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!
On this day in 368, Emperor Valentinianus visited Nijmegen, In 451 on this day, General Aetius defeated Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne. On this day in 622, the Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrived in Jathrib (Medina). In 1066 on this day, the Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire, was fought, when Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeated Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar. Saladin began the Siege of Jerusalem on this day in 1187. On this day in 1258, Salisbury Cathedral was inaugurated. In 1378 on this day, Robert de Geneve, the "butcher of Cesena," was crowned anti-pope Clemens VII. Ferdinand Magellan started what would prove to be the first successful circumnavigation of world on this day in 1519. On this day in 1530, Martin Luther advised protestant monarch compromise. Spaniards captured Fort Caroline, Florida & massacred the French on this day in 1565. In 1596 on this day, Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. On this day in 1792, the French defeated the Prussians at Valmy. British troops under Major-General Williamson landed on what was then still French Haiti on this day in 1793. British botanist Charles Darwin rode a horse to Buenos Aires on this day in 1833. Farroupilha's Revolution started in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on this day in 1835. On this day in 1863 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, came to an end. On this day in 1870, the Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seized Rome from the French. Panic swept the New York Stock Exchange on this day in 1873 after a massive railroad bond default and bank failure. Banks in New York remained closed for 10 days afterwards due to the bank scandal. In 1917 on this day during the so-called Great War (now better known as World War I), there was a British assault on the Polygon Forest in France. Paraguay became a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on this day in 1917. Gandhi began his hunger strike against the treatment of untouchables in India on this day in 1932. Nijmegen was liberated from Nazi German occupation on this day in 1944 during World War II. Winston Churchill argued for a 'United States of Europe' on this day in 1946. In 1954 on this day, New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reported just ten days after concluding hearings. American President John F Kennedy proposed a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon on this day in 1963. Benin separated from Nigeria on this day in 1967. On this day in 1989, FW De Klerk was sworn in as President of South Africa. he would be the last president of the white minority government of the apartheid era, as he helped usher in the massive reforms away from racial segregation and to a multiracial democracy. On this day in 1990, both East and West Germany ratified the reunification, which officially took place just two weeks later. In 2003 on this day, a referendum was held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day in 368, Emperor Valentinianus visited Nijmegen,
In 451 on this day, General Aetius defeated Attila the Hun at Chalons-sur-Marne.
On this day in 622, the Prophet Mohammed/Abu Bakr arrived in Jathrib (Medina).
In 1066 on this day, the Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire, was fought, when Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeated Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar.
Saladin began the Siege of Jerusalem on this day in 1187.
On this day in 1258, Salisbury Cathedral was inaugurated.
In 1378 on this day, Robert de Geneve, the "butcher of Cesena," was crowned anti-pope Clemens VII.
Bust of Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan started what would prove to be the first successful circumnavigation of world on this day in 1519.
German Priest & Theologian Martin Luther
On this day in 1530, Martin Luther advised protestant monarch compromise.
Spaniards captured Fort Caroline, Florida & massacred the French on this day in 1565.
In 1596 on this day, Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
• 1604 - Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende
• 1620 - Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland
• 1643 - 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies
• 1664 - Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men
• 1674 - 2nd West Indies Company forms
• 1688 - French troops occupies Palts
1697 - Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
• 1737 - Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
King of England King Charles IKing of England King Charles I
• 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland
1787 - Prince Willem V returns to Hague
• On this day in 1792, the French defeated the Prussians at Valmy.
• British troops under Major-General Williamson landed on what was then still French Haiti on this day in 1793.
• 1797 - US frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston
• 1830 - 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods
British Botanist Charles Darwin
• British botanist Charles Darwin rode a horse to Buenos Aires on this day in 1833.
• Farroupilha's Revolution started in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on this day in 1835.
1839 - 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
1848 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
• 1850 - Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
• 1854 - Battle of the Alma: first major battle of Crimean War. British and French alliance defeat the Russians
• 1859 - George Simpson patents electric range
1860 - First British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)
Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin
1861 - Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
1863 - Battle of Shepardstown VA
A statue in Flemington, New Jersey, honoring veterans of the American Civil War.
