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Events
8
–
Roman Empire
general
Tiberius
defeats the
Dalmatae
on the river
Bathinus
.
435
– Deposed
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Nestorius
, considered the originator of
Nestorianism
, is exiled by
Roman Emperor
Theodosius II
to a
monastery
in
Egypt
.
881
–
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu
:
Louis III of France
defeats the
Vikings
, an event celebrated in the poem
Ludwigslied
.
1031
–
Olaf II of Norway
is canonized as Saint Olaf by
Grimketel
, the English
Bishop of Selsey
.
1342
– The
Siege of Algeciras
commences during the Spanish
Reconquista
.
1492
–
Christopher Columbus
sets sail from
Palos de la Frontera
, Spain.
1527
– The first known letter from North America is sent by
John Rut
while at
St. John's, Newfoundland
.
1601
–
Long War
:
Austria
captures
Transylvania
in the
Battle of Goroszló
.
1645
–
Thirty Years' War
: The
Second Battle of Nördlingen
sees French forces defeating those of the
Holy Roman Empire
.
1678
–
Robert LaSalle
builds the
Le Griffon
, the first known ship built on the
Great Lakes
.
1778
– The theatre
La Scala
is inaugurated.
1795
–
Treaty of Greenville
is signed.
1811
– First ascent of
Jungfrau
, third highest summit in the
Bernese Alps
by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1852
–
Harvard University
wins the first
Boat Race
between
Yale University
and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1860
– The
Second Maori War
begins in New Zealand.
1900
– The
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
is founded.
1903
–
Macedonian rebels
in
Kruševo
proclaim the
Kruševo Republic
, which exists only for ten days before
Ottoman Turks
lay waste to the town.
1907
– Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
fines
Standard Oil of Indiana
a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1913
– A major labour dispute, known as the
Wheatland hop riot
, starts in
Wheatland, California
.
1914
–
World War I
: Germany declares war against France.
1921
–
Major League Baseball Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
confirms the ban of the eight
Chicago Black Sox
, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1929
–
Jiddu Krishnamurti
, tagged as the
messianic
"
World Teacher
", shocks the
Theosophy
movement by dissolving the
Order of the Star
, the organisation built to support him.
1936
–
Jesse Owens
wins the 100 meter dash, defeating
Ralph Metcalfe
, at the
Berlin Olympics
.
1936 – A fire wipes out
Kursha-2
in the
Meshchera Lowlands
,
Ryazan Oblast
,
Russia
, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1940
–
World War II
:
Italian
forces begin the
invasion of British Somaliland
.
1946
–
Santa Claus Land
, the world's first themed
amusement park
, opens in
Santa Claus, Indiana
, United States.
1948
–
Whittaker Chambers
accuses
Alger Hiss
of being a
communist
and a
spy
for the
Soviet Union
.
1958
– The
nuclear submarine
travels beneath the
Arctic
ice cap.
1959
– Portugal's state police force
PIDE
fires upon striking workers
in
Bissau
,
Portuguese Guinea
, killing over 50 people.
1960
–
Niger
gains independence from France.
1961
– The
New Democratic Party
of Canada is founded by the merger of the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
and the
Canadian Labour Congress
.
1972
– The
United States Senate
ratifies the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
.
1975
– A privately chartered
Boeing 707
strikes a mountain peak and crashes
near
Agadir
,
Morocco
, killing 188.
1977
– The United States Senate begins its hearing on
Project MKUltra
.
1977 –
Tandy Corporation
announces the
TRS-80
, one of the world's first mass-produced
personal computers
.
1981
–
Senegalese
opposition parties, under the leadership of
Mamadou Dia
, launch the
Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi
.
1997
–
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre
in
Algeria
; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
2001
– The
Real IRA
detonates a car bomb
in
Ealing
,
London, England
, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
2004
– The pedestal of the
Statue of Liberty
reopens after being closed since the
September 11 attacks
.
2005
–
President of Mauritania
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
is overthrown in a
military coup
while attending the funeral of
King Fahd
in
Saudi Arabia
.
2005 –
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
becomes
President of Iran
.
2007
– Former Deputy Director of the
Chilean secret police
Raúl Iturriaga
is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for
kidnapping
.
2010
–
Widespread rioting
erupts in
Karachi
,
Pakistan
, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion
Pakistani rupees
(
US$
200 million) in damage.
2014
– A 6.1 magnitude
earthquake
kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in
Yunnan
, China.
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