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2013 Event - Cairo, Egypt conducts a retrial of its former President Hosni Mubarak over his alleged role and complicity in the deaths of protestors during the 2011 Egyptian revolution

2013 Event - During the new swearing in ceremony of Enrico Letta, an Italian man shoots and wounds two policemen outside Palazzo Chigi

2013 Event - Malawi President Joyce Banda accuses singer Madonna of 'bullying state officials' after exaggerating the contributions of her charity and complaining about her treatment during a recent visit to the country

2013 Event - Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s

2013 Event - During a U.N. conference on disarmament, North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea

2013 Event - G20 finance ministers focus on the so-named "currency wars" during their meeting in Moscow, Russia

2013 Event - At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England

2013 Event - A power outage occurs during the Super Bowl XLVII at New Orleans' Superdome; the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers 34 - 31

2012 Event - Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum

2012 Event - The 52-foot iconic statue known as Big Tex, is destroyed by fire during the final days of the 2012 State Fair of Texas

2012 Event - Protestors in Iran clash with riot police during their demonstration against the collapse of the rial, the country's currency

2012 Event - Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final

2012 Event - In Egypt, protesters throw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State's motorcade during her first visit to the country since President Mohamed Mursi was elected

2012 Event - During the U.S. selection trials, U.S. track and field athlete Ashton Eaton sets the new world record for the decathlon

2012 Event - During the first three months of 2012, revised figures show that the U.K. economy shrunk by 0.3%

2012 Event - During the second day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdock reveals there was a 'cover-up' at 'News of the World' but that he had no knowledge of it

2012 Event - World leaders discuss nuclear security during a summit in Seoul, South Korea

2012 Event - Footballer Fabrice Muamba is critically ill and in a London hospital intensive care unit after undergoing cardiac arrest on live television during the 41st minute of the FA cup quarter final

2012 Event - In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival

2012 Event - As a cost-saving measure during bankcruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. reports they will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames

2012 Event - Apple, Inc. reports over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads were sold during the 2011 fourth quarter; the company generated over $127 billion in revenue

2011 Event - During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters

2011 Event - Japan's Government apologizes to Canada for the treatment of its POWs during World War II

2011 Event - In Sweden, divers find the wreckage of the Svardet, a warship sunk in 1676 during the Battle of Oland

2011 Event - The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War

2011 Event - The Government of Syria is under investigation by the U.N. Human Rights Council for alleged human rights violations during the 2011 Syrian uprising

2011 Event - In England, two men who created a Facebook site to incite violence during the riots are sentenced to four years imprisonment

2011 Event - Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship

2011 Event - UK Researchers report a study showing that the use of drugs during vitro fertilization may increase the risk of Down syndrome for their baby

2011 Event - The Tokyo Electric Power Company claims three Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors partially melted down during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

2011 Event - The U.S. intends to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian Uprising

2011 Event - Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence

2011 Event - In Tripoli, the compound of leader Muammar Gaddafi is targeted with more bombing raids during the third night of international intervention in Libya

2011 Event - More than 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed during the unrest in Libya

2010 Event - In Tunisia, a protester dies of injuries incurred during continued protests over unemployment and living conditions

2010 Event - A stampede occurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations, killing at least 339 people

2010 Event - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao releases pictures of the moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, taken during China's Chang e-2 lunar mission

2010 Event - In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police

2010 Event - In Parana, Brazil, a stadium collapses during a car race, injuring 110 people

2010 Event - The Medal of Honor is awarded for the first time since the Vietnam War; U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta received the medal for his actions during the War in Afghanistan

2010 Event - Two days after Rwanda's presidential election, Kigali, Rwanda reports that a grenade attack occurred during rush hour

2010 Event - Convicted for transporting soldiers during the Rwandan Genocide, Dominique Ntawukuriryayo is sentenced to 25 years in prison

2010 Event - The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse

2010 Event - President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, meets with President Barack Obama to discuss Iran's nuclear program during the Nuclear Security Summit

