francis Gary Powers who had been downed on 1 May was later traded in exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel.
1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.
1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage.
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England set up the Afghan state. Great job, what could possibly go wrong?
1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
1888 - The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin.
1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.
1929 - The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood.
1943 - Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous "Dambusters Raid", bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs. Pure genius and a lot of flying skill.
1944 - 1ST of over 180,000 Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz concentration camp.
1948 - The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he'd disappeared.
1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the U-2 spy plane incident. US pilot Francis Gary Powers who had been downed on 1 May was later traded in exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel.
1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.
1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage.
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
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1527 - Panfilo de Narvaez departs Spain to explore Florida and points West with 600 men. Narvaez died in 1528 and the expedition led by others slowly made its way along the Gulf Coast and into what is now the American South West. In 1536 the remaining four survivors of the expedition reached Mexico City.
1540 - Afghan Chief Sher Khan defeated Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj.
1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter's surface.
1681 - Louis XIV sent an expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on France.
1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War. Britain seems to have done this with alarming regularity.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY.
1877 - The first telephone switchboard burglar alarm was installed by Edwin T. Holmes.
1926 - The U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires was damaged by bombs that were believed set by sympathizers of Sacco and Vanzetti.
1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."
1940 - Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.
1946 - U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.
1973 - The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings.
1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan's Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994.
1540 - Afghan Chief Sher Khan defeated Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj.
1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter's surface.
1681 - Louis XIV sent an expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on France.
1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War. Britain seems to have done this with alarming regularity.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY.
1877 - The first telephone switchboard burglar alarm was installed by Edwin T. Holmes.
1926 - The U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires was damaged by bombs that were believed set by sympathizers of Sacco and Vanzetti.
1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."
1940 - Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.
1946 - U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.
1973 - The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings.
1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan's Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994.
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1291 - Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take Acre. After 100 years of Crusader control, Acre the last Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land was reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.
1302 - The weaver Peter de Coninck led a massacre of the French-Flemish oligarchs.
1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded.
1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was passed that made slavery illegal in North America. It was the first law of its kind.
1798 - The first Secretary of the U.S. Navy was appointed. He was Benjamin Stoddert.
1802 - Great Britain declared war on Napoleon's France.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. As if the Senate had a choice.
1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld the "separate but equal" policy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling was overturned 58 years later with Brown vs. Board of Education.
1896 - Khodynka Tragedy: A stampede on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people. Free food and gifts were being distributed to the crowd in honor of the Tsar's coronation and a rumor was spread that there weren't enough gifts and food to go around. This caused a panic and stampede. The panic was not Nicholas' fault but the fact that he allowed the festivities to continue after the fatalities in order to not disappoint the crowds was his decision. This decision viewed as heartless by many resulted in the first time the Tsar was referred to as "Bloody Nicholas".
1904 - Brigand Raizuli kidnapped American Ion H. Perdicaris in Morocco. This incident provided the idea for the extremely fictionalized but very good film "The Wind and the Lion".
1917 - The U.S. Congress passed the Selective Service act, which called up soldiers to fight in World War I.
1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, CA. She reappeared a month later with the claim that she had been kidnapped.
1931 - Japanese pilot Seiji Yoshihara crashed his plane in the Pacific Ocean while trying to be the first to cross the ocean nonstop. He was picked up seven hours later by a passing ship.
1933 - The Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1934 - The U.S. Congress approved an act, known as the "Lindberg Act," that called for the death penalty in interstate kidnapping cases.
1944 - Monte Cassino, Europe's oldest Monastic house, was finally captured by the Allies in Italy.
1951 - The United Nations moved its headquarters to New York City.
1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington state. 57 people were killed and 3 billion in damage was done.
1302 - The weaver Peter de Coninck led a massacre of the French-Flemish oligarchs.
1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded.
1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was passed that made slavery illegal in North America. It was the first law of its kind.
1798 - The first Secretary of the U.S. Navy was appointed. He was Benjamin Stoddert.
1802 - Great Britain declared war on Napoleon's France.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. As if the Senate had a choice.
1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld the "separate but equal" policy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling was overturned 58 years later with Brown vs. Board of Education.
1896 - Khodynka Tragedy: A stampede on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people. Free food and gifts were being distributed to the crowd in honor of the Tsar's coronation and a rumor was spread that there weren't enough gifts and food to go around. This caused a panic and stampede. The panic was not Nicholas' fault but the fact that he allowed the festivities to continue after the fatalities in order to not disappoint the crowds was his decision. This decision viewed as heartless by many resulted in the first time the Tsar was referred to as "Bloody Nicholas".
