1099 The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1329 Death of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
1329 Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at age 53.
1358 Death of Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
1394 Death of Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England (plague) (b. 1367)
1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
1502 Birth of Pope Gregory XIII introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582.
1529 Birth of �tienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615)
1614 Second parliment of King James I, disolves passing no legislation.
1618 Death of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
1631 Mumtax Mahal wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal).
1654 Louis XIV crowned king of France.
1654 Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1676 Death of Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist
1692 An earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica, causes a landslide within the harbor, generates a tsunami, and destroys ninety percent of the buildings in the city, killing approximately 2,000 people.
1692 Porte Royale Jamaica slides into harbor after earthquake.
1692 Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1600 people are killed and 3000 are seriously injured.
1711 Death of Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
1753 The British Museum is created by an act of Parliament.
1761 Birth of John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)
1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky.
1770 Birth of Earl of Liverpool (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1812-27).
1775 United Colonies change name to United States.
1776 Richard Henry Lee presents the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress. See United States Declaration of Independence.
1776 Richard Lee of Virginia moves for a Declaration of Independence in the Continental Congress.
1778 Birth of George Bryan “Beau” Brummel in London, England; English dandy.
1779 Death of William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
1800 David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1810 Death of Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
1811 Birth of Sir James Young Simpson Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform).
1821 Death of Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)
1825 Birth of R.D. Blackmore author (Norie).
1826 Death of Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b. 1787)
1831 Birth of Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
1832 Asian cholera brought to Quebec by Irish immigrants kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1837 Birth of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler’s father (d. 1903)
1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed.
1840 Death of King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
1843 Birth of Susan Elizabeth Blow US, pioneered kindergarten education.
1845 Birth of Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930)
1848 Birth of Paul Gaugin [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter.
1854 Death of Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
1859 Death of David Cox, English artist (b. 1783)
1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco.
1862 Birth of Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1862 The United States and United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
1862 William Mumford first US citizen hanged for treason.
1863 Mexico City is captured by French troops.
1866 1800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around St-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1866 Death of Chief Seattle, Native American leader
1866 Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, QuTbec.
1868 Birth of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (d. 1928)
1877 Birth of Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1879 Birth of Knut Rasmussen, Greenland-born explorer (d. 1933)
1880 Assault and Take of Morro de Arica (Arica Tall Hill),it meant the end of the Campaign of Tacna and Arica during the War of the Pacific.
1883 Birth of Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
1886 Birth of Henri Coand?, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972)
1887 Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington DC.
1892 John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is first to pinch hit in a baseball game.
1896 Birth of Robert Mulliken US, chemist/physicist (Nobel Prize 1966).
1896 G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days).
1897 Birth of George Szell Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45).
1898 Social Democracy of America party holds first national convention, Chic.
1899 Birth of Elizabeth Bowen Dublin, novelist (The Death of the Heart).
1901 M Wolf discovers asteroid #471 Papagena.
1902 Birth of Herman B Wells, president and chancellor of Indiana University (d. 2000)
1905 In a session of the Norwegian parliament, a unanimous vote proclaims that “the union with Sweden under one king is dissolved in consequence of the king’s ceasing to function as king of Norway”. The storting authorizes the Norwegian Council to take over control of the government.
1905 Norway dissolves its union with Sweden.
1906 Birth of Glen Gray, Jazz musician (d. 1963)
1909 Birth of Jessica Tandy London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included).
1909 Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens.
1911 Birth of Brooks Stevens, automotive designer (d. 1995)
1911 Death of Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (b. 1842)
1912 Saint Pius X encyclical “On the Indians of South America”.
1912 US army tests first machine gun mounted on a plane.
1913 Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of the south peak of Mount McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet. Companions Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum follow Stuck to the summit.
1917 Birth of Dean Martin singer/comedian (partner for Jerry Lewis).
1917 World War I: Allied ammonal mines underneath German trenches in Mesen Ridge are detonated, killing 10,000 German troops.
1919 Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four patriots are killed.
1920 Birth of Georges Marchais, French politician (d. 1997)
1922 Birth of Rocky Graziano boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Martha Raye Show).
1923 Birth of Jules DeschOnes, Canadian jurist (d. 2000)
1924 George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775 feet from Mount Everest’s summit.
1927 Death of Edmund James Flynn, Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
1928 Birth of James Ivory, American film director
1929 Birth of John Turner in Richmond, England; (Liberal) 17th Canadian Prime Minister (1984).
1929 Vatican City becomes a soverign state.
1931 Birth of Malcolm Morley, English-born painter
1935 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of France.
1936 Death of Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
1936 New York Yankees beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 16 innings; longest game without a strikeout.
1937 Birth of Neeme JSrvi in Tallinn, Estonia; conductor (Estonia Opera 1971).
1937 Death of Jean Harlow, American actress (b. 1911)
1938 Birth of Goose Gonsoulin, American football player
1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat first flown (Eddie Allen).
