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Events
1513
– Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de León
first sights land in what is now
Florida
.
1755
–
Commodore
William James
captures the
Maratha
fortress of
Suvarnadurg
on west coast of India.
1792
– The
Coinage Act
is passed establishing the
United States Mint
.
1800
–
Ludwig van Beethoven
leads the premiere of his
First Symphony
in
Vienna
.
1801
–
Napoleonic Wars
:
Battle of Copenhagen
: The British capture the Danish fleet.
1851
–
Rama IV
is crowned
King
of
Thailand
.
1863
–
Richmond Bread Riot
: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in
Richmond, Virginia
, and demand that the
Confederate
government release emergency supplies.
1865
–
American Civil War
: At the
Third Battle of Petersburg
Virginia, the
Siege of Petersburg
is broken by
Union Army
troops capturing trenches and breaking
Confederate States Army
lines, forcing the Confederates under General
Robert E. Lee
to retreat in the
Appomattox Campaign
.
1865 – American Civil War:
Confederate President
Jefferson Davis
and most of his
Cabinet
flee the Confederate capital of
Richmond, Virginia
.
1885
–
Cree
warriors
attack
the village of
Frog Lake, North-West Territories
, Canada, killing nine.
1900
– The
United States Congress
passes the
Foraker Act
, giving
Puerto Rico
limited
self-rule
.
1902
–
Dmitry Sipyagin
,
Minister of Interior
of the
Russian Empire
, is assassinated in the
Marie Palace
,
St Petersburg
.
1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time
movie theater
in the United States, opens in
Los Angeles
.
1911
– The
Australian Bureau of Statistics
conducts the country's first
national census
.
1912
– The ill-fated begins sea trials.
1917
–
World War I
: United States President
Woodrow Wilson
asks the
U.S. Congress
for a
declaration of war
on
Germany
.
1921
– The
Autonomous Government of Khorasan
, a military government encompassing the modern state of
Iran
, is established.
1930
– After the mysterious death of Empress
Zewditu
,
Haile Selassie
is proclaimed emperor of
Ethiopia
.
1945
–
Diplomatic relations
between the
Soviet Union
and
Brazil
are established.
1956
–
As the World Turns
and
The Edge of Night
premiere on
CBS-TV
. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1962
– The first official
panda crossing
is opened outside
London Waterloo station
.
1972
– Actor
Charlie Chaplin
returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a
communist
during the
Red Scare
in the early 1950s.
1973
– Launch of the
LexisNexis
computerized legal research service.
1973 – The
Liberal Movement
breaks away from the
Liberal and Country League
in
South Australia
.
1975
–
Vietnam War
: Thousands of civilian
refugees
flee from
Quảng Ngãi Province
in front of advancing
North Vietnamese
troops.
1975 – Construction of the
CN Tower
is completed in Toronto, Canada. It reaches in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
1980
– United States President
Jimmy Carter
signs the
Crude Oil
Windfall Profits Tax
Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1982
–
Falklands War
:
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands
.
1986
–
Alabama
governor
George Wallace
, a former
segregationist
most widely known for the "
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
1989
–
Soviet
leader
Mikhail Gorbachev
arrives in
Havana
,
Cuba
, to meet with
Fidel Castro
in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1991
–
Rita Johnston
becomes the first female
Premier
of a
Canadian province
when she succeeds
William Vander Zalm
(who had resigned) as
Premier of British Columbia
.
1992
– In New York,
Mafia
boss
John Gotti
is convicted of murder and
racketeering
and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1992 – 42 civilians
were massacred
in the town of
Bijeljina
.
1994
– The
National Convention of New Sudan
of the
SPLA/M
opens in
Chukudum
.
2002
–
Israeli
forces surround the
Church of the Nativity
in
Bethlehem
into which armed
Palestinians
had retreated; a siege ensues.
2004
–
Islamist
terrorists
involved in the
11 March 2004 Madrid attacks
attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train
AVE
near
Madrid
; the attack is thwarted.
2006
– Over 60
tornadoes
break out
in the United States;
Tennessee
is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
2012
– A
mass shooting
at
Oikos University
at
Oakland, California
, leaves seven people dead and three injured.
2014
– A
spree shooting
occurs at the
Fort Hood
Army Base near the town of
Killeen, Texas
, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.
2015
– Gunmen
attack
Garissa University College
in
Kenya
, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
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