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Events
747 BC
–
Epoch
(origin) of
Ptolemy
's
Nabonassar
Era.
364
–
Valentinian I
is proclaimed
Roman Emperor
.
1233
–
Mongol–Jin War
: The
Mongols
capture Kaifeng
, the capital of the
Jin dynasty
, after besieging it for months.
1266
–
Battle of Benevento
: An army led by
Charles, Count of Anjou
, defeats a combined German and
Sicilian
force led by
Manfred, King of Sicily
. Manfred is killed in the battle and
Pope Clement IV
invests Charles as king of
Sicily
and
Naples
.
1616
– Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending
the view that the earth orbits the sun
.
1794
– The first
Christiansborg Palace
in Copenhagen burns down.
1815
–
Napoleon Bonaparte
escapes from
Elba
.
1876
–
Japan
and
Korea
sign a
treaty
granting Japanese citizens
extraterritoriality
rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a
tributary state
of
Qing dynasty
China.
1909
–
Kinemacolor
, the first successful color
motion picture
process, is first shown to the general public at the
Palace Theatre
in London.
1914
– , sister to the , is launched at
Harland and Wolff
shipyard in
Belfast
.
1916
–
Tokelau
annexed by the
United Kingdom
.
1917
– The
Original Dixieland Jass Band
records the first
jazz
record, for the
Victor Talking Machine Company
in New York.
1919
– President
Woodrow Wilson
signs an act of the
U.S. Congress
establishing most of the
Grand Canyon
as a
United States National Park
- the
Grand Canyon National Park
.
1929
– President
Calvin Coolidge
signs an
Executive Order
establishing the 96,000 acre
Grand Teton National Park
in
Wyoming
.
1935
–
Adolf Hitler
orders the
Luftwaffe
to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles
.
1935 –
Robert Watson-Watt
carries out a demonstration near
Daventry
which leads directly to the development of
radar
in the United Kingdom.
1936
– In the
February 26 Incident
, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a
coup
against the
government
.
1946
– Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of
ghost rockets
.
1952
–
Vincent Massey
is sworn in as the first Canadian-born
Governor General of Canada
.
1960
– A New York-bound
Alitalia
airliner crashes into a cemetery in
Shannon, Ireland
, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
1966
–
Apollo program
: Launch of
AS-201
, the first flight of the
Saturn IB
rocket
1966 –
Vietnam War
: The
ROK Capital Division
of the
South Korean Army
massacres
380 unarmed civilians in
South Vietnam
.
1971
–
U.N. Secretary General
U Thant
signs
United Nations
proclamation of the vernal equinox as
Earth Day
.
1972
– The
Buffalo Creek Flood
caused by a burst dam kills 125 in
West Virginia
.
1980
– Egypt and Israel establish full
diplomatic relations
.
1987
–
Iran–Contra affair
: The
Tower Commission
rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
1991
– Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of
Al Busayyah
.
1992
–
Nagorno-Karabakh War
:
Khojaly Massacre
: Armenian armed forces
open fire on
Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
1993
–
World Trade Center bombing
: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the
North Tower
of the
World Trade Center
explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand.
1995
– The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute,
Barings Bank
, collapses after securities broker
Nick Leeson
loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the
Singapore International Monetary Exchange
using
futures contracts
.
2008
– The
New York Philharmonic
performs
in
Pyongyang, North Korea
. The first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
2012
– A
train derails
in
Burlington, Ontario
, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
2013
– A
hot air balloon
crashes
near
Luxor
,
Egypt
, killing 19 people.
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