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3114 BC
– The
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar
, used by several
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican
civilizations, notably the
Mayans
, begins.
2492 BC
– Traditional date of the defeat of
Bel
by
Hayk
, progenitor and founder of the
Armenian
nation.
106
– The south-western part of
Dacia
(modern
Romania
) becomes a
Roman province
:
Roman Dacia
.
355
–
Claudius Silvanus
, accused of treason, proclaims himself
Roman Emperor
against
Constantius II
.
490
– Battle of Adda: The
Goths
under
Theodoric the Great
and his ally
Alaric II
defeat the forces of
Odoacer
on the
Adda River
, near
Milan
.
1332
–
Wars of Scottish Independence
:
Battle of Dupplin Moor
: Scots under
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
are routed by
Edward Balliol
.
1473
– The
Battle of Otlukbeli
:
Mehmed the Conqueror
of the
Ottoman Empire
decisively defeats
Uzun Hassan
of
Aq Qoyunlu
.
1675
–
Franco-Dutch War
: Forces of the
Holy Roman Empire
defeat the
French
in the
Battle of Konzer Brücke
.
1786
– Captain
Francis Light
establishes the British colony of
Penang
in
Malaysia
.
1804
–
Francis II
assumes the title of first
Emperor of Austria
.
1812
–
Peninsular War
: French troops engage
British
-
Portuguese
forces in the
Battle of Majadahonda
.
1813
– In
Colombia
,
Juan del Corral
declares the independence of
Antioquia
.
1858
– The
Eiger
in the
Bernese Alps
is ascended for the first time by
Charles Barrington
accompanied by
Christian Almer
and Peter Bohren.
1898
–
Spanish–American War
: American troops enter the city of
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
.
1918
–
World War I
: The
Battle of Amiens
ends.
1919
– The
constitution
of the
Weimar Republic
is adopted.
1920
– The
Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty
, which relinquished
Russia
's authority and pretenses to
Latvia
, is signed, ending the
Latvian War of Independence
.
1929
–
Babe Ruth
becomes the first
baseball
player to hit
500
home runs
in his career with a home run at
League Park
in
Cleveland, Ohio
.
1934
– The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on
Alcatraz Island
.
1942
– Actress
Hedy Lamarr
and composer
George Antheil
receive a patent for a
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and
Wi-Fi
.
1945
– Poles in
Kraków
engage in
a pogrom
against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
1947
–
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
, founding father of
Pakistan
,
gives a speech
to the
Constituent Assembly
, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
1949
–
United Nations Security Council Resolution 72
and
73
are adopted on Palestinian question.
1952
–
Hussein bin Talal
is proclaimed King of
Jordan
.
1959
–
Sheremetyevo International Airport
, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
1960
–
Chad
declares independence.
1961
– The former Portuguese territories in
India
of
Dadra
and
Nagar Haveli
are merged to create the
Union Territory
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
.
1962
–
Vostok 3
launches from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
and cosmonaut
Andrian Nikolayev
becomes the first person to float in
microgravity
.
1965
– Race riots (the
Watts Riots
) begin in the
Watts
area of
Los Angeles, California
.
1968
– The last steam hauled train runs on
British Rail
1972
–
Vietnam War
: The last United States ground combat unit leaves
South Vietnam
.
1975
–
East Timor
: Governor
Mário Lemos Pires
of
Portuguese Timor
abandons the capital
Dili
, following a coup by the
Timorese Democratic Union
(UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and
Fretilin
.
1979
– Two
Aeroflot
Tupolev Tu-134s
collide
over the
Ukrainian
city of
Dniprodzerzhynsk
and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
1982
– A bomb explodes on
Pan Am Flight 830
, en route from
Tokyo, Japan
to
Honolulu, Hawaii
, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
1984
– "
We begin bombing in five minutes
" –
United States President
Ronald Reagan
, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on
National Public Radio
.
1995
-
1995 Russell Hill subway accident
- The
1995 Russell Hill subway accident
was a deadly train crash that occurred in
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
Three people were killed and 30 were taken to hospital with injuries when one train rear-ended another train. The subway line was shut down for five days.
1999
– The
Salt Lake City Tornado
tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
2003
–
NATO
takes over command of the
peacekeeping force
in
Afghanistan
, marking its first major operation outside
Europe
in its 54-year-history.
2003 –
Jemaah Islamiyah
leader
Riduan Isamuddin
, better known as Hambali, is arrested in
Bangkok
,
Thailand
.
2006
– The
oil tanker
M/T
Solar 1
sinks off the coast of
Guimaras
and
Negros
Islands in the
Philippines
, causing the country's
worst oil spill
.
2012
– At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in
a pair of earthquakes
near
Tabriz
,
Iran
.
2015
– For the first time in
Major League Baseball
history, all 15 home teams won their game. Prior to this happening, the record was 12 which was reached over a century ago in 1914.
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