• On this day in 1863 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, came to an end.
• On this day in 1870, the Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seized Rome from the French.
1870 - Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury
1870 - Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel
1871 - Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.
Panic swept the New York Stock Exchange on this day in 1873 after a massive railroad bond default and bank failure. Banks in New York remained closed for 10 days afterwards due to the bank scandal.
1876 - Ottawa Football Club forms
1877 - Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1879 - US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
1881 - Chester A Arthur sworn in as 21st president
1884 - 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria
1884 - Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP
1891 - The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
King of Sardinia and Italy Victor Emmanuel IIKing of Sardinia and Italy Victor Emmanuel II 1902 - Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1904 - George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in NYC
• 1904 - Orville & Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II
1905 - Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1906 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England.
1907 - Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1
1908 - Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Phila 1-0
1911 - Yanks set team record 12 errors in a double header
1913 - 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
• In 1917 on this day during the so-called Great War (now better known as World War I), there was a British assault on the Polygon Forest in France.
• Paraguay became a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on this day in 1917.
1918 - Royal Dutch Blast furnace & Steel factory opens in Hague
1919 - 2nd PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Engineers CC Roslyn NY
1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 HRs
1919 - Booth Tarkington's "Clarence," premieres in NYC
Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth 1920 - Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1922 - Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1922 - Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games
1922 - Franco Ventriglia, Fairfield, Connecticut,opera singer, (d. 2012)
1924 - Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams
1924 - Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
1927 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1930 - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
1931 - Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
1932 - Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
1932 - Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
A statue of Gandhi, the iconic leader of the Indian independence movement, at Union Square in New York City.
Statue of Gandhi in State Parliament Square, London, UK
• Gandhi began his hunger strike against the treatment of untouchables in India on this day in 1932.
Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma GandhiPacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1938 - Emlyn Williams' "Corn is Green," premieres in London
1939 - British navy captures German U-27 boat
1939 - Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1942 - Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m
1943 - Liberator bomber sinks U-338
Nijmegen was liberated from Nazi German occupation on this day in 1944 during World War II.
1944 - Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1945 - German rocket engineers begin work in US
Statue of soldier, author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London
• Winston Churchill argued for a 'United States of Europe' on this day in 1946.
1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
1948 - "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 48 performances
1948 - Mexican Baseball league disbanded
1949 - Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
1949 - Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
1951 - 1st North Pole jet crossing
1951 - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1951 - Swiss males votes against female suffrage
1952 - KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie BanksHall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks 1953 - Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
1954 - 1st FORTRAN computer program run
1954 - 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution
1954 - KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Los Stravinsky's "In Memoriam Dylan Thomas," premieres in Angeles
1954 - Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
• In 1954 on this day, New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reported just ten days after concluding hearings.
1955 - Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH
1955 - Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
1958 - Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits NY Yankees 1-0
1958 - Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Links Golf Invitation Open
1960 - UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
1960 - WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
1961 - James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
American Baseball Player Roger MarisAmerican Baseball Player Roger Maris 1961 - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1962 - Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
1962 - Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith)
• American President John F Kennedy proposed a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon on this day in 1963.
1964 - Gunter Grass' "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin
• 1964 - Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie
1965 - WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23
• Benin separated from Nigeria on this day in 1967.
1967 - British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank Scotland
1967 - Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
1967 - WCAE TV channel 50 in St John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 - WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1969 - 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
US President John F. KennedyUS President John F. Kennedy 1969 - Archies' "Sugar Sugar" hits #1
1969 - Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
1970 - Jim Morrison found not guilty of "lewd" behavior
1970 - Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
1972 - Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm
1973 - Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1973 - Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
1975 - 21st Ryder Cup: US, 21-11 at Laurel Valley Golf Club (Ligonier, Pennsylvania, US)
1975 - David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
1975 - Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28½" draw
1976 - Metroliner official opens in Brussels
American President Jimmy Carter
• 1976 - Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women
1976 - Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
1977 - "Estrada" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 7 performances
• 1977 - Vietnam & Djibouti ask for membership in UN
1978 - "Eubie!" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 439 performances
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - Yamada Mumon Roshi visits Benedictine Abbey of Maria Laach Germany
1979 - Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
1979 - Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola
• 1979 - NASA launches HEAO
1979 - Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1979 - The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML).
