- 28 Roman General Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome, awarded for fighting in Gaul
- 746 Dedication of the Mat House / public meeting house at the Maya City of Copán under ruler Smoke Monkey
1381 Peasants' Revolt: English rebels arrive at Blackheath outside London, 14-year-old King Richard II retreats to the safety of the Tower of London
- 1418 An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians
Alfonso V Occupies Naples
1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon captures Naples and secures Aragonese control of the Kingdom of Naples, strengthening his power in the western Mediterranean
- 1458 Magdalen College, Oxford founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester
- 1523 Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
- 1534 Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples
- 1552 Land guardians of Netherlands attack Verdun
Forty-Two Articles
1553 English King Edward VI accepts Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's "Forty-two Articles" on church reformation
Battle of Okehazama
1560 Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto in Owari Province, Japan
Fiumi Fountain
1651 The newly completed Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is unveiled in Rome
- 1653 - 13] First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard/ Battle at North Foreland, English fleet beats the Dutch
- 1665 England installs a municipal government in New York City
- 1665 New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and is renamed New York after the English Duke of York
- 1667 Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway destroying British naval ships and capturing the flagship HMS Royal Charles
- 1672 French army under General Turenne crosses the Rhine at Lobith during the Dutch War
James Resigns as Lord Admiral
1673 James II, then Duke of York, resigns as Lord High Admiral of England amid growing political and religious tensions tied to his Catholic faith
Rye House Plot
1683 The Rye House Plot, a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother James, is uncovered by authorities before it is carried out
- 1691 Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
Princess Sophia Named Heir
1701 Act of Settlement gives English and Scottish crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover (as granddaughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England). Her son George I inherits in 1714.
- 1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty
- 1770 Patent for the 'Spinning Jenny', the first multiple spinning machine that revolutionizes cotton spinning, is granted to English weaver James Hargreaves [1]
- 1772 Marion du Fresne is killed at Tacoury's Cove, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, by local Māori
- 1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
- 1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
- 1787 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention (held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) agree to requirement providing a senator must be at least 30 years old [1]
- 1792 British explorer Captain George Vancouver lands on the site of what is now Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang, Sumatra
- 1830 Beginning of French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers at Sidi Ferruch
- 1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts
- 1838 Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital
- 1840 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
- 1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
- 1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky)
- 1851 Abass I of Egypt signs a contract with Robert Louis Stevenson to build a railway in Egypt, first stage opens 1854 between Alexandria and Kafer Eassa - first railway in Africa [1]
- 1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered, first major silver discovery in the US
- 1860 The State Bank of the Russian Empire is established
- 1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federal "invasion" from taking over his state after US Army forces led by Nathaniel Lyon arrest pro-Confederate state militia at Fort Jackson
- 1864 Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, ends with a Confederate tactical victory and a Union successful retreat in Louisa County, Virginia
Battle of Fort Stevens
1864 Confederate forces under Jubal Early attack Fort Stevens, just four miles from the White House, as Abraham Lincoln observes the battle
- 1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road, Georgia, about 57 die in battle
Lord Raleigh Elected to Royal Society
1873 Physicist and mathematician John William Strutt [Lord Raleigh] elected fellow of the Royal Society
- 1880 Worcester Ruby Legs pitcher Lee Richmond throws the first perfect game in MLB history in a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Blues at the Agricultural County Fair Grounds in Worcester
- 1881 The USS Jeannette, under the command of George Washington De Long, is crushed by Arctic ice after 21 months of ice-bound drifting
- 1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
- 1889 88 people are killed in the Armagh rail disaster, Ireland
- 1892 Netherlands Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
- 1896 England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearne sets record for earliest date taking 100 first-class wickets in a season when he captures 9-73 for the MCC in an innings & 18 run drubbing of Australia at Lord's
- 1897 Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties).
