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 258, St Sixtus II ended his reign as Catholic Pope. Antipope Constantine II was deposed on this day in 768. The Battle at Simancas was fought on this day in 939, when Spain defeated the Moors. On this day in 1181, a supernova was observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers. John Cabot returned to Bristol from North-America on this day in 1497. The city of Bogotá, Colombia, was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. on this day in 1538. On this day in 1600, Henry IV of France invaded Savoy after negotiations broke down over Saluzzo, which had been controlled by Savoy since 1588. The Treaty of The Hague was signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic on this day in 1661, when Holland sold Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders. On this day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention began in Philadelphia. The articles of the U.S. Constitution draft were set to be debated. In 1806 on this day, the Holy Roman Empire fell out of existence as Emperor Francis II abdicated. The Battle at Junan was fought on this day in 1824, with the army of Simon Bolívar defeating the Spanish. Bolivia declared it's independence from Peru (National Day) on this day in 1825. It was on this day in 1856 that the Great Bell was cast in the Great Clock of Westminster (now famously known as Big Ben). The Battle at Spicheren was fought on this day in 1870, when Prussia defeated France. White conservatives suppressed the black vote & captured the Tennessee legislature on this day in 1870, as legalized and socially enforced Jim Crow racial segregation began to dominate the American South. In 1879 on this day, the first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne. In 1896 on this day, France annexed Madagascar. Kiowa land in Oklahoma was opened for white settlement on this day in 1901, effectively dissolving the contiguous Native reservation. On this day in 1914, just as World War I was really getting going, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia & Serbia, while Serbia declared war on Germany. The world changed forever on this day in 1945 after an American B-29 bomber, which came to be named the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb was given the name "Little Boy" and was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan, killing an estimated 140,000 people. The Beatles released the "Help" album in the United Kingdom on this day in 1965. American President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on this day in 1965. It guaranteed voting rights for blacks
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• In 523 on this day, St Hormisdas ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
• Antipope Constantine II was deposed on this day in 768.
• The Battle at Simancas was fought on this day in 939, when Spain defeated the Moors.
• On this day in 1181, a supernova was observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers.
• John Cabot returned to Bristol from North-America on this day in 1497.
• The city of Bogotá, Colombia, was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. on this day in 1538.
• In 1588 on this day, the Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchored.
Busts of French King Henri IV
Pictures of a bust of Henri IV taken at the Basilique cathédrale Saint-Denis, near Paris
• On this day in 1600, Henry IV of France invaded Savoy after negotiations broke down over Saluzzo, which had been controlled by Savoy since 1588.
• The Spanish garrison of Meurs surrendered to the Earl Mauritius on this day in 1601.
• Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope Urban VIII on this day in 1623.
• On this day in 1625 Earl Earnest Casimir was appointed as Viceroy of Groningen.
• The Treaty of The Hague was signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic on this day in 1661, when Holland sold Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders.
• In 1675 on this day, Russian Czar Aleksei banned foreign haircuts.
• On this day in 1726, Emperor Karel VI & Tsarina Catharina the Great signed a military treaty.
• In 1774 on this day, Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker Movement, arrived in NY.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA
• On this day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention began in Philadelphia. The articles of the U.S. Constitution draft were set to be debated.
• In 1806 on this day, the Holy Roman Empire fell out of existence as Emperor Francis II abdicated. In 1815 on this day, a US flotilla ended piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli. On this day in 1819, Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. It was on this day in 1821 that the first edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper was published in Brussels.
• The Battle at Junan was fought on this day in 1824, with the army of Simon Bolívar defeating the Spanish. Bolivia declared it's independence from Peru (National Day) on this day in 1825.
• On this day in 1845, the Russian Geographical Society was founded in Saint Petersburg. The U.S. Congress passed the Confiscation Act on this day in 1854. It was on this day in 1856 that the Great Bell was cast in the Great Clock of Westminster (now famously known as Big Ben). On this day in 1861 in Lexington, KY, a Union military camp formed in a neutral state.
