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28 BCE A sunspot is observed by Han Dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cαdiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1774 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
1775 American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1796 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1833 The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lκ Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
1837 Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1849 Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1863 American Civil War: Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.
1864 American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
1865 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1877 Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
1904 The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded.
1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1916 Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
1922 The United States annex the Kingman Reef.
1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
1933 Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1940 World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
1940 World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1948 The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
1969 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1970 Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history.
1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
1979 The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
1981 Franηois Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
1993 In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1997 A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
1997 The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2008 An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
2012 The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others
2013 The Freedom Tower becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Events:C/P.
28 BCE A sunspot is observed by Han Dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.
1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cαdiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1774 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
1775 American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1796 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1833 The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lκ Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
1837 Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1849 Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1863 American Civil War: Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.
1864 American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
1865 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1877 Romania declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogălniceanu's Declaration of Independence. Recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
1904 The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded.
1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1916 Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
1922 The United States annex the Kingman Reef.
1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
1933 Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1940 World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
1940 World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.
1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1948 The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
1969 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1970 Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history.
1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.
1979 The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
1981 Franηois Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
1993 In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.
1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1997 A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
1997 The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2008 An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.
2012 The Damascus bombings were carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others
2013 The Freedom Tower becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.