2010 Event - Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies

2009 Event - Inmates at Iraq's notoriuous Abu Grraib prison start a fire and clash with guards during two days of unrest

2009 Event - More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary

2009 Event - Buddhist Treasures buried during the 1930's Mongolian Communist Purge, were discovered in the Gobi desert

2009 Event - Under investigation for bribery during his Presidency, former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, commits suicide

2009 Event - Joao Bernardo Vierira, President of Guinea-Bissau is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau

2009 Event - Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War

2009 Death - Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47

2004 Event - Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti

2004 Event - Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention

2004 Death - Archibald Cox, Watergate prosecutor, fired by Nixon during the Watergate hearings, dies at 92

2004 Death - Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79

2004 Event - At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

2002 Death - Jeff Corey, actor/teacher, blacklisted actor during the McCarthy era, dies at 88

2001 Death - Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93

2001 Event - Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry

1999 Event - During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China

1998 Event - President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference

1998 Event - At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

1997 Event - Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom

1996 Death - Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific

1996 Event - 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games

1996 Event - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96

1996 Death - Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94

1995 Death - Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees

1995 Event - Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland

1994 Event - Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg"

1994 Death - Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide

1994 Death - Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26

1993 Event - 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match

1993 Death - Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34

1992 Event - During spelling bee, Quayle misspells potato, as potatoe

1991 Event - 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die

1991 Death - Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies

1991 Death - Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49

1990 Event - Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing

1989 Event - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2

1989 Event - Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers

1989 Event - Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt

1988 Event - Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows

1988 Event - Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less

1987 Event - U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WW II

1987 Event - New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl

1986 Event - Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500

1986 Event - 150 killed during race riot in Karachi

1986 Event - NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-New York Jets football game

1986 Event - Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS

1985 Event - During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin

1985 Event - Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game

1984 Event - During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"

1984 Event - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run

1984 Event - Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial

1983 Event - Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period

1983 Death - Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race

1983 Death - Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race

1983 Event - Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard

1982 Event - English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England

1982 Death - Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53

1980 Event - Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

1980 Death - Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass

1979 Event - 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC

1978 Event - Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)

1977 Event - Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2

1977 Event - Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO

1976 Death - General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup

1975 Event - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)

1975 Event - Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire

1974 Event - U.S. General George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series

1974 Event - During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled

1974 Event - England begins 3 day work week during mine strike

1973 Event - During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes

1973 Event - Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's

1973 Event - Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager

1972 Event - 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche

1972 Event - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns

1972 Event - 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota

1971 Death - Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44

1971 Death - Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game and later, dies

1971 Event - 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice

1970 Event - Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest

1970 Event - Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation

1969 Event - 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers

1968 Event - U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1968 Event - During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute

1968 Event - Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup

1968 Death - Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies

1967 Event - Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die

1967 Event - Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)

1967 Event - U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War

1966 Event - Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert

1966 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march

1965 Birthday - Barbara Lufthansa Herzog, born during Lufthansa Frankfurt-NY flight

1965 Event - Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice

1964 Event - During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home

1962 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia

1962 Event - 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit

1961 Birthday - Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis'

1959 Event - NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game

1959 Event - During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time

1958 Birthday - Tony Sibson, born in Leicester, England, professional boxer, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, during the 1970's and 1980's

1958 Event - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled

1958 Birthday - Ricardo Acuna, born in Santiago, Chile, former tennis player, ranked was 47th in the world, won three doubles titles during his career

1957 Death - Leo Perutz, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938, dies in Bad Ischi, Austria

1956 Event - 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC

1956 Event - AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training

1954 Event - Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1954 Event - Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die

