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Events
69
–
Otho
seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself
Emperor of Rome
, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
1541
– King
Francis I of France
gives
Jean-François Roberval
a commission to settle the province of
New France
(Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
1559
–
Elizabeth I
is crowned
Queen of England
in
Westminster Abbey
, London, England.
1582
– Russia cedes
Livonia
and
Estonia
to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1759
– The
British Museum
opens.
1777
–
American Revolutionary War
:
New Connecticut
(present-day
Vermont
) declares its independence.
1782
– Superintendent of Finance
Robert Morris
goes before the
U.S. Congress
to recommend establishment of a national
mint
and decimal
coinage
.
1815
–
War of 1812
: American frigate , commanded by
Commodore
Stephen Decatur
, is
captured
by a squadron of four British frigates.
1822
–
Greek War of Independence
:
Demetrios Ypsilantis
is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1844
–
University of Notre Dame
receives its charter from the state of
Indiana
.
1865
–
American Civil War
:
Fort Fisher
in
North Carolina
falls to the Union
, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1870
– A
political cartoon
for the first time symbolizes the
Democratic Party
with a
donkey
("" by
Thomas Nast
for
Harper's Weekly
).
1876
– The first newspaper in
Afrikaans
,
Die Afrikaanse Patriot
, is published in
Paarl
.
1889
–
The Coca-Cola Company
, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is
incorporated
in
Atlanta
.
1892
–
James Naismith
publishes the rules of
basketball
.
1908
– The
Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority
becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by
African American
college women.
1910
– Construction ends on the
Buffalo Bill Dam
in
Wyoming
, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at .
1919
–
Rosa Luxemburg
and
Karl Liebknecht
, two of the most prominent
socialists
in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the
Freikorps
at the end of the
Spartacist uprising
.
1919 –
Great Molasses Flood
: A large
molasses
tank in
Boston, Massachusetts
, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
1933
– A 12-year-old girl experiences the first
Marian apparition
of
Our Lady of Banneux
in
Banneux
, Belgium.
1936
– The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
, is completed in
Toledo, Ohio
.
1937
–
Spanish Civil War
:
Nationalists
and
Republican
both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the
Second Battle of the Corunna Road
.
1943
–
World War II
: The
Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh
begins.
1943 – The world's largest office building,
The Pentagon
, is dedicated in
Arlington, Virginia
.
1947
– The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (The "
Black Dahlia
") is found in Los Angeles'
Leimert Park
.
1949
–
Chinese Civil War
: The
Communist
forces
take over
Tianjin
from the Nationalist Government.
1951
–
Ilse Koch
, "The Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the
Buchenwald concentration camp
, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
1962
– The
Derveni papyrus
, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962 –
Netherlands New Guinea
Conflict:
Indonesian Navy
fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore
Yos Sudarso
sunk in
Arafura Sea
by the
Dutch Navy
.
1966
– The
First Nigerian Republic
, led by
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
is overthrown in
a military coup d'état
.
1967
– The first
Super Bowl
is played in
Los Angeles
. The
Green Bay Packers
defeat the
Kansas City Chiefs
35–10.
1969
– The
Soviet Union
launches
Soyuz 5
.
1970
–
Nigerian Civil War
: After a 32-month fight for independence from
Nigeria
,
Biafra
surrenders.
1970 –
Muammar Gaddafi
is proclaimed premier of
Libya
.
1973
–
Vietnam War
: Citing progress in peace negotiations,
President
Richard Nixon
announces the suspension of offensive action in
North Vietnam
.
1974
–
Dennis Rader
, a.k.a. the BTK Killer, kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
1974 –
Malari incident
: Massive student demonstration welcomes the
Japanese Prime Minister
,
Kakuei Tanaka
, official visits to
Jakarta
,
Indonesia
.
1975
– The
Alvor Agreement
is signed, ending the
Angolan War of Independence
and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1976
–
Gerald Ford
's would-be assassin,
Sara Jane Moore
, is sentenced to life in prison.
1981
–
Pope John Paul II
receives a delegation from
Solidarity (Polish trade union)
at the
Vatican
led by
Lech Walesa
.
1991
– The
United Nations
deadline for the withdrawal of
Iraqi
forces from occupied
Kuwait
expires, preparing the way for the start of
Operation Desert Storm
.
1991 –
Elizabeth II
, in her capacity as
Queen of Australia
, signs
letters patent
allowing Australia to become the first
Commonwealth realm
to institute
its own Victoria Cross
in its honours system.
1992
– The international community recognizes the independence of
Slovenia
and
Croatia
from the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
.
1993
–
Salvatore Riina
, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in
Sicily, Italy
after three decades as a fugitive.
2001
–
Wikipedia
, a free
Wiki
content encyclopedia, goes online.
2005
–
ESA
's
SMART-1
lunar orbiter discovers elements such as
calcium
,
aluminum
,
silicon
,
iron
, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2007
–
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of
Saddam Hussein
, and
Awad Hamed al-Bandar
, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
2009
–
US Airways Flight 1549
makes an emergency landing in the
Hudson River
shortly after takeoff from
LaGuardia Airport
in
New York, New York
. All passengers and crew members survive.
2013
– A
train
carrying
Egyptian Army
recruits derails near
Giza
,
Greater Cairo
, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
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