1644: The Ming Chongzhen emperor commits suicide by hanging himself.
1707: At the Battle of Almansa, Franco-Spanish forces defeat the Anglo-Portugese forces.
1719: Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe is published in London.
1792: The guillotine is first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.
1859: Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt.
1862: Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, Louisiana.
1864: After facing defeat in the Red River Campaign, Union General Nathaniel Bank returns to Alexandria, Louisiana.
1867: Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.
1882: French commander Henri Riviere seizes the citadel of Hanoi in Indochina.
1898: The United States declares war on Spain.
1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey.
1925: General Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president of Germany.
1926: In Iran, Reza Kahn is crowned Shah and chooses the name "Pehlevi."
1926:Puccini’s opera Turandot premiers at La Scala in Milan with Arturo Toscanini conducting.
1938: A seeing eye dog is used for the first time.
1945: U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River.
1951: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea.
1953: The magazine Nature publishes an article by biologists Francis Crick and James Watson, describing the "double helix" of DNA.
1956: Elvis Presley’s "Heartbreak Hotel" goes to number one on the charts.
1959: The St. Lawrence Seaway–linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes–opens to shipping.
1960: The first submerged circumnavigation of the Earth is completed by a Triton submarine.
1962: A U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon.
1971: The country of Bangladesh is established.
1980: President Jimmy Carter tells the American people about the hostage rescue disaster in Iran.
1982: In accordance with the Camp David agreements, Israel completes a withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula.
1990: Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a six year term as Nicaragua’s president.
No comments:
Post a Comment