Filipino Proclamation of Independence
1898 Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain
- 1899 New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200
- 1900 In Germany, the Reichstag pass the second Navy Bill, which calls for doubling the German Navy within 20 years
- 1901 In Cuba, the constitutional convention - knowing that the USA will not withdraw its troops until does so - adopts the Platt Amendment as part of its constitution
- 1902 Australian parliament agrees to Commonwealth Franchise Act, granting female suffrage
- 1902 Horn & Hardart open the first automat, where food and drink are served through vending machines, in the US at 818 Chestnut St in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
- 1903 The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
- 1907 MLB New York Yankees commit 11 errors in 14-6 loss to Detroit Tigers
- 1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
- 1909 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1
- 1910 Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
- 1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
- 1917 US Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family
- 1918 1st aerial bombing raid by an American unit, France
- 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
- 1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
- 1922 Browns pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth 3 consecutive times as St. Louis beats New York Yankees, 7 - 1 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Ebert’s Tense Munich Visit
1922 German Reich President Friedrich Ebert visits Munich amid ongoing political tensions in Bavaria to strengthen the Weimar Republic's authority and stability
- 1922 St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
Houdini's Straight Jacket Escape
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
- 1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations
- 1928 New York Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig collects 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 home runs in a 15-7 win over Chicago White Sox
Schmeling vs Sharkey
1930 German boxer Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey by disqualification in 4 rounds in NYC for vacant NBA, NYSAC, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles; first time title won on a foul
Al Capone Indicted
1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition violations and perjury
- 1933 Financial and Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
Boeing Empire Split
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes the break-up of William Boeing's empire into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Airlines
Huey Long's 15½ Hour Speech
1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana speaks continually for 15½ hours in then Senate's longest speech (150,000 words)
- 1935 Weapons pact between Bolivia and Paraguay ends the three-year-old Chaco War
- 1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 1936 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Topeka CC: Opal Hill scores a 3 & 2 win over Mrs. Charkes Dennehy to claim her second consecutive major title
The Great Purge
1937 After a one-day show trial, eight Soviet generals are sentenced to death and executed by the NKVD
- 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
- 1939 Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' "Dr. Cyclops," the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor
1942 Dutch schoolgirl Anne Frank receives her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam
- 1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1944 British 12th airborne battalion and the 13th & 18th Hussars attack and capture Bréville
- 1944 Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully
- 1944 US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
- 1945 WWII: US 7th Marine regiment conquers summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
- 1947 British Amateur Women's Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England's Jacqueline Gordon 5 & 4
Ghana's Convention People's Party
1949 Kwame Nkrumah announces the formation of Ghana's Convention People's Party (CPP), the word "convention" chosen "to carry the masses with us"
- 1950 Following his retirement announcement after 49 years as Philadelphia Athletics manager, Connie Mack is named Honorary Manager of the MLB All-Star Game
- 1950 The first of two Air France DC-4 aircraft flying the same route from Saigon to Paris crashes near Bahrain, killing 46 passengers and crew, while 6 survive; a second DC-4 on the same route crashes two days later a few miles away under similar circumstances
- 1952 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
- 1954 Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0
- 1955 Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network
- 1955 TV comedy "Mister Peepers" starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
- 1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
- 1958 "Make Me Laugh" TV Game Show last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
- 1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
- 1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
- 1962 Laos Prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government
- 1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
- 1963 American civil rights activist Bernard LaFayette is attacked by white supremacists outside of his home in Selma, Alabama
- 1965 Morio Shigematsu of Japan runs world record marathon (2:12:00) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England
- 1965 Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours List names The Beatles as MBEs (Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire); dozens of past winners return medals in protest
1st TV Appearance for Sonny & Cher
1965 Sonny & Cher make their first TV appearance on "American Bandstand"
- 1965 South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
- 1965 The Big Bang theory of the creation of the universe is supported by the announcement of the discovery of new celestial bodies known as blue galaxies
- 1966 Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
