On this day in 322 BCE, the Battle of Crannon was fought between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. The Battle of Guinegate was fought on this day in 1479, with Emperor Maximilian I battling against King Louis XI. The first documented performance of Macbeth was performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court on this day in 1606. Johann Kepler's mother was arrested for witchcraft on this day in 1620. On this day in 1782, George Washington created the Order of Purple Heart. Congress created the U.S. War Department & Lighthouse Service on this day in 1789. Napoleon ordered the re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) on this day in 1802, even though France had officially outlawed slavery during the Revolution. The Battle of Boyacá was fought on this day in 1819, with Bolívar defeating the Spanish in Colombia. This day in 1882 marked the feud between the Hatfields of southern West Virginia & the McCoys of eastern Kentucky, with 100 wounded or dead. In the early stages of World War I on this day in 1914, Germany invaded France, and occupied the city of Liege, Belgium. Nazis closed the Theological Department at the University of Innsbruck in Austria on this day in 1938. On this day in 1940 during World War II, Nazi Germany officially annexed Alsace Lorraine. In 1940 on this day, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill officially recognized General Charles De Gaulle government in exile. On this day in 1960, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) officially gained independence from France. In 1961 on this day, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev predicted (wrongly) that the Soviet economy would surpass the American economy. On this day in 1964, the American Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which expanded President Lyndon B. Johnson's use of military forces in the Vietnam War. In 1990 on this day, American troops were deployed to Saudi Arabia as Operation Desert Shield commenced in the escalating situation with Saddam Hussein's Iraq military takeover of Kuwait. On this day in 2012, 200,000 people were evacuated from Shanghai in anticipation of Typhoon Haikui.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• On this day in 322 BCE, the Battle of Crannon was fought between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
• The Battle at Constantinople was fought on this day in 626, when Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated. Stephen III [IV] began his reign as the Catholic Pope on this day in 768.
• In 936 on this day, Otto I the Great became the King of Germany
• On this day in 1409, the Council of Pisa closed.
• In 1461 on this day, the Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin staged a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
• The Battle of Guinegate was fought on this day in 1479, with Emperor Maximilian I battling against King Louis XI.
• On this day in 1485, Henry (VII)'s Tudor army landed in Milford Harbor, South Wales.
• In 1498 on this day, Columbus arrived in the Caribbean.
• In 1573 on this day, Francis Drake's fleet returned to Plymouth.
• On this day in 1575, Spanish troops conquered Oudewater, and almost all inhabitants died.
• There was an English assault on the Spanish Armada on this day in 1588.
• The first documented performance of Macbeth was performed at the Great Hall at Hampton Court on this day in 1606.
Bust of Astronomer Johann Kepler
• Johann Kepler's mother was arrested for witchcraft on this day in 1620.
• The Battle at Ponts-the-Ce, Poitou, took place on this day in 1620, when French King Louis XIII defeated his mother Marie de Medici.
• On this day in 1710, Earl van Godolphin resigned as English Minister of Finance.
• The Battle of Gangut was fought on this day in 1714, marking the first important victory for the Russian Navy.
• There was a slave uprising on Curacao on this day in 1750.
• Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrendered to the Cherokee tribe on this day in 1760.
Statue of George Washington in Paramus, NJ (above) and in Morristown, NJ (Below)
• On this day in 1782, George Washington created the Order of Purple Heart.
• Congress created the U.S. War Department & Lighthouse Service on this day in 1789.
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
• Napoleon ordered the re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti) on this day in 1802, even though France had officially outlawed slavery during the Revolution.
• On this day in 1814, Pope Pius VII reinstated the Jesuits.
• The Battle of Boyacá was fought on this day in 1819, with Bolívar defeating the Spanish in Colombia.
In 1820 on this day, the first potatoes were planted in Hawaii.
• On this day in 1864 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Moorefield, West Virginia, was fought.
• The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester took place on this day in 1879.
• This day in 1882 marked the feud between the Hatfields of southern West Virginia & the McCoys of eastern Kentucky, with 100 wounded or dead.
• Germany annexed Angra Pequena (Southwest Africa) on this day in 1884.
• On this day in 1885, 5 German warships anchored at Zanzibar.
• Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia received a patent for the revolving door on this day in 1888. On this day in 1900, diamond workers in Amsterdam went on strike.
• In 1904 on this day, a train derailed on bridge in Eden, Colorado, during a flash flood, killing 96. The US issued the first Lincoln penny on this day in 1909.
• The Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominated Theodore Roosevelt for President on this day in 1912.
• In the early stages of World War I on this day in 1914, Germany invaded France, and occupied the city of Liege, Belgium.
• Also on this day in 1914, French troops under Gen Bonneau occupied Altkitrch at Elzas.
• The French government awarded King Albert of Belgium the Great Cross on this day in 1914. Finally on this day in 1914, posters of Lord Kitchner declaring "Your country needs you," went up all over the UK.
The assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis was on this day in 1915, with 232 Australians killed.
1928 - The U.S. Treasure Department issued a new bill that was one third smaller than the previous U.S. bills. 1934 - The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down the government's attempt to ban the controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses." 1942 - U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II. 1947 - The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago. 1959 - The U.S. launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of the Earth. 1960 - The Cuban Catholic Church condemned the rise of communism in Cuba. Fidel Castro then banned all religious TV and radio broadcasts. 1964 - The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. 1974 - French stuntman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. 1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, CA, announced that the Viking 1 spacecraft had found strong indications of possible life on Mars. 1981 - After 128 years of publication, "The Washington Star" ceased all operations. 1983 - AT&T employees went on strike. 1987 - The presidents of five Central American nations, met in Guatemala City, and signed an 11-point agreement designed to bring peace to their region. 1990 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard against a possible invasion by Iraq. 1999 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got his 3,000th hit of his major league career. 2003 - In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would run for the office of governor. 2003 - Stephen Geppi bought a 1963 G.I. Joe prototype for $200,000.
1947 The wooden raft Kon-Tiki, which carried Thor Heyerdahl and five companions more than 4,000 miles, crashed into a reef in the Pacific. 1959 The United States launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of Earth. 1964 Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which expanded President Johnson's use of military powers in the Vietnam War. 1987 Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, making the 2.7 mile trip through the frigid waters of the Bering Strait. Cox is surprised by the (relatively) warm welcome she receives from the Soviets. 1998 U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, by terrorists. Some 224 were killed and more than 5,500 injured. 2000 Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Conn., was selected by Al Gore to be the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket. 2007 Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron on baseball’s all-time homerun list. The record, however, is discredited by many because of Bond’s alleged steroid use.
1915 - St Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Bkln rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, & Card runner scores
1921 - Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champ sprinter
1925 - League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied
1927 - Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
1927 - US rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3
1929 - Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch government
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt26th US President Theodore Roosevelt 1929 - Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1929 - Jo Baer (born Josephine Kleinberg), Seattle USA, American artist
1930 - A large mob estimated at 2,000 lynch two young black men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion Indiana
1930 - Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
1933 - The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1934 - US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
1935 - 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
1938 - Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
• Nazis closed the Theological Department at the University of Innsbruck in Austria on this day in 1938.
Statue of soldier, author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London
French President Charles De Gaulle
• In 1940 on this day, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill officially recognized General Charles De Gaulle government in exile.
1940 - Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 1856 British Guiana)
• On this day in 1940 during World War II, Nazi Germany officially annexed Alsace Lorraine.
1941 - 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania
1942 - 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
1942 - Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
Baseball Player and Manager Leo DurocherBaseball Player and Manager Leo Durocher 1942 - Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Red Army recaptures Bogodukov
1944 - Anton de Kom arrested by Surinam resistance fighter
1944 - Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation
1944 - German counter attack at Avranches fails
1944 - July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins
1944 - US 3rd Army reaches suburbs of Brest Brittany
1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1946 - 1st coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized
1947 - Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
1947 - The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
1948 - 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
1948 - Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6)
1949 - "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 121 perfs
1950 - Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
1951 - Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
1951 - US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
1953 - Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
1954 - "Golden Apple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 125 performances
1954 - Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate
1955 - Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
1955 - KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
1956 - Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
1956 - British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
1956 - Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 - Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
1959 - The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design
The flag of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• On this day in 1960, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) officially gained independence from France.
