In the year 3, General Tiberius's Triumph 13 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany. On this day in 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1885 on this day, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time on this day in 1933. On this day in 1988, Estonia's parliament declared the itself "sovereign," although it stopped short of declaringcomplete independence. In 2000 on this day, Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam. On this day in 2004, a NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• In the year 3, General Tiberius's Triumph 13 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany.
• 534 Second and final revision of the Justinian Code is published, a codified set of imperial and classical laws initially begun in 528
• 1491 The case of the 'Holy Child of La Guardia', involving the kidnapping and murdering a Christian boy, concludes with public burning at the stake of nine Jews in Ávila, Spain
• 1519 City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations Pizarro Captures Atahualpa
• 1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes Battle of Cajamarca and the capture of Atahualpa 1572 Troops under Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo occupy and plunder Zutphen, Netherlands Ivan the Terrible
• 1581 Tsar Ivan the Terrible attacks his son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich, with a scepter after an argument leading to the latter's death three days later The painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" by Russian painter Ilya Repin Battle of Lützen
• 1632 Battle of Lützen: significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus General and Nobleman Albrecht von Wallenstein Oration for Henrietta Maria
• 1669 French state funeral for Henrietta Maria, princess of France, widow of English King Charles I, at St Denis with famous oration by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet King of England Charles I Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
• 1676 First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts 1677 French troops occupy Freiburg 1700 Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Elector of Brandenburg Frederick I sign the Crown Treaty, allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom in exchange for 8,000 troops in the upcoming War of the Spanish Succession Wilkes' Duel 1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured in a duel Radical Journalist and Politician John Wilkes
• 1764 Native Americans surrender to the British during Pontiac's War of Odawa Chief Pontiac
1771 Dutch West India Company and Amsterdam divide Suriname between themselves 1776 1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Fort St Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean isalnd)
• On this day in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, British and Hessian troops took Fort Washington, New York. It marked one of biggest losses by US forces.
• 1798 Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress
• 1801 First edition of New York Evening Post
• 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French
• 1824 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business Extracts from Letters to Henslow
British Botanist Charles Darwin
• 1835 "Extracts from Letters to Henslow", a collection of letters written by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, is read to the Cambridge Philosophical Society and later published as a pamphlet
• 1839 US diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood first reach the ruins of the Maya city of Copan (modern Honduras)
• 1840 New Zealand officially becomes a British colony
• 1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC)
• 1849 Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor
• 1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens Groza
• 1859 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play "Groza" (The Storm) premieres in Moscow Playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky
• 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 causalities
• 1864 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
• 1870 Spanish Parliament, "the Cortes" formally elects Italian Prince Amedeo Ferdinando Maria as King Amadeo I of Spain 1871 National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York
• 1875 Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
• 1882 British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys villages of Abari and Asaba on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
• In 1885 on this day, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
• 1894 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
• 1894 French captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki, West Africa 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1903 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC 1905 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia 1907 Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state Toscanini at the Met 1908 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera Cellist and Conductor Arturo Toscanini 1909 Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie 1954; KNVB Cup 1937 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens Pope Benedict XV 1914 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 258th Pope Benedict XV 1916 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC 1916 Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000
• 1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared
• 1919 Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary.
• The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time on this day in 1933.
• On this day in 1988, Estonia's parliament declared the itself "sovereign," although it stopped short of declaring complete independence.
Bust of Bill Clinton in front of the Arkansas Governor's Mansion in Little Rock
• In 2000 on this day, Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam.
• On this day in 2004, a NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
13 - General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published. 1380 - French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1491 - An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects. 1532 - Francisco Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca 1572 - Troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupy and plunder Zutphen, Nmetherlands 1632 - Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein 1676 - 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass 1677 - French troops occupy Freiburg 1700 - Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia 1763 - English journalist John Wilkes injured in a duel 1764 - Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1771 - West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1776 - 1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Ft St Eustatius 1776 - British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1798 - Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress 1801 - 1st edition of New York Evening Post 1805 - Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1824 - NY City's Fifth Avenue opens for business Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1835 - Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1841 - Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC) 1849 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. 1856 - Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1859 - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow 1863 - Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 1864 - Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia 1864 - Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1870 - Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I 1875 - Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 - William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1882 - British HMS Flirt fires at & destroys Abari village in Niger 1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason aged 41. 1894 - 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan 1894 - French capt Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa Spanish Conquistador Francisco PizarroSpanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro 1901 - 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1903 - V Herbert & H Smith' musical "Babette" premieres in NYC 1905 - Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1907 - Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state 1908 - Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera 1909 - EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms 1914 - Federal Reserve System formally opens 1914 - Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 1916 - Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff" premieres in NYC 1916 - I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in NYC 1916 - Russian La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000 1917 - British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1918 - Hungarian People's Republic declared 1919 - Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Béla Kuns Soviet Republic 1920 - Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited 1920 - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn 1922 - Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1922 - Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help 1924 - Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record) 1925 - American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) 1925 - Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in NYC 1926 - NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0 President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio VargasPresident and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas 1933 - Brazilians President Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1933 - Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR 1935 - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in NYC 1936 - German air force begins bombing of Madrid 1938 - K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India 1938 - LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. 1939 - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail 1939 - German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland 1940 - World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. 1941 - German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) 1942 - Assault of US B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1943 - World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway. 1944 - US 9th division & 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen 1945 - Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College 1945 - UNESCO is founded. Gangster Al CaponeGangster Al Capone 1947 - 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis 1948 - Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1950 - Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops 1950 - UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps 1950 - US pres Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat 1952 - Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election 1955 - 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (Donald Campbell) 1955 - Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry" 1955 - KLM orders 8 DC-8's 1955 - Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco 1957 - "Copper & Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 perfs 1957 - Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Phila 111-89 1957 - Ed Gein butchers last victim 1957 - Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1959 - "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 perfs Basketball Player Bill RussellBasketball Player Bill Russell 1960 - NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP 1961 - Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries 1962 - Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY Knicks 1963 - Toledo, OH newspaper strike began 1963 - Touch-tone telephone introduced 1964 - Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission 1964 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1965 - Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 - Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow 1966 - Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1966 - Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP 1969 - 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai S Vietnam, by US is 1st reported 1972 - "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances 1973 - John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album Musician and Beatle John LennonMusician and Beatle John Lennon 1973 - Pres Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline 1973 - Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit 1974 - 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1974 - John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" 1974 - Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open 1976 - René Levesque's "Parti Québécois" wins elections in Quebec 1976 - Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1977 - Rod Carew wins AL MVP award 1978 - Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft 1979 - Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" 1980 - Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards 1981 - "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances 1981 - Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis 1982 - 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1982 - Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 - Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight 1982 - Tom Stoppard's "Real Thing" premieres in London 1983 - Kapil Dev takes 9-83 v WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1984 - 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center 1984 - Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record 1984 - Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket 1984 - John Lennon releases 'Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him' 1987 - Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago" 1988 - Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs 1988 - Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson 1988 - Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 - Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel 1989 - "Gypsy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 477 performances 1989 - 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike TysonHeavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 1989 - South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1989 - UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference. 1990 - Manuel Noriega claims US denied him a fair trial 1993 - "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 32 performances 1993 - Jim Carrey files for divorce from Melissa 1993 - Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum 1995 - US Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson's disease 1995 - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery 1996 - "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs 1996 - 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards 1997 - "1776" closes at Criterion Theater NYC 1997 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23 1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. 2000 - Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. 2012 - 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time
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