1951 Event - During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul

1951 Event - During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul

1950 Event - During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea

1949 Birthday - Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman during the 70's

1945 Event - During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington)

1945 Event - Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged

1945 Event - U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II

1945 Event - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason

1945 Event - U.S. troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II

1945 Event - U.S. forces invade Okinawa during WW II

1945 Event - U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II

1945 Event - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany

1944 Event - During WW II, U.S. troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall

1944 Event - Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II

1944 Event - During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane

1944 Death - Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day

1944 Event - During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy

1944 Event - 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)

1943 Event - U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt

1943 Event - Allied forces captured Naples during WW II

1943 Event - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II

1943 Event - Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II

1943 Event - 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II

1943 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime

1943 Event - British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II

1943 Event - Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II

1943 Event - Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight

1942 Event - U.S. rations coffee during WWII

1942 Event - During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France

1942 Event - During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

1942 Event - U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II

1942 Event - 1,800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich

1942 Event - U.S. begins rationing sugar during WW II

1942 Event - 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland

1942 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II

1941 Event - Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II

1941 Event - Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II

1940 Event - British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II

1940 Event - 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime

1940 Event - During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England

1940 Birthday - James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt

1940 Event - France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II

1940 Event - German forces occupied Paris during WW II

1940 Event - Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II

1940 Event - Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II

1940 Event - Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders

1940 Event - Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus

1939 Event - U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II

1939 Event - Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II

1936 Birthday - Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's

1932 Event - During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes

1932 Event - U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York

1930 Birthday - Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's

1926 Birthday - P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper, Indian during 1950's

1925 Birthday - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's

1923 Event - Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)

1922 Birthday - John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II

1922 Event - Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day

1922 Event - State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa

1920 Event - Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game

1920 Birthday - Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service

1919 Event - French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt

1918 Event - During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel

1918 Event - Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I

1918 Event - 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I

1918 Event - During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive

1917 Event - U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

1917 Event - 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I

1917 Event - General Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I

1917 Event - Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I

1917 Event - Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I

1916 Event - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I

1916 Event - A bomb went off during a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killing 10

1915 Birthday - Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II

1915 Event - Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I

1914 Event - Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I

1914 Event - Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I

1914 Event - 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colorado

1913 Event - Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"

1913 Birthday - William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87

1912 Event - 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break

1912 Event - King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt

1910 Event - New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt

1910 Birthday - Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer

1909 Birthday - Earl Butz, born in Indiana, served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations

1909 Event - President Taft inaugrated at 27th president during 10" snowstorm

1906 Event - Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising

1905 Event - Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South

1904 Event - Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96

1904 Event - Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo

1902 Event - 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City)

1901 Birthday - Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War

1901 Death - Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded

1901 Death - Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded

1900 Birthday - Ernie Pyle, born in England, correspondent during WW II

1900 Birthday - Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust

1898 Event - U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war

1898 Event - 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War

1898 Event - U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War

1896 Death - Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48

1886 Event - Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency, Frances Folsom

1884 Birthday - Tojo Hideki, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II

1882 Event - Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit

1882 Birthday - Leo Perutz, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938

1878 Event - German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election

1877 Event - Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa

1872 Event - Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War

1868 Event - Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse

1865 Event - Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction

1865 Event - Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War

1864 Event - Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War

1864 Event - Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea

1862 Event - New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War

1861 Event - British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War

1861 Event - Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm

1855 Event - Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising

1854 Event - During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia

1843 Event - An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston South Carolina thunderstorm

1836 Event - Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse

1829 Event - Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball

1828 Event - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk

1827 Event - Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ

1817 Death - Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brigadier General

1814 Event - Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812

1813 Event - British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812

1793 Event - Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror

1778 Event - British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution

1777 Event - British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution

1776 Event - British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution

1776 Event - British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during Revolution

1776 Event - British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War

1774 Birthday - Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse

1770 Death - Crispus Attuks, slave, is 1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre

1758 Event - Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return

1755 Event - British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War

1755 Death - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War

1750 Birthday - Stephen Girard, bailed out U.S. bonds during War of 1812

1746 Birthday - Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment, 1771-92

1738 Birthday - George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820

1659 Event - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.)

1559 Event - Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament

1476 Event - 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy

1469 Birthday - Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1495-1521, during era of exploration

1461 Event - Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses

1393 Event - Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)

1349 Event - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots

644 Event - Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt













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