You Only Live Twice
1967 "You Only Live Twice", 5th James Bond film starring Sean Connery, screenplay by Roald Dahl, premieres in London
- 1967 In the case of Loving v. Virginia, United States Supreme Court unanimously strikes down laws against interracial marriages
- 1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
- 1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
- 1967 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5 in 22 innings at D.C. Stadium
Rosemary's Baby
1968 US premiere of horror film "Rosemary's Baby," based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel of the same name
- 1970 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis no-hits the Padres, 2-0 at San Diego Stadium; he later claimed to be under the influence of LSD at the time [1]
Debut of Janis Joplin
1970 Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
Sometime in NYC
1972 Apple Records releases John Lennon and Yoko Ono's political album "Sometime in NYC" in US; includes studio recordings of songs "Woman is the Nigger of the World", "Attica State" and "Luck of the Irish"; and some live tracks from 1971 concert with Frank Zappa
- 1973 Coleraine bombings: six Protestant civilians were killed and 33 wounded by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb in Coleraine, County Londonderry
- 1973 MLB New York Yankees trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
- 1973 New Zealand all-rounder Bevan Congdon scores 176 as Kiwis chase 479 in 1st Test v England at Nottingham; tourists just miss out, dismissed for 440
- 1975 Hank Aaron smacks his first home run in Milwaukee since 1965 as his new team, the Brewers beat Oakland A's, 9-7
- 1975 Oakland A's outfielder Billy Williams hits his 400th career HR
- 1976 "Yes, Yes, Yes" single by Bill Cosby hits #46
JFK Presidential Library
1977 Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts; architect I. M. Pei's design would take over 2 years to build
- 1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
- 1978 US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
- 1979 Bryan Allen flies a human-powered aircraft, the Gossamer Albatross over English Channel, taking 2 hrs, 49 min [1]
- 1979 Detroit Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson who stays until 1995; includes World Series title 1984 and AL Manager of the Year Award 1984 and 1987
- 1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185 ft-1 inch; record broken in 1992
- 1979 Sandinista occupies parts of Managua
Reagan Agrees to Medical Tests
1980 Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests
- 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
- 1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election
- 1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park, NYC
- 1982 Battle of Mount Longdon in the Falkland Islands ends in a British victory
- 1983 Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
State of Emergency in South Africa
1986 South African President P. W. Botha declares a nationwide state of emergency, granting security forces sweeping powers to detain people without trial, censor the media, and suppress anti-apartheid protests
- 1987 US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall
- 1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
- 1988 Republic of Ireland beats England 1-0 at Euro '88 thanks to a headed goal by Ray Houghton in Ireland's first match at a major football tournament
1988 Soviet Union holds its first beauty content in Moscow, 16-year-old Maria Kalinina is crowned the winner
- 1989 "Doctor Doctor", TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
- 1989 Canadian Olympian Ben Johnson admits using steroids
- 1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite the Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
Mariah Carey's Debut Album
1990 Mariah Carey's self-titled debut album is released
- 1990 MLB Oakland A's outfielder Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
- 1990 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
- 1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
- 1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
Yeltsin Wins Election
1991 Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first presidential election with 57% of the vote
- 1993 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
- 1993 Polish composer Henryk Górecki's "Kleines Requiem für eine Polka" premieres in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 1994 48th Tony Awards: "Angels in America: Perestroika" (play) & "Passion: (musical) win
- 1994 Cab Calloway suffers a massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY
- 1994 Moshood Abiola declares himself lawful President of Nigeria
Papal Visit to Spain
1994 Pope John Paul II visits Spain and urges a renewed public commitment to the Catholic faith
- 1996 3 Philadelphia Fed Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet
Hasina Rises to Power
1996 Bangladesh Awami League wins 146 of 300 seats in general election, bringing Sheikh Hasina to power for her first term as Prime Minister with the support of the Jatiya Party
- 1996 Cincinnati Reds CEO Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations due to numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
- 1997 1st ever baseball regular season inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
1997 Shakespeare's Globe theatre opens in London, England, replica of original Globe theatre (1599-1642) with performance of Henry V, after campaign by Sam Wanamaker
- 1999 Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins - a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force KFor enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 2000 Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
- 2004 A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house in Ellerslie, New Zealand causing serious damage but no injuries
Viva la Vida or Death
2008 Coldplay release their fourth studio album "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends," which wins three Grammy Awards
- 2008 Ireland rejects the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, thus putting into question the reform programme of the European Union.
