628: In Persia, Kavadh sues for peace with the Byzantines.
1367: John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince win the Battle of Najara, in Spain.
1559: Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars between the Hapsburg and Valois dynasties.
1860: The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
1862: Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C.
1865: Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882: The American outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford.
1910: Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed.
1920: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
1936: Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed.
1942: The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
1944: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries.
1948: President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan, it will revive war-torn Europe.
1966: Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon.
1972: Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence.
1984: Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament.
No comments:
Post a Comment