• The British annexed Lagos, Nigeria, on this day in 1861.The Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" was badly damaged by a Union attack during the American Civil War on this day in 1862. Rebels evacuated Ft Powell, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during the American Civil War on this day in 1864. The Battle at Spicheren was fought on this day in 1870, when Prussia defeated France.
• White conservatives suppressed the black vote & captured the Tennessee legislature on this day in 1870, as legalized and socially enforced Jim Crow racial segregation began to dominate the American South.
In 1879 on this day, the first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne.
On this day in 1890 at Auburn Prison, New York, William Kemmler, who had been convicted for murder, became the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• In 1896 on this day, France annexed Madagascar.
Kiowa land in Oklahoma was opened for white settlement on this day in 1901, effectively dissolving the contiguous Native reservation.
Alice Ramsey and three friends became the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip on this day in 1909. .
NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor was seriously wounded during an assassination attempt on this day in 1910.
On this day in 1914, just as World War I was really getting going, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia & Serbia, while Serbia declared war on Germany. Also on this day in 1914, a German Zeppelin bombed Liege, killing nine. The French cavalry entered Belgium on this day in 1914.
Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I on this day in 1914..
On this day in 1917 during World War I, the Battle of Mărăşeşti began between the Romanian and German armies. Ferdinand Foch became Marshal of France on this day in 1918.
A war monument in Champlitte, France
In WW I on this day in 1918, the second Battle of the Marne ended.
1919 - 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1919 - Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
1921 - Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
1926 - NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
1926 - Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY)
1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours. 1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system in New York. The movie was "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore. 1939 - Dinah Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue radio network.
1949 - Chicago White Sox player Luke Appling played in the 2,154th game of his 19-year, major league career. 1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game. 1960 - Nationalization of U.S. and foreign-owned property in Cuba began.
1962 - Jamaica became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1965 - The Voting Rights Act was signed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate. 1981 - Fire fighters in Indianapolis, IN, answered a false alarm. When they returned to their station it was ablaze due to a grease fire.
1985 - The 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing brought tens of thousands of Japanese and foreigners to Hiroshima. 1986 - William J. Schroeder died. He lived 620 days with the Jarvik-7 manmade heart. He was the world's longest surviving recipient of a permanent artificial heart.
1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond."
1989 - Jaime Paz Zamora was inaugurated as the president of Bolivia.
1990 - The U.N. Security Council ordered a worldwide trade embargo with Iraq. The embargo was to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait.
1993 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Louis Freeh to be the director of the FBI. 1993 - Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan. 1995 - Thousands of glowing lanterns were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bombing. 1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil. 1997 - Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple's survival. 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.
. 1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first U.S. woman to swim across the English Channel. 1945 The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. 1962 Jamaica gained its independence within the Britain Commonwealth. 1965 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed the poll taxes and literacy tests that had restricted black voter registration in the South. 1997 British prime minister Tony Blair and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams meet—the first time in 76 years that a British leader and an IRA ally meet. 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy to replace Gray Davis as governor of California to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. 2012 Curiosity, a SUV-size rover, successfully landed on Mars. The rover's research has been planned for the next two years, but since Curiosity's electricity is powered by plutonium, it could be operational and provide insight into Mars for decades to come
1926 - Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1930 - Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
1930 - Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen
• 1934 - US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1936 - 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
1937 - Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
1937 - Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest
1937 - US & USSR sign trade treaty
1939 - 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
1940 - Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1941 - Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1942 - -8] Riots by Dutch Jews
1942 - Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210
Statue of soldier, author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London
1942 - Churchill fires Gen Auchinlek as Middle-East commandant
1942 - Hermann Goering proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder"
1943 - US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily
1944 - All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died
1944 - Anti-German attack at Avranches fails
1944 - Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins
1944 - US 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes
The world changed forever on this day in 1945 after an American B-29 bomber, which came to be named the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb was given the name "Little Boy" and was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan, killing an estimated 140,000 people.
1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
1945 - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1946 - US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1947 - 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8"
1948 - Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics
1948 - Dreesgovernment (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms
1948 - Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics
1949 - Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop
1951 - Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
1952 - Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout
1958 - Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1960 - Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto
1961 - Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1961 - 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
Flag of Jamaica
• 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1962 - Jamaica became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1964 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
1964 - Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
1965 - 32nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000)
• The Beatles released the "Help" album in the United Kingdom on this day in 1965.
