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(some sources state 1329) 1478 George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. 1503 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII) 1536 France & Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel 1546 Martin Luther, who started the Lutheran religion, dies in Germany. 1563 Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise 1564 Michelangelo dies in Rome. 1574 Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels 1634 Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution 1678 John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published 1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. 1688 First vote against slavery is recorded in the U.S. in Germantown, PA. 1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland 1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor 1797 Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby. 1814 Battle of Montereau occurs. 1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, near Gibraltar 1841 A continuous filibuster in US Senate begins, lasting until March 11 1841 The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11. 1849 First regular steamboat service to San Francisco CA starts: gold rush prospectors from east coast 1850 California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties 1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. 1857 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo 1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL 1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. 1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy 1861 With the Italian unification almost complete, King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy. 1864 The Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the U.S. 1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie SC occupied by Federals 1865 Evacuation of Charleston SC; Sherman's troops burn the city 1865 Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia. 1865 Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson NC 1876 Direct telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand 1878 The Lincoln County War begins in Lincoln County, New Mexico. 1879 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha 1884 General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum 1884 Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" 1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published 1885 Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time. 1891 Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan 1896 Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 years 1899 80º F, San Francisco CA 1899 San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports 1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured 1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner 1901 Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons. 1902 Charles F. Tiffany, founder of the jewelry company that bears his name, dies. 1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws 1908 US postage stamps in coils issued 1911 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away. 1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York NY 1913 Raymond Poincar becomes President of France. 1915 Germany begins a blockade of England 1923 Belgium Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages 1924 US, Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal 1927 US & Canada begin diplomatic relations 1929 First Academy Awards are announced. 1930 Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft. 1930 Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered. 1930 While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. 1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent 1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title 1932 The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China. 1939 The Golden Gate International Exposition opens in San Francisco. 1942 Japanese troop land on Bali 1943 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean General/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1943 First edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw" 1943 Joseph Goebbels delivers the Sportpalast speech. 1943 Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis 1943 The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement. 1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested 1945 Visitor posting - Bill Flournoy born - USA 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA 1948 Eamon de Valera resigns as Taoiseach of Ireland. 1951 Nepál becomes a constitutional monarchy 1952 4th Emmy Awards Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca win 1953 Premiere of first 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York NY) 1953 The first 3D film, Bwana Devil, opens. 1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California. 1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance 1957 Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government. 1960 U.S. Vice President Nixon opens the Eighth Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, CA. 1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater 1962 France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 1964 Papandreou government takes power in Greece 1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia 1965 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You 1965 The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 Visitor posting - Dennis Michael Dickens was born 1968 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd 1968 UK hist British Standard Time introduced – Summer Time became permanent [which I remember thinking was a great idea!], but arguments prevailed and we reverted to GMT in October 1971 :–( 1969 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 disaster kills all on board. 1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland 1970 The Chicago Seven are found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention. 1970 US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine" 1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1972 John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show 1972 Visitor posting - i was carried into town hall in tasmania by harlem globetrotters - Australia sassy.babe@live.com.au 1972 The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628 invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison. 1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7 meter across captured in Hood Canal, Washington 1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km) 1975 2nd American Music Award 1975 Visitor posting - Jim Yeske began historical research 1975 Italy broadens abortion law 1977 The first space shuttle, Enterprise, makes its maiden flight (carried atop a Boeing 747), over the Mojave Desert. 1978 Number one hit on UK music charts - Abba - Take A Chance On Me 1978 The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI 1979 -52º F (-47º C), Old Forge NY (state record) 1979 Miniseries "Roots The Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV 1979 President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1979 Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first and only recorded time in history. 1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave the Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!) 1982 Late Pope John Paul ll visited Nigeria. 1983 Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle, Washington, said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in American history. 1984 Revised concordat between Italy & the Vatican signed 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 1991 The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London. 1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31) 1995 Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed 1996 Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya 1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways. 1999 Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic is warned by the U.S. to make peace with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, or face military intervention. 2000 Stjepan Mesi becomes the second president of Croatia. 2001 Dale Earnhardt is killed in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500, which was won by Michael Waltrip, driving in a car that Earnhardt owned. His son, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. 2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 2003 Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO. 2003 Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea 2004 Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes. 2005 The United Kingdom law banning fox hunting, hare coursing and other sports which kill wild mammals is enforced from this date. 2006 Visitor posting - Osmar and Saul were born 2010 Joseph Stack flies his plane into the side of an Austin Texas Internal Revenue Service building. He was killed. - USA 2010 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Texas -Eric Frias, 24, of Fort Worth led police on a chase in a car with a dead woman inside, died after he was shot while pointing a pistol at officers. Police found the body of Martha Martinez, 22. of Fort Worth in the car. - USA 3102 BC - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga- Lord Krishna is believed by Hare Krishnas and Hindus to have left the planet on this day. More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at: info @ datesinhistory.com (remove the spaces) "This site contains links to other Internet sites. These links are not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information in such site has been endorsed or approved by this site. We are not responsible for the content of external sites. We do not vouch for accuracy of the dates listed on this site." Privacy Policy . What happened on my birthday? Search other websites with Google If you added a Personal Historic listing - Find it on Google Get a HOUSE for $23,000 ?? 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