1960 - Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches
1960 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1961 - Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)
• In 1961 on this day, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev predicted (wrongly) that the Soviet economy would surpass the American economy.
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy becomes 1st, First Lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland
1964 - 31st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17 (65,000)
1964 - Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
Bust of American President Lyndon B. Johnson
• On this day in 1964, the American Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which expanded President Lyndon B. Johnson's use of military forces in the Vietnam War.
1966 - Race riot in Lansing Michigan
1970 - 1st computer chess tournament
1970 - Christine Perfect (McVie) joins Fleetwood Mac
1970 - WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 - 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, California (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
1971 - Apollo 15 returns to Earth
1972 - Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn
1974 - Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers
1976 - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Colgate-European Golf Open
1976 - US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars
1977 - "Shenandoah" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 1,050 performances
1978 - Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, & Larry MacPhail inducted to Hall of Fame
1978 - Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
1980 - Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
1981 - The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1983 - "Merlin" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 199 performances
1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1986 - "Honky Tonk Nights" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 4 performances
1986 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
1987 - 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala
1987 - Javed Miandad scores 260 v England at The Oval, 28 fours 1 six
1987 - Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39°F (4°C) Bering Sea
1988 - Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament
1988 - Writers guild end their 6 months strike
1988 - Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
1989 - U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
• In 1990 on this day, American troops were deployed to Saudi Arabia as Operation Desert Shield commenced in the escalating situation with Saddam Hussein's Iraq military takeover of Kuwait.
1991 - Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret US documents
1991 - Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR
1991 - Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
1991 - US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds
1993 - Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed
1994 - "Hedda Gabler" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 33 performances
1994 - 1st telephone link between Israel & Jordan
1994 - Carolyn Hill wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain
1994 - Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia
1997 - STS 85 (Discovery 23) launches into orbit
1997 - Ung Huot appointed Cambodia's 1st premier
2007 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
2008 - Georgia launches a military offensive to surround and capture the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, from Russian control, starting the South Ossetia War.
2012 - 21 people are killed by a gun attack in a church in Okene, Nigeria
2012 - Heavy rain forces 20,000 people to flee their homes in Manila, Phillipines
The flag of the People's Republic of China
• On this day in 2012, 200,000 people were evacuated from Shanghai in anticipation of Typhoon Haikui.
1789 - The U.S. War Department was established by the U.S. Congress. 1782 - George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart. 1888 - Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for the revolving door.
• 1914 - Germany invaded France. 1928 - The U.S. Treasure Department issued a new bill that was one third smaller than the previous U.S. bills. 1934 - The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down the government's attempt to ban the controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses." 1942 - U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II. 1947 - The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago. 1959 - The U.S. launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of the Earth. 1960 - The Cuban Catholic Church condemned the rise of communism in Cuba. Fidel Castro then banned all religious TV and radio broadcasts. 1964 - The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. 1974 - French stuntman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. 1976 - Scientists in Pasadena, CA, announced that the Viking 1 spacecraft had found strong indications of possible life on Mars. 1981 - After 128 years of publication, "The Washington Star" ceased all operations. 1983 - AT&T employees went on strike. 1987 - The presidents of five Central American nations, met in Guatemala City, and signed an 11-point agreement designed to bring peace to their region.
• 1990 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard against a possible invasion by Iraq. 1999 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got his 3,000th hit of his major league career. 2003 - In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would run for the office of governor. 2003 - Stephen Geppi bought a 1963 G.I. Joe prototype for $200,000.
1789 Congress established the U.S. War Department. 1947 The wooden raft Kon-Tiki, which carried Thor Heyerdahl and five companions more than 4,000 miles, crashed into a reef in the Pacific. 1959 The United States launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of Earth.
• 1964 Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which expanded President Johnson's use of military powers in the Vietnam War.
1987 Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, making the 2.7 mile trip through the frigid waters of the Bering Strait. Cox is surprised by the (relatively) warm welcome she receives from the Soviets. 1998 U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, by terrorists. Some 224 were killed and more than 5,500 injured. 2000 Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Conn., was selected by Al Gore to be the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket. 2007 Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron on baseball’s all-time homerun list. The record, however, is discredited by many because of Bond’s alleged steroid use.
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