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| - | *[[1014]] - [[Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars]]: [[Battle of Kleidion]]: [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Basil II]] inflicts a decisive defeat on the [[Bulgaria]]n army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes [[Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria]] to die of shock. | ||
| - | *[[1030]] - [[Ladejarl]]-[[Fairhair]] succession wars: [[Battle of Stiklestad]] - [[Olaf II of Norway|King Olaf II]] fights and dies trying to regain his [[List of Norwegian monarchs|Norwegian throne]] from the [[Danish people|Danes]]. | ||
| - | *[[1565]] - [[Mary Queen of Scots]], widowed, marries [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]], [[Duke of Albany]] at [[Holyrood Palace]] in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. | ||
| - | *[[1567]] - [[James I of England|James VI]] is crowned [[Monarch|King]] of [[Scotland]] at [[Stirling]]. | ||
| - | *[[1588]] - [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: [[Spanish Armada#Battle of Gravelines|Battle of Gravelines]] - [[England|English]] [[Royal Navy|naval]] forces under command of [[Lord]] [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham|Charles Howard]] and [[Sir]] [[Francis Drake]] defeats the [[Spanish Armada]] off the coast of [[Gravelines]], [[France]]. | ||
| - | *[[1693]] - [[War of the Grand Alliance]]: [[Battle of Landen]] - [[France]] wins a [[Pyrrhic victory]] over Allied forces in the [[Netherlands]]. | ||
| - | *[[1793]] - [[John Graves Simcoe]] decides to build a fort and settlement at [[Toronto]], having sailed into the bay there. | ||
| - | *[[1830]] - Abdication of [[Charles X of France]]. | ||
| - | *[[1836]] - Inauguration of the [[Arc de Triomphe]] in [[Paris]]. | ||
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Cumberland School of Law]] founded in [[Lebanon, Tennessee|Lebanon]], [[Tennessee]], [[USA]]. At the end of [[1847]] only 15 law schools exist in the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Irish Potato Famine]]: [[Tipperary Revolt]] - In [[Tipperary]], an unsuccessful [[nationalist]] revolt against [[United Kingdom|British]] rule is put down by [[police]]. | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - [[Annibale de Gasparis]] discovers [[asteroid]] [[15 Eunomia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1858]] - [[United States]] and [[Japan]] sign the [[Harris Treaty]]. | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] spy [[Belle Boyd]] is arrested by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops and detained at the [[Old Capitol Prison]] in [[Washington, DC]]. | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - The [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)|First Hague Convention]] is signed. | ||
| - | *[[1900]] - In [[Italy]], King [[Umberto I of Italy]] is assassinated by [[Italy|Italian]]-born [[anarchist]] [[Gaetano Bresci]]. | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Sir]] [[Robert Baden-Powell]] sets up the [[Brownsea Island Scout camp]] in [[Poole Harbour]] on the south coast of [[England]]. The camp ran from [[August 1]]-9, [[1907]], and is regarded as the founding of the [[Scouting]] movement. | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - Construction of the [[Link River Dam]] begins as part of the [[Klamath Reclamation Project]]. | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] becomes leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]]. | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Great Depression]]: In [[Washington, DC]], [[U.S.]] troops disperse the last of the "[[Bonus Army]]" of [[World War I]] veterans. | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - The [[BBC Light Programme]] [[radio station]] was launched for [[mainstream]] light entertainment and [[music]]. | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - After being shut off on [[November 9]], [[1946]] for a memory upgrade, [[ENIAC]], the world's first all-electronic digital [[computer]], is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until [[October 2]], [[1955]]. | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Olympic Games]]: [[1948 Summer Olympics|The Games of the XIV Olympiad]] - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by [[World War II]], the first [[Summer Olympics]] to be held since the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]] opened in [[London]]. | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] is established. | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] formally creates the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] ([[NASA]]). | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - First [[congressional]] [[elections]] in [[Hawaii]] as a [[state]] of the [[United States|Union]]. | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first 4,000 [[101st Airborne Division]] paratroopers arrive in [[Vietnam]], landing at [[Cam Ranh Bay]]. | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Musician]] [[Bob Dylan]] crashes his [[Triumph Motorcycles|Triumph]] motorcycle in upstate [[New York]]. He goes into seclusion for over a year before reemerging and reinventing himself artistically. | ||
| - | * 1966 - American magazine ''[[Datebook]]'' releases issue with the [[Beatles]] article from the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' four months ago which includes [[John Lennon]]'s "bigger than [[Jesus]]" statement, setting off a furor resulting the trashing and burning of Beatles records and merchandise and the banning of Beatles songs on radio | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Off the coast of [[North Vietnam]] the [[USS Forrestal|USS ''Forrestal'']] catches on fire in the worst [[United States|U.S.]] naval disaster since [[World War II]], killing 134. | ||
| - | * 1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] was shaken by an [[earthquake]], leaving approximately 500 dead. | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - In [[New York City]], the "[[Son of Sam]]" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Spencer]] marries [[Charles, Prince of Wales]]. | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] [[PM]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[France|French]] [[president]] [[François Mitterrand]] sign the agreement to build the [[tunnel]] under the [[English Channel]] ([[Eurotunnel]]). | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[India|Indian]] [[PM]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and [[Sri Lanka]]n [[President]] [[J. R. Jayawardene]] sign the [[Indo-Lankan Pact]] on ethnic issue. | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - The [[Israeli Supreme Court]] acquits accused [[Nazism|Nazi]] death camp guard [[John Demjanjuk]] of all charges and he is set free. | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - The controversial child protection portion of the [[Communications Decency Act]] ([[1996]]) is struck down as too broad by a [[U.S. federal court]]. | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Astronomer]]s announce their discovery of [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]], a possible [[tenth planet]]. | ||
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Births
- 1849 - Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1885 - Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1924 - Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
- 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
- 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
- 1955 - Dave Stevens, American illustrator
Deaths
- 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
Notes
- Luis Buñuel
- Jean Baudrillard
- Benito Mussolini
- Henry Spencer Ashbee
- Chris Marker
- Vincent van Gogh
- Black Dahlia
- Herbert Marcuse
- Julien Gracq
- Theda Bara
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