1979 - Assassination of French left-wing militant Pierre Goldman.
1980 - Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium
1980 - George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
1980 - Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson's memory at Yankee Stadium
1980 - Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
1981 - 24th Ryder Cup: US, 18½-9½ at Walton Heath Golf Club (Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England)
1981 - Joe Danelo kicks then NY Giant record 55 yard field goal
1981 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1982 - Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia
1982 - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
1983 - 3,112 turn out to see Pirates play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1983 - Cryptographic Communications System & Method (RSA) patented
1984 - "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
1984 - Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
1984 - Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
1985 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
1985 - Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
1986 - Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
1987 - "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1005 perfs
Actor Bruce WillisActor Bruce Willis 1987 - 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis & Sharon Gless wins
1987 - Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race
1987 - Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1987 - Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
1988 - Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
1988 - Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving
1988 - Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
Statue of South African President & Nobel Peace Prize Recipient F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town
• On this day in 1989, FW De Klerk was sworn in as President of South Africa. he would be the last president of the white minority government of the apartheid era, as he helped usher in the massive reforms away from racial segregation and to a multiracial democracy.
1989 - Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London
1989 - USAir overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in NYC, 2 people die
Flag of Germany (formerly West Germany during the Cold War)
• On this day in 1990, both East and West Germany ratified the reunification, which officially took place just two weeks later.
1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1990 - South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1991 - Lion's Terry Taylor reinstated after 1 year drug related suspension
NFL Running Back Walter PaytonNFL Running Back Walter Payton 1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1992 - France votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
1992 - Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
1992 - Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play
• 1992 - Space shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands
Picture of the space shuttle at Expo Park in Los Angeles, California
• 1994 - Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), lands
1995 - Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
1997 - Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
2000 - Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends
• 2000 - The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile.
2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
2002 - The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide started.
• 2003 - Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
• In 2003 on this day, a referendum was held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union.
• 2011 - The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
• 2012 - 50 people are killed and dozens injured after a gas station is bombed by the Syrian Army in Ain Issa
• 2012 - 14 people are killed in a cafe suicide bominbg in Somalia
• 2012 - AU Optronics fined $500 million for a LCD screen price-fixing
1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey. 1870 - The Papal States came under the control of Italian troops, leading to the unification of Italy. 1881 - Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before. 1884 - The Equal Rights Party was formed in San Francisco, CA. 1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, started a daily radio newscast. It was one of the first in the U.S. 1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival premiered. The original premier was delayed in 1939 due to World War II. 1946 - WNBT-TV in New York became the first station to promote a motion picture. Scenes from "The Jolson Story" were shown. 1953 - The TV show "Letter to Loretta" premiered. The name was changed to "The Loretta Young Show" on February 14, 1954. 1953 - Jimmy Stewart debuted on the radio western "The Six Shooter" on NBC. 1955 - "You'll Never Be Rich" premiered on CBS-TV. The name was changed less than two months later to "The Phil Silvers Show." 1962 - James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted. 1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition to the moon in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly. 1977 - The first of the "boat people" arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new U.S. resettlement program. 1982 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the U.S., France, and Italy were going to send peacekeeping troops back to Beirut. 1984 - "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV. 1988 - The United Nations opened it 43rd General Assembly. 1989 - F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as president of South Africa. 1991 - U.N. weapons inspectors left for Iraq in a renewed search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. 1992 - French voters approved the Maastricht Treaty. 1995 - AT&T announced that it would be splitting into three companies. The three companies were AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and NCR Corp. 1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
1870 Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of modern Italy, seized the Papal States from the French. 1881 Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated. 1973 Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in a battle of the sexes tennis match. 1998 Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr., sat out a game, ending his consecutive game playing streak. Ripken played 2,632 consecutive games over 16 seasons. 2000 Independent Counsel Robert Ray announced the end of the Whitewater investigation, saying there was insufficient evidence to charge President Clinton and his wife, Hillary. 2001 President George W. Bush addressed the nation and a joint session of Congress about terrorism. He also named Tom Ridge as head of the new Office of Homeland Security.
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