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 612 BCE occurred the Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire. Destruction of Nineveh. In 70 on this day, the "Second Temple" of Jews was set aflame. This is the traditional date of Laylat al-Qadr back in 610, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an. In 654 on this day, Pope Eugene I was elected to succeed Martinus I. The Treaty of Verdun was signed on this day in 843, when brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German & Charles the Bare divided France between them. The Battle of Lechfeld was fought on this day in 955, when Otto I, King of the Germans defeated the Hungarians, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of Western Europe. It was on this day in 991 that the Battle of Maldon took place. In that one, the English, led by Bryhtnoth, confronted a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. The English were defeated and the story is immortalised in a well-known poem. On this day in 1304 - -11], the Battle at Zierik Sea took place, when the Dutch & French fleet defeated the Flemish fleet. The Second Battle of Athenry took place on this day in 1316. It was on this day in 1461 that Alfonso ed Espina, the Bishop of Osma, urged for an Inquistion in Spain. On this day in 1497, John Cabot mistakenly told King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia." Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz became the first European to see Madagascar on this day in 1500. In 1511 on this day, Portugese troops occupied parts of Malacca. The Battle at Brest took place on this day in 1512, with the English fleet defeating France. Magellan's 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate the world on this day in 1519. The Battle at St Quentin was fought on this day in 1557, with Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert defeated France. Iconoclasm began on this day in 1566. English Queen Elizabeth I signed the Treaty of Nonsuch, with aid for Netherlands, on this day in 1585. County Maine was appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges on this day in 1622. In 1627 on this day, Cardinal Richelieu began the siege of La Rochelle. On this day in 1628, Wasa sank at Stockholm, Swweden, killing 50. There was a sea battle at Heijde on this day in 1653, with the English fleet defeating the Dutch. Austria and the Ottoman Empire signed the Peace of Vásvár on this day in 1664. On this day in 1675, King Charles II laid the foundation stone for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. A Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opened in Amsterdam on this day in 1675. Netherlands & France signed a peace treaty in Nijmegen on this day inm 1678. In 1680 on this day in New Mexico, Popé led a rebellion of Pueblo Indians against the Spaniads. On this day in 1743, the earliest recorded prize fighting rules were formulated. Carlos III became the King of Spain on this day in 1759. In 1774 on this day, the first Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) began publishing. On this day in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, London received the message that the American colonies had declared independence. Mozart completed "Eine small Nachtmusik" on this day in 1787. The Ottoma Empire declared war on Russia on this day in 1787. In 1790 on this day, Robert Gray's Columbia completed the first American around world voyage. On this day in 1792 during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the palace of Louis XVI. In 1809 on this day, Ecuador declared independence from Spain (National Day). Missouri was admitted as the 24th US state on this day in 1821. On this day in 1822, Antioch, Syria, was hit by a massive earthquake; with about 20,000 killed. There were race riots in Cincinnati on this day in 1827, resulting in approximately one thousand blacks departing for Canada in the aftermath. Former slave Nat Turner led an uprising against slavery on this day in 1831. In 1831 on this day, a hurricane hit Barbados; with about 1,500 dead. Chicago was incorporated as a village of about 200 on this day in 1833. It has grown just a smidge in population since. In 1835 on this day, a mob of whites & oxen pulled Noyes Academy, a black school, off of it's foundation and dragged it for miles into a swamp out of Canaan New Hampshire. Congress chartered the "nation's attic," the Smithsonian Institution, on this day in 1846. On this day in 1856, a hurricane washed away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana. The Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri (Springfield, Oak Hills) during the American Civil War, was fought on this day in 1861, with General Lyon killed. The Battle of Nueces River, Texas, was fought on this day in 1862. Transatlantic cable was laid on this day in 1866, President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria. O B Brown patented the moving picture projector on this day in 1869. On this day in 1876, the first phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada. It was on this day in 1877 at the Big Hole River massacre, when Colonel John Gibbon murdered Nez-Perce Indians. Leo Daft opened America's first commercial operated electric streetcar in Baltimore, Maryland, on this day in 1885. On this day in 1887, an excursion train crashed in Chatsworth, Illinois, killing 101. Dan Rylands patented the screw cap on this day in 1889. Chinese were deported from San Francisco under the Exclusion Act on this day in 1893. The first Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi") was held on this day in 1895. In 1897 on this day, the Automobile Club of Great Britain was established (now: Royal Auto Club).
