Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• On this day in the year 66, Emperor Nero created the Legion I Italica.
• In 530 on this day, the reign of St Felix IV as Catholic Pope ended, and that of Boniface II as Catholic Pope began.
• Discorus began his reign as Catholic anti-Pope on this day in 530.
• On this day in 1236, the Lithuanians and Semigallians defeated the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Šiauliai.
• In 1499 on this day, Switzerland became an independent state.
• There was a settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu on this day in 1504.
• Also on this day in 1504, the Treaty of Blois was reached between Philip van Bourgondie & Maximilian I & Louis XII.
• In 1529 on this day, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was stripped of office as Lord Chancellor of England. The Battle at Zutphen, betweeen the English vs the Dutch army, was fought on this day in 1586. On this day in 1598, playwright and poet Ben Jonson was indicted for manslaughter as the result of a duel.
• In 1656 on this day, an all female jury heard the case of woman who killed her child in the Judith Catchpole Trial. Ultimately, they acquitted her.
Bust of French playwright Molière
• On this day in 1665, Moliere's "L'amour Medecin," premiered in Paris.
• On this day in 1692 were the last hangings for witchcraft in what would become the United States, in Salem, Massachusetts.
• People of Rotterdam went on strike over the high cost of butter on this day in 1699.
• In 1711 on this day, French troops occupied Rio de Janeiro.
• Polish King Lesczynski fled to Danzig on this day in 1733.
• On this day in 1735, Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street in London, where each Prime Minister has lived since, right to the present day.
• On this day in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie's army returned to Edinburgh, Scotland.
• In 1753 on this day, Pangeran Gusti was installed as Sultan of Banten.
Nassau Hall on Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ
• On this day in 1756, historic Nassau Hall opened at Princeton University.
• The coronation of George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte came on this day in 1761.
• Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska, on this day in 1784.
• In 1789 on this day, the US Office of Postmaster General was created under the Treasury Department.
Le Drapeau Tricolore (Tricour Flag) which was a product of the French Revolution, and which remains the national flag of France to this day.
On this day in 1792 while the Revolution was still going on and the monarchy had been abolished, the First Republic of France was established.
• On this day in 1817, John Quincy Adams became the Secretary of State.
The Iowa State Capitol Building in modern Des Moines.
• 1851 - The city of Des Moines, Iowa was incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
1861 - Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians
Statue of 16th American President Abraham Lincoln at Union Square in New York City
• On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves held within rebel states would be freed as of January 1, 1863.
1864 - Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
1864 - Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
Flag of Paraguay
• On this day in 1866 during the War of the Triple Alliance, also sometimes called the Paraguayan War, the decisive Battle of Curupaytí was fought. Paraguay defeated the allied forces of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, which ultimately resulted in a change of leadership for the Allies.
• 1866 - Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
1866 - Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
1868 - Race riots in New Orleans La
Composer Richard WagnerComposer Richard Wagner
Picture of a bust of German composer Richard Wagner
• Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold," premiered in Munich on this day in 1869.
1885 - Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right".
1893 - 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1903 - Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone
1905 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed)
1906 - Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
• 1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1910 - Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms
1910 - The Duke of York's Cinema opened in Brighton. It is still operating today, making it the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
1911 - Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1912 - Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12)
1913 - Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1913 - George Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate," premieres in NYC
1914 - 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1915 - Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1915 - Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1915 - Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
1919 - -Jan 20] Steel strike in the US
1920 - Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1921 - Estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1921 - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1925 - Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
1926 - Belgian crown prince Leopold & Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1927 - Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses to Tunney)
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack DempseyHeavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey 1927 - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1927 - Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
• 1932 - Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
1934 - An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
1935 - Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1937 - Forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1941 - British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
1942 - Meulenberg robs of church bells
1943 - British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz
1943 - Destroyer HMS Itchen torpedoed & sinks
1943 - Destroyer HMS Keppel sinks U-229
• 1944 - Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
• 1944 - Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
1944 - US troops land on Ulithi
1946 - Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband
1949 - USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1950 - Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
1950 - Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
• 1953 - Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
1954 - Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game
1955 - (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
1955 - -28] Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean
1957 - "Maverick" premieres
1957 - Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1958 - KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - US nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
1959 - Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
• 1960 - Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
• On this day in 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a Congressional Act which established the Peace Corps.
In an important victory for his Cold War foreign policy, President John F. Kennedy signs legislation establishing the Peace Corps as a permanent government agency. Kennedy believed that the Peace Corps could provide a new and unique weapon in the war against communism.
During the presidential campaign of 1960, Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy promised to reinvigorate U.S. foreign policy. He charged that the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower had become stagnant and unimaginative in dealing with the communist threat, particularly in regards to the so-called Third World nations. Shortly after his inauguration in January 1961, Kennedy made good on his promise for a new and aggressive foreign policy. On March 1, 1961, he issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. As described by Kennedy, this new organization would be an “army” of civilian volunteers—teachers, engineers, agricultural scientists, etc.—who would be sent to underdeveloped nations in Latin America, Africa, Asia and elsewhere to assist the people of those regions. Advertisement John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy's progressive agenda during the 1960s inspired a new generation of optimism in America.