1904 - Brigand Raizuli kidnapped American Ion H. Perdicaris in Morocco. This incident provided the idea for the extremely fictionalized but very good film "The Wind and the Lion".
1917 - The U.S. Congress passed the Selective Service act, which called up soldiers to fight in World War I.
1926 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, CA. She reappeared a month later with the claim that she had been kidnapped.
1931 - Japanese pilot Seiji Yoshihara crashed his plane in the Pacific Ocean while trying to be the first to cross the ocean nonstop. He was picked up seven hours later by a passing ship.
1933 - The Tennessee Valley Authority was created.
1934 - The U.S. Congress approved an act, known as the "Lindberg Act," that called for the death penalty in interstate kidnapping cases.
1944 - Monte Cassino, Europe's oldest Monastic house, was finally captured by the Allies in Italy.
1951 - The United Nations moved its headquarters to New York City.
1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington state. 57 people were killed and 3 billion in damage was done.
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1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America.
1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason. Most historians believe that the charges were false and Henry VIII had other reasons for wanting Boleyn out of the way.
1568 - After being defeated by the Protestants, Mary the Queen of Scots, fled to England where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth.
1643 - Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England.
1649 - England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament making England damn close to a republic for the next 11 years.
1796 - The first U.S. game law was approved. The measure called for penalties for hunting or destroying game within Indian territory.
1856 - U.S. Senator Charles Sumner spoke out against slavery.
1858 - A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executed unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border.
1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Black Sea coast, beginning the Turkish War of Independence.
1921 - The U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1926 - Benito Mussolini announced that democracy was deceased. Rome became a fascist state.
1935 - T.E. Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia" died from injuries in a motorcycle crash in England.
1943 - Winston Churchill told the U.S. Congress that his country was pledging their full support in the war against Japan.
1958 - Canada and the U.S. formally established the North American Air Defense Command.
1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden. Not historically significant but I like it.
1964 - The U.S. State Department reported that diplomats had found about 40 microphones planted in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Cue Captain Renault; I'm shocked, shocked that a communist, totalitarian state would bug our embassy.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain that banned nuclear weapons from outer space.
1974 - Erno Rubik, designer and suspected sadist (Opinion) invented the puzzle what would later become known as the Rubik's Cube.
1967 - U.S. planes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises.
1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason. Most historians believe that the charges were false and Henry VIII had other reasons for wanting Boleyn out of the way.
1568 - After being defeated by the Protestants, Mary the Queen of Scots, fled to England where she was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth.
1643 - Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England.
1649 - England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament making England damn close to a republic for the next 11 years.
1796 - The first U.S. game law was approved. The measure called for penalties for hunting or destroying game within Indian territory.
1856 - U.S. Senator Charles Sumner spoke out against slavery.
1858 - A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executed unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border.
1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Black Sea coast, beginning the Turkish War of Independence.
1921 - The U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1926 - Benito Mussolini announced that democracy was deceased. Rome became a fascist state.
1935 - T.E. Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia" died from injuries in a motorcycle crash in England.
1943 - Winston Churchill told the U.S. Congress that his country was pledging their full support in the war against Japan.
1958 - Canada and the U.S. formally established the North American Air Defense Command.
1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden. Not historically significant but I like it.
1964 - The U.S. State Department reported that diplomats had found about 40 microphones planted in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Cue Captain Renault; I'm shocked, shocked that a communist, totalitarian state would bug our embassy.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain that banned nuclear weapons from outer space.
1974 - Erno Rubik, designer and suspected sadist (Opinion) invented the puzzle what would later become known as the Rubik's Cube.
1967 - U.S. planes bombed Hanoi for the first time.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. The amendment prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises.
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Two things:
It always surprises me how early we learned of fingerprints and their importance in criminology. I mean, I know it was very early 20th century, but for some reason I kind of always assume it wasn't really part of police work until the 1950s for some reason.1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
I like it too. No complaints with the addition except one; no video. I recognize this is not your fault however.1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden. Not historically significant but I like it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNckCousi wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 11:09 pmTwo things:It always surprises me how early we learned of fingerprints and their importance in criminology. I mean, I know it was very early 20th century, but for some reason I kind of always assume it wasn't really part of police work until the 1950s for some reason.1911 - The first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City.
I like it too. No complaints with the addition except one; no video. I recognize this is not your fault however.1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden. Not historically significant but I like it.