The victorious powers of the Great War recognized Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was struck by polio at his summer residence in Campobello, New Brunswick. In 1943 on this day, Patton called an injured soldier "cowardly", and was later reprimanded for it by Eisenhower. On the same day, Hitler watched Allied bombers get lynched. The United States reclaimed Guam from Japan. One year later Japan agreed, at least in principle, to unconditional surrender, following the two atomic bombs that were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. David Berkowitz was arrested on this day in 1977, accused of being the infamous killer, "Son of Sam". There was a massacre of over one hundred Muslims in Sri Lanka. American Presidential candidate form the Republican Party, Bob Dole, picked former NFL star quarterback Jack Kemp as his running mate in 1996, in an ill-fated campaign.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
1904 - Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock
1904 - Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1904 - Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games
1906 - Pope Pius X bans Associations cults
1907 - Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
1909 - Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins
1911 - Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
1913 - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1914 - At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary
1914 - German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1914 - German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
1914 - Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms
1916 - Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia
1919 - Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine
1920 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania
1920 - Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey)
1920 - Turkish government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
1921 - FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
1925 - Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die
1926 - Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
1929 - Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd & last NL win
1932 - A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
1934 - Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
1936 - 114°F (46°C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
1936 - 120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
1938 - 119°F (48°C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
1939 - 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)
1940 - Prince Bernhard Fund forms
1941 - FDR & Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland
1942 - Gen B Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in N Africa
1943 - Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
1943 - Gen Patton calls injured soldier "cowardly"
1943 - Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots
1944 - Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0
1944 - Race riots in Athens Alabama
1944 - US recaptures Guam from Japanese
1944 - US/French offensive at Alencon
1945 - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged
1948 - ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
1948 - Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
1948 - Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1948 - WABC TV channel 7 in New York, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1949 - Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense
1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament
1954 - Neth Indonesian Union breaks up
1954 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1954 - At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.
1956 - 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open
1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space
1960 - Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea
1961 - England applies for membership in European Common Market
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1964 - WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
1966 - 1st lunar orbiter launched by US
1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
1968 - Race riot in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock
1968 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Concord Golf Open
1969 - Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
1969 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Stroh's-WBLY Golf Open
1970 - Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on "lewd & lascivious behavior"
1971 - 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
1971 - Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, & adds his 501st
1972 - 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
1972 - Paul & Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession
1973 - 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St Station
1974 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
1975 - 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron
1975 - David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon
1977 - US & Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord
1977 - USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
1977 - Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1979 - Ecuador adopts its constitution
1979 - Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request"
1980 - 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill NY
1980 - 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley
1980 - Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Tx
1981 - Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1981 - Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
1981 - Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
1984 - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
1985 - Oakland A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 HRs (off Matt Young at Seattle)
1985 - Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle song) for $47 million
1985 - Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles
1986 - "Me & My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances
1986 - Betsy King wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
1986 - Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired
1986 - Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway NYC
1986 - Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
1987 - Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully
1987 - Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
1988 - Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
1988 - Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
1988 - UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
1989 - A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning
1989 - Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1990 - US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
1990 - The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries.
1991 - "Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 7 perfs
1991 - NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53
1992 - Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched
1992 - Soyuz TM-15 lands
1993 - Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA
1993 - An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
1994 - Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
1995 - Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1996 - Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate
1996 - Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
1996 - Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex
1996 - Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
1997 - 36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6
1997 - Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine
1997 - Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal
1997 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic
1997 - Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf
1998 - The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.
2003 - The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent . It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
2006 - Scotland Yard disrupts major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States. All toiletries are banned from commercial airplanes.
1792 - King Louis XVI was taken into custody by mobs during the French Revolution. He was executed the following January after being put on trial for treason. 1809 - Ecuador began its fight for independence from Spain. 1821 - Missouri became the 24th state to join the Union. 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress. The "Nation's Attic" was made possible by $500,000 given by scientist Joseph Smithson. 1859 - In Boston, MA, the first milk inspectors were appointed. 1869 - The motion picture projector was patented by O.B. Brown. 1881 - Thomas Edison's exhibit opened the Paris Electrical Exhibition. 1885 - The first electric streetcar, to be used commercially, was operated in Baltimore, MD, by Leo Daft. 1914 - Austria-Hungary invaded Russia. 1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio. 1927 - Mount Rushmore was formally dedicated. The individual faces of the presidents were dedicated later. 1944 - U.S. forces defeated the remaining Japanese resistance on Guam. 1945 - The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced they would surrender. The only condition was that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged. 1947 - William Odom completed an around-the-world flight. He set the solo record by completing the flight in 73 hours and 5 minutes. 1948 - On ABC, "Candid Camera" made its TV debut. The original title was "Candid Microphone." 1949 - In the U.S., the National Military Establishment had its name changed to the Department of Defense. 1954 - Construction began on the St. Lawrence Seaway. 1965 - In Austin, TX, a fire burned part of the 20th floor of the 27-story University of Texas main building. A collection that contained items once owned by escape artist Harry Houdini and circus magnate P. T. Barnum were damaged by smoke and water. 1973 - Arnold Palmer did not make the cut for the final two rounds of the PGA Golf Championship. It was the first time in his career. 1981 - Pete Rose hit a single and broke the National League all-time hit record with his 3,630 hit. 1988 - U.S. President Reagan signed a measure that provided $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were interned by the U.S. government during World War II. 1993 - A massive deficit-reduction bill was signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton. 1994 - U.S. President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones. 1995 - Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced that she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. 1999 - Near an India-Pakistan border area an Indian fighter jet shot down a Pakistani naval aircraft. Sixteen people were killed. 2003 - Ekaterina Dmitriev and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko were married. Malenchenko was about 240 miles above the earth in the international space station. It was the first-ever marriage from space.
1821 Missouri became the 24th state in the United States. 1846 The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington, D.C., from funds left by British scientist James Smithson. 1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on Campobello island. 1944 U.S. forces seized Guam from Japan. 1948 Candid Camera with Allen Funt debuted on television. 1988 President Reagan signed a bill that awarded $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment. 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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