1539: Emperor Charles V reaches a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany.
1689: Residents of Boston oust their governor, Edmond Andros.
1764: The English Parliament bans the American colonies from printing paper money.
1775: The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts.
1782: The Netherlands recognizes the United States.
1794: Tadeusz Kosciuszko forces the Russians out of Warsaw.
1802: The Spanish reopen New Orleans port to American merchants.
1824: English poet Lord Byron dies of malaria at age 36 while aiding Greek independence.
1861: The Baltimore riots result in four Union soldiers and nine civilians killed.
1861: President Lincoln orders a blockade of Confederate ports.
1880: The Times war correspondent telephones a report of the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the first time news is sent from a field of battle in this manner.
1927: In China, Hankow communists declare war on Chiang Kai-shek.
1934: Shirley Temple appears in her first movie.
1938: General Francisco Franco declares victory in the Spanish Civil War.
1939: Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights.
1943: The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule begins.
1960: Baseball uniforms begin displaying player’s names on their backs.
1971: Russia launches its first Salyut space station.
1977: Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots.
1982: NASA names Sally Ride to be the first woman astronaut.
1989: The battleship USS Iowa‘s number 2 turret explodes, killing sailors.
1993: The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Dividian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas.
1995: A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
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