The US was a relative latecomer to the forensic fingerprint game. The first recorded case of using fingerprints as evidence in a crime was in Argentina in 1892. I'm actually surprised that it took investigators that long to use fingerprints. In circa 3,000 BC Mesopotamia, fingerprints were pressed into clay tablets to confirm business transactions thus indicating the knowledge that the prints were unique to the individual.
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325 - The Ecumenical council was inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in Nicea, Asia Minor.
1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.
1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty.
1520 - Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.
1609 - Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1690 - England passed the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.
1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior
1784 - The Peace of Versailles ended a war between France, England, and Holland.
1861 - North Carolina became the eleventh state to secede from the Union.
1861 - During the American Civil War, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond, VA.
1899 - Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
1902 - The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ended.
1926 - The U.S. Congress passed the Air Commerce Act. The act gave the Department of Commerce the right to license pilots and planes.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
1930 - The first airplane was catapulted from a dirigible.
1939 - The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "Yankee Clipper" from Port Washington, New York.
1941 - Germany invaded Crete by air.
1942 - Japan completed the conquest of Burma.
1961 - A white mob attacked the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, AL. The event prompted the federal government to send U.S. marshals.
1969 - U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain, which was referred to as Hamburger Hill.
1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.
1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty.
1520 - Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.
1609 - Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1690 - England passed the Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II.
1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior
1784 - The Peace of Versailles ended a war between France, England, and Holland.
1861 - North Carolina became the eleventh state to secede from the Union.
1861 - During the American Civil War, the capital of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond, VA.
1899 - Jacob German of New York City became the first driver to be arrested for speeding. The posted speed limit was 12 miles per hour.
1902 - The U.S. military occupation of Cuba ended.
1926 - The U.S. Congress passed the Air Commerce Act. The act gave the Department of Commerce the right to license pilots and planes.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis." The trip took 33 1/2 hours.
1930 - The first airplane was catapulted from a dirigible.
1939 - The first regular air-passenger service across the Atlantic Ocean began with the take-off of the "Yankee Clipper" from Port Washington, New York.
1941 - Germany invaded Crete by air.
1942 - Japan completed the conquest of Burma.
1961 - A white mob attacked the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, AL. The event prompted the federal government to send U.S. marshals.
1969 - U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain, which was referred to as Hamburger Hill.
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996 - Sixteen year old Otto III was crowned the Roman Emperor.
1471 - King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward IV took the throne.
1542 - Hernando de Soto died along the Mississippi River while searching for gold.
1602 - Martha's Vineyard was first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold.
1792 - Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption.
1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the U.S. in New York City. They were originally known as "swift walkers." Velocipede.
1856 - Lawrence, Kansas was captured by pro-slavery forces.
1881 - The American branch of the Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
1924 - Fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The killers were students at the University of Chicago. This case provided the inspiration for Hitchcock's 1948 film "Rope".
1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic.
1934 - Oskaloosa, IA, became the first city in the U.S. to fingerprint all of its citizens. When the mayor and County Sheriff was asked why, they replied, “We know these people, and eventually, one of them is going to either steal a chicken, tell an underage pig that she’s loved, steal the mayor’s moonshine that stored behind his outhouse, or rob a bank. Just give it time and once it happens, we’re going to be glad we’ve got these fingerprints stored away.”
1956 - The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll.
1961 - Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery, AL.
1982 - The British landed in the Falkland Islands and fighting began.
1968 - The nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
1471 - King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward IV took the throne.
1542 - Hernando de Soto died along the Mississippi River while searching for gold.
1602 - Martha's Vineyard was first sighted by Captain Bartholomew Gosnold.
1792 - Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption.
1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the U.S. in New York City. They were originally known as "swift walkers." Velocipede.
1856 - Lawrence, Kansas was captured by pro-slavery forces.
1881 - The American branch of the Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
1924 - Fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The killers were students at the University of Chicago. This case provided the inspiration for Hitchcock's 1948 film "Rope".
1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic.
1934 - Oskaloosa, IA, became the first city in the U.S. to fingerprint all of its citizens. When the mayor and County Sheriff was asked why, they replied, “We know these people, and eventually, one of them is going to either steal a chicken, tell an underage pig that she’s loved, steal the mayor’s moonshine that stored behind his outhouse, or rob a bank. Just give it time and once it happens, we’re going to be glad we’ve got these fingerprints stored away.”
1956 - The U.S. exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll.
1961 - Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery, AL.
1982 - The British landed in the Falkland Islands and fighting began.
1968 - The nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.