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Events:C/P.
371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, took place.
1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel took place.
1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne.
1253 – Mindaugas was crowned King of Lithuania.
1348 – Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returned to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presented the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
1415 – Jan Hus was burned at the stake.
1483 – Richard III was crowned King of England.
1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão found the mouth of the Congo River.
1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeated the Holy League, but ultimately ended his attempted conquest of Italy.
1535 – Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, set out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh was signed by Scotland and England.
1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, was founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1609 – Bohemia was granted freedom of religion.
1630 – Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania, Germany.
1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppressed the Patriarchate of Aquileia and established from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreated from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeated British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1785 – The dollar was unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeated the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeated the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party was held.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 – David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1892 – 3,800 striking steelworkers engaged in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, was nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200.
1905 – Alfred Deakin became Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi captured Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
1919 – The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
1936 – A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany were closed.
1941 – Nazi Germany launched its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 – Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
1944 – The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, killed approximately 168 people and injured over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
1947 – The AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union.
1957 – Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles were introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performed at the St. Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test took place.
1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, aired on RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 – Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 – Malawi became a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invaded Biafra, beginning the war.
1975 – The Comoros declared independence from France.
1978 – The Taunton sleeping car fire occured in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
1986 – Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea was destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers were killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: 14 bus passengers were killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
1994 – 14 firefighters died in the South Canyon Fire at Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia began its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and killed more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles began in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
1998 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok became operational.
1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell died from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
2003 – The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sent a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years.
Events:C/P.
371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, took place.
1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel took place.
1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne.
1253 – Mindaugas was crowned King of Lithuania.
1348 – Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returned to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presented the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
1415 – Jan Hus was burned at the stake.
1483 – Richard III was crowned King of England.
1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão found the mouth of the Congo River.
1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeated the Holy League, but ultimately ended his attempted conquest of Italy.
1535 – Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, set out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh was signed by Scotland and England.
1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, was founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1609 – Bohemia was granted freedom of religion.
1630 – Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania, Germany.
1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppressed the Patriarchate of Aquileia and established from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreated from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeated British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1785 – The dollar was unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeated the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeated the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party was held.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1887 – David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1892 – 3,800 striking steelworkers engaged in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, was nearly destroyed by a tornado that killed 71 people and injured 200.
1905 – Alfred Deakin became Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi captured Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
1919 – The British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
1936 – A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany were closed.
1941 – Nazi Germany launched its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
1942 – Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944 – Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
1944 – The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, killed approximately 168 people and injured over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
1947 – The AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union.
1957 – Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles were introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performed at the St. Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test took place.
1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, aired on RTÉ One for the first time.
1964 – Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom.
1966 – Malawi became a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invaded Biafra, beginning the war.
1975 – The Comoros declared independence from France.
1978 – The Taunton sleeping car fire occured in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
1986 – Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea was destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers were killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: 14 bus passengers were killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
1994 – 14 firefighters died in the South Canyon Fire at Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia began its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and killed more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles began in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
1998 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok became operational.
1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell died from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
2003 – The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sent a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years.