Kennedy hoped that by improving the lives of people in less developed countries, they would become more resistant to the charms of communism and convinced of America’s sincerity and ability to help them. Many in Congress, however, were not convinced. The program carried a fairly hefty price tag. Though the participants were volunteers, they would need basic subsistence and, more important, tools and money to help the people they were sent to assist. Some members of Congress saw it as an expensive public relations ploy, foreign aid (which had never been popular with Congress or the American people) wrapped in a new ribbon. The program, however, actually turned out to have popular appeal. Stories about idealistic young Americans braving privation in foreign lands to help people grow better crops, build schools, or construct wells was good public relations material for the United States. In September 1961, Congress passed legislation establishing the Peace Corps on a permanent basis. A budget of $40 million for the next fiscal year was approved.
In the years after 1961, thousands of Peace Corps volunteers were sent around the world. Some faced indifference, some even faced danger. For the most part, however, the Peace Corps “army” proved to be a valuable, and relatively inexpensive, Cold War weapon for the United States. Most nations welcomed the idealistic volunteers, and their labor helped make better lives for hundreds of thousands of people. Though the Peace Corps is no longer viewed as a weapon against communism, its goal of improving lives remains intact.
1961 President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation HISTORY.com Editors Published: November 13, 2009 Last Updated: May 28, 2025:
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1961 - Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min
1961 - Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
Singer-Songwriter Bob DylanSinger-Songwriter Bob Dylan
• 1962 - Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall
• 1963 - Czechoslovakian premier Široký deposed by Josef Lenart
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs
1964 - "Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV
• 1965 - India & Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
• 1966 - Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
1967 - Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - Iraq adopts constitution
1968 - KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open
1968 - Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
1968 - Zond 5 completes flight
1969 - "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 - SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs
1970 - Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1972 - Dictator Idi Amin expels 8,000 Asians from Uganda
1973 - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1973 - 20th Ryder Cup: US, 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland
1973 - Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 - Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif
1975 - World Football League folds
38th US President Gerald Ford38th US President Gerald Ford 1975 - 2nd assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco
1977 - Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0
1977 - Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy," premieres in NYC
1977 - West German Red Army Faction terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
• 1978 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1979 - Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1979 - Larry Parrish (Expos) HRs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH
• 1980 - Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
• 1980 - Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
• 1980 - John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
1982 - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
1982 - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1983 - Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1983 - NASA launches Galaxy-B
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem BeginIsraeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin 1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1985 - 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney & Lacey, Cosby Show & Tyne Daly win
1985 - Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
1985 - Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed
1985 - France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior
1985 - Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
1985 - St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
1985 - The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
1986 - 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
1986 - India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986 - LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1987 - 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
1987 - Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
1987 - Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)
• 1987 - NFL players go on strike for 24 days
• In 1988 on this day, the Canadian federal government officially apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II, and promised some measure of compensation.
1988 - Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin
1988 - South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
1989 - Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1989 - IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent
1990 - Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
1990 - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
1991 - ABN & AMRO Dutch banks merge
1991 - California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 - Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody's 500
1991 - Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 - NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• 1992 - Heavy storm in South France, 34 die
1993 - Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1993 - STS-51 (Discovery) lands
Russian President Boris YeltsinRussian President Boris Yeltsin
• 1993 - Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin
1993 - A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• In 1994 on this day, U.S. military forces, with approval from the United Nations, initiated the dismantling the Haitian military as part of Operation Uphold Democracy. This military intervention was designed to remove the military regime that had ousted the country's democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, during a 1991 military coup.
1994 - Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns
1995 - E-3B AWACS crashed outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed
1996 - 4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St Pierre Wales
1997 - Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997"
1997 - Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges
1997 - Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
• 2006 - A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.
2006 - The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
2006 - Hezbollah claims "Divine Victory" over Israel in a massive demonstration in Beirut.
2011 - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light
2012 - 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow
1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General. 1903 - Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone. 1914 - Three British cruisers were sunk by one German submarine in the North Sea. 1,400 British sailors were killed. This event alerted the British to the effectiveness of the submarine. 1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight. 1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully. 1955 - Commercial television began in Great Britain. The rules said that only six minutes of ads were allowed each hour and there was no Sunday morning TV permitted. 1964 - "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." debuted on NBC-TV. 1966 - The U.S. lunar probe Surveyor 2 crashed into the moon. 1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run. 1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war. 1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressed the U.N. General Assembly and voiced a new hope for arms control. He also criticized the Soviet Union for arresting U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff. 1990 - Saudi Arabia expelled most of the Yememin and Jordanian envoys in Riyadh. The Saudi accusations were unspecific. 1991 - An article in the London newspaper "The Mail" revealed that John Cairncross admitted to being the "fifth man" in the Soviet Union's British spy ring. 1992 - The U.N. General Assembly expelled Yugoslavia for its role in the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1998 - The U.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia's nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country. 1998 - U.S. President Clinton addressed the United Nations and told world leaders to "end all nuclear tests for all time". He then sent the long-delayed global test-ban treaty to the U.S. Senate. 1998 - Keely Smith received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1776 Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy during the Revolutionary War. 1789 Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General. 1980 The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war. 1989 Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
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