Calder Memorial Trophy
2008 Patrick Kane receives the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year
- 2009 Protests in Iran follow the presidential election
- 2009 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Pittsburgh Penguins edge Detroit Red Wings, 2-1 for a 4-3 series win; Penguins 3rd Championship
- 2009 US television broadcasts switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission
Toy Story 3
2010 "Toy Story 3," directed by Lee Unkrich and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, premieres at the Taormina Film Fest in Italy - first animated film to earn $1 billion
- 2011 65th Tony Awards: "The Book of Mormon" (musical) & "War Horse" (play) win
- 2012 An Australian coroner's report rules that a dingo was responsible for the death of a baby in 1980
- 2012 The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created
- 2012 World Health Organization concludes that diesel exhaust causes cancer
- 2013 Russia passes a law banning gay propaganda
- 2014 Israeli leadership blames Hamas after 3 Israeli teenagers are kidnapped in the West Bank
- 2015 Al-Qaeda's 2nd-in-command Nasser al-Wuhayshi (Osama Bin Laden's former private secretary) is killed in a US air strike in Yemen
- 2015 Zimbabwe discards its own currency, offering an exchange of $1 for 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars
Tony Awards
2016 70th Tony Awards: "Hamilton" (musical) wins 11 awards after record 16 nominations, Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Frank Langella, Jessica Lange win acting awards; "The Humans" (play) wins 4
Ronaldo's Earnings Record
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first soccer player to top Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes, earning $88 million
- 2016 Gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49, injuring 53 - worst mass shooting in the US
- 2016 Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title
Puff Daddy Highest Paid
2017 Forbes release Top 100 highest-paid entertainers list - Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs at No.1 with earnings of $130 million
- 2017 MLB Draft: JSerra Catholic HS, CA shortstop Royce Lewis first pick by Minnesota Twins
Navalny Sentenced
2017 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sentenced to 30 days administrative arrest for organizing rallies
- 2018 AT&T's $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner receives approval from a US district court judge
- 2018 Battle for key Yemen port of Hudaydah begins with assault by Saudi backed pro-government forces against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels
- 2018 French photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, at center of Nobel Prize Committee scandal, charged with rape in Sweden
2018 Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, the first time a North Korean leader and a sitting US president meet
- 2019 Earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in "Science Advances"
- 2019 Same-sex marriage approved by Ecuador's Constitutional Court in landmark ruling
- 2019 Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-3 series victory; first title in franchise history
- 2019 Violent protests in Hong Kong as tens of thousands of protesters block and try to storm government buildings to stop extradition law
- 2019 World’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, gets authorization to drop fossil fuel investments from Norway's government
- 2020 African American Rayshard Brooks shot dead in drive-through carpark in Atlanta leading to further protests at police violence and the resignation of city's police chief
- 2021 Danish star soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 game with Finland in Copenhagen; revived with a defibrillator; game controversially restarts with 1-0 Finland win
- 2022 75th Tony Awards: held live for 1st time since 2019 - Best New Musical “A Strange Loop”, Best New Play “The Lehman Trilogy” [1]
- 2023 At least 46 people, including 23 children, killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo at Lala displacement camp by militia group ‘Codeco’ [1]
- 2023 Boat carrying wedding guests overturns killing 106 with 144 rescued on the river Niger in Nigeria's north central Kwara State [1]
- 2023 MLB Philadelphia Phillies’ catcher J.T. Realmuto hits for the cycle, 1st player for team to do so since 2004, in 9-8 loss to Diamondbacks in Arizona
South Florida Floods
2024 Governor Ron DeSantis declares a state of emergency in southern Florida after torrential rains cause flash floods [1]
- 2025 "The Safekeeping" by Yael van Der Wouden wins the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction and "The Story of a Heart" by Rachel Clarkes wins the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction [1]
- 2025 Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger jet bound for London, crashes moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India; all but one of the 242 people aboard and dozens of others on the ground are killed
- 2025 The National Weather Service offices in Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska issue first-ever heat advisory, warning of temperatures up to 88°F (31.1°C) [1]
