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Events
1066
–
Harold Godwinson
(or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
1205
–
Philip of Swabia
becomes
King of the Romans
.
1322
–
Stephen Uroš III
is crowned
King of Serbia
.
1355
–
Charles I of Bohemia
is crowned with the
Iron Crown of Lombardy
as
King of Italy
in
Milan
.
1449
–
Constantine XI
is crowned
Byzantine Emperor
at
Mystras
.
1492
– The Catholic Monarchs
Ferdinand and Isabella
enter
Granada
, completing the
Reconquista
.
1540
– King
Henry VIII of England
marries
Anne of Cleves
.
1579
– The
Union of Arras
is signed.
1661
–
English Restoration
: The
Fifth Monarchists
unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of
London, England
.
1690
–
Joseph
, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1721
– The Committee of Inquiry on the
South Sea Bubble
publishes its findings.
1781
– In the
Battle of Jersey
, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1809
– Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the
Invasion of Cayenne
during the
Napoleonic Wars
.
1838
–
Alfred Vail
demonstrates a
telegraph
system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of
Morse code
).
1839
– The
most damaging storm in 300 years
sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in
Dublin
.
1853
–
President-elect of the United States
Franklin Pierce
and
his family
are involved in a
train wreck
near
Andover, Massachusetts
. Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
1870
– The inauguration of the
Musikverein
in
Vienna, Austria
.
1893
– The
Washington National Cathedral
is chartered by
Congress
. The charter is signed by
President
Benjamin Harrison
.
1900
–
Second Boer War
: Having already
sieged
the fortress at
Ladysmith
,
Boer
forces attack it, but are driven back by
British
defenders.
1907
–
Maria Montessori
opens her first school and daycare center for
working class
children in
Rome, Italy
.
1912
–
New Mexico
is admitted to the Union as the 47th
U.S. state
.
1912 – German
geophysicist
Alfred Wegener
first presents his theory of
continental drift
.
1921
– Formation of the
Iraqi Army
.
1929
– King
Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
suspends
his country
's constitution (the
January 6th Dictatorship
).
1929 –
Mother Teresa
arrives in
Calcutta, India
, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930
– The first
diesel
-engined
automobile
trip is completed, from
Indianapolis, Indiana
, to
New York, New York
.
1931
–
Thomas Edison
signs his last
patent
application.
1941
– United States President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
delivers his
Four Freedoms
speech in the
State of the Union address
.
1946
– The
first general election
ever in
Vietnam
is held.
1947
–
Pan American Airlines
becomes the first commercial airline to offer a
round-the-world ticket
.
1950
– The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The
Republic of China
severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951
–
Korean War
: An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the
Ganghwa massacre
.
1953
– The first
Asian Socialist Conference
opens in
Rangoon, Burma
.
1960
–
National Airlines Flight 2511
is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to
Miami
.
1960 – The
Associations Law
comes into force in
Iraq
, allowing registration of political parties.
1967
–
Vietnam War
:
United States Marine Corps
and
ARVN
troops launch "
Operation Deckhouse Five
" in the
Mekong
River delta.
1974
– In response to the
1973 oil crisis
,
daylight saving time
commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1978
– The
Crown of St. Stephen
(also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after
World War II
.
1992
–
President of Georgia
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
flees the country as a result of the military
coup
.
1993
– Indian
Border Security Force
units
kill 55 Kashmiri civilians
in
Sopore
,
Jammu and Kashmir
, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
1994
–
Nancy Kerrigan
is clubbed on the knee at the
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
in
Detroit
.
1995
– A chemical fire in an apartment complex in
Manila, Philippines
, leads to the discovery of plans for
Project Bojinka
, a mass-terrorist attack.
2000
– Celia, the last
Pyrenean ibex
was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
2005
–
American Civil Rights Movement
:
Edgar Ray Killen
is arrested as a suspect in the 1964
murders of three civil rights workers
.
2005 – A
train collision
in
Graniteville, South Carolina
, releases about 60 tons of
chlorine
gas.
2009
–
Israel
conducts an
assault
on the
Gaza Strip
2012
– Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber
blows himself up
at a police station in
Damascus
.
2016
–
North Korea
declares that
nuclear weapons testing
of
thermonuclear weapon
is complete.
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