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1457 BC Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
1178 BC The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War.
73 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
1346 Duan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
1520 The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
1521 Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1746 The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland after the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1780 The University of Mόnster in Mόnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
1799 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1818 The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
1847 The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
1853 The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
1858 The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
1862 American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862 American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1917 Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
1919 Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
1919 PolishSoviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
1922 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
1925 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1941 World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1944 Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1945 The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1945 The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
1945 More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
1947 Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.
1962 Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".
1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1990 The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
1992 The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
2001 India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
2003 The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
2007 Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest spree shooting in modern American history. Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 and injures 23 before committing suicide.
2007 President of Cτte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo declares the First Ivorian Civil War to be over.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1457 BC Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
1178 BC The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War.
73 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt.
1346 Duan the Mighty is proclaimed Emperor, with the Serbian Empire occupying much of the Balkans.
1520 The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
1521 Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1746 The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland after the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1780 The University of Mόnster in Mόnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.
1799 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1818 The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
1847 The accidental shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand land wars.
1853 The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
1858 The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.
1862 American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862 American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1863 American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1917 Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
1919 Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
1919 PolishSoviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
1922 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
1925 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1941 World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941 Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
1944 Allied forces started bombing of Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1945 The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1945 The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
1945 More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine torpedo.
1947 Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.
1962 Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America".
1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
1972 Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1990 The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
1992 The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
2001 India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
2003 The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
2007 Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest spree shooting in modern American history. Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 and injures 23 before committing suicide.
2007 President of Cτte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo declares the First Ivorian Civil War to be over.
End of C/P.