1965 - Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1965 - Indian troops invade Pakistan
Bust of American President Lyndon B. Johnson
• American President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on this day in 1965. It guaranteed voting rights for blacks
1966 - Muhammad Ali KOs Brian London in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 - Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)
1966 - US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1967 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane
1974 - Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash
1976 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1979 - Marcus Hooper, 12, is youngest person to swim English Channel
1980 - University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles & post-season play due to transcript & curriculum abuses
1981 - Argentina ex-president Isabel Peron freed
1981 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
1983 - Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
1984 - 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl LewisOlympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis 1984 - Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics
1985 - 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB
1985 - Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike
1985 - Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
1985 - STS 51-I vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 - Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) & Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
1986 - Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
1986 - Record 3 grand slams hit in game Tx vs Balt (Harrah, Sheets & Dwyer)
1988 - Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases
1988 - Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies)
1988 - The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7.
1989 - "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open
1989 - Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
1989 - Jaime Paz Zamora inaugurated as president of Bolivia
1989 - Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats
Pakistani Politican Benazir BhuttoPakistani Politican Benazir Bhutto 1990 - President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
1990 - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1991 - Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1992 - Harold Wilson's academy award is auctioned for $60,500
1993 - Japan Hosokawa government begins
1993 - Pope John Paul II publishes Veritatis splendor encyclical
1994 - Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school/Universities
1995 - Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb
1996 - NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars (ALH84001)
1997 - Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc
264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 2008 - Access 31 TV stops broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia.
2008 - A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'etat in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
2011 - A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
2012 - Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century
1787 - The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began. The articles of the U.S. Constitution draft were to be debated. 1806 - The Holy Roman Empire went out of existence as Emperor Francis II abdicated. 1825 - Bolivia declared independence from Peru. 1879 - The first Australian rules football game to be played at night took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The game was to promote the introduction of electricity to the city of Melbourne. 1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career. 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia. Serbia declared war against Germany. 1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. She was 19 years old at the time. The swim took her 14 1/2 hours. 1926 - Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone system in New York. The movie was "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore. 1939 - Dinah Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue radio network.
1949 - Chicago White Sox player Luke Appling played in the 2,154th game of his 19-year, major league career. 1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game. 1960 - Nationalization of U.S. and foreign-owned property in Cuba began. 1962 - Jamaica became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth. 1965 - The Voting Rights Act was signed by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. 1969 - The first fair ball to be hit completely out of Dodger Stadium occurred. Willie "Pops" Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home plate. 1981 - Fire fighters in Indianapolis, IN, answered a false alarm. When they returned to their station it was ablaze due to a grease fire. 1981 - Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when he had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself. 1985 - The 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing brought tens of thousands of Japanese and foreigners to Hiroshima. 1986 - William J. Schroeder died. He lived 620 days with the Jarvik-7 manmade heart. He was the world's longest surviving recipient of a permanent artificial heart. 1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond." 1989 - Jaime Paz Zamora was inaugurated as the president of Bolivia. 1990 - The U.N. Security Council ordered a worldwide trade embargo with Iraq. The embargo was to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait. 1993 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Louis Freeh to be the director of the FBI. 1993 - Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan. 1995 - Thousands of glowing lanterns were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bombing. 1996 - NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil. 1997 - Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple's survival. 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton. 1998 - The last new episode of Magic Johnson's talk show, "The Magic Hour," aired.
1806 The Holy Roman Empire ended with the abdication of Emperor Francis II. 1825 Bolivia declared its independence from Peru. 1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first U.S. woman to swim across the English Channel. 1945 The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. 1962 Jamaica gained its independence within the Britain Commonwealth. 1965 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed the poll taxes and literacy tests that had restricted black voter registration in the South. 1997 British prime minister Tony Blair and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams meet—the first time in 76 years that a British leader and an IRA ally meet. 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy to replace Gray Davis as governor of California to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. 2012 Curiosity, a SUV-size rover, successfully landed on Mars. The rover's research has been planned for the next two years, but since Curiosity's electricity is powered by plutonium, it could be operational and provide insight into Mars for decades to come
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