1938 The Douglas DC-4 makes its first test flight.
1939 Cleveland Indians set American League record of 16-inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to New York Yankees.
1939 First king and queen of England to visit US, George VI and Elizabeth.
1940 Birth of Tom Jones in Pontypridd, Wales; singer (“What’s New Pussycat”).
1940 King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.
1940 The Norwegian government ceases hostilities with Germany.
1941 Birth of Jaime Laredo in Bolivia; violinist (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959).
1942 Death of Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
1942 Japanese soldiers occupy the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, as the Axis power continues to expand its defensive perimeter.
1942 Japan invades Alaska’s Aleutian islands.
1942 Losses at the Battle of Midway: US forces: 307 men, one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, 150 planes; Japanese forces: 2500-3500 men, 4 aircraft carriers, one cruiser, 322 planes.
1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway ends.
1943 Birth of Nikki Giovanni; poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973).
1944 Birth of Clarence White; guitarist (The Byrds – “Turn! Turn! Turn!”).
1944 Nazi Panzer SS troops execute 23 Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy.
1945 Birth of Wolfgang Schnssel, Chancellor of Austria
1945 King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
1945 The King of Norway returns home to Oslo from London, England.
1946 Birth of Bill Kreutzman; drummer (Grateful Dead – “Uncle John’s Band”).
1947 Birth of Thurman Munson; New York Yankees (captain/catcher).
1948 Edvard Bene? resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a Constitution making his nation a Communist state.
1950 Birth of Gary Graham American Actor
1951 Death of Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (b. 1892)
1952 Birth of Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
1953 Birth of Johnny Clegg, South African musician
1953 First color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1954 Birth of Lui Passaglia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Football League place kicker (BC Lions).
1954 Death of Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
1954 First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA).
1955 Birth of Joey Scarbury in Ontario, California, USA; singer (“Greatest American Hero”).
1955 First American President to appear on color TV (Dwight Eisenhower).
1956 Birth of L.A. Reid, American music producer
1957 Mrs Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies.
1958 Birth of Prince [Rodgers Nelson]; rocker/actor (“1999”, “Purple Rain”).
1961 Birth of Dave Catching, American musician
1962 Birth of Paddy McAloon; rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good).
1963 Death of Zasu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)
1964 Birth of Judie Aronson, American actress
1965 Birth of Mick Foley, American professional wrestler and author
1965 Death of Judy Holliday, American actress (b. 1921)
1965 The US Supreme Court decides Griswold v. Connecticut effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1966 Birth of Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
1966 Death of Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
1967 Birth of Dave Navarro, American Musician
1967 Death of Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem.
1967 The Israeli forces occupy Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
1968 Death of Dan Duryea, American actor (b. 1907)
1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassination.
1968 The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.
1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special.
1970 Birth of Mike Modano, American ice hockey player
1970 Death of E. M. Forster, English author (b. 1879)
1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win.
1971 Birth of Mark Wahlberg in Massachusetts, USA; rapper.
1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut.
1972 Birth of Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel.
1973 Willy Brandt, the German Chancellor visits Israel. He is the first German chancellor to visit Israel while in office as chancellor.
1974 Birth of Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
1975 Birth of Allen Iverson, American basketball player
1975 Spain’s Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in three sets.
1977 500 million people watch on television as the high day of Jubilee gets underway for Queen Elizabeth II.
1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law.
1977 Birth of Marcin Baszczy?ski, Polish football (soccer) player
1978 Birth of Tony An, Korean singer in the group H.O.T
1978 Bullets beat Seattle Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3.
1978 Death of Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched.
1979 Death of Forrest Carter, American author (b. 1925)
1979 First direct election of the European Parliament.
1979 In Cilimus, Indonesia, a meteorite falls in a garden.
1980 Death of Elizabeth Craig, British writer (born 1883).
1980 John McEnroe beats Bj�rn Borg for US Open.
1980 Temperance Hill wins Belmont Stakes (50:1 long shot).
1980 Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter.
1981 Birth of Larisa Oleynik; American actress.
1981 Bj�rn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl).
1981 The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor.
1981 The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The Israelis charged the facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
1982 Birth of Amy Nuttall; British actress and opera singer.
1982 Los Angeles Dodgers’ first baseman Steve Garvey becomes only the fifth player in major league history to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1982 Near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, a magnitude 7.2 earthquakes occurs, followed in four hours by another 7.0 earthquake. Felt strongly throughout southern Mexico.
1982 New York Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell and Randy Myers.
1982 Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1982 US President Ronald Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II.
1983 A Gilmore and P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152.
1983 Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies strikes out Lonnie Smith for his 3,522nd career strikeout to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader.
1984 Birth of Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer.
1984 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at age 81.
1985 Birth of Charlie Simpson; English musician (Fightstar).
1988 Birth of Godwin Antwi, Ghana football player.
1988 Death of Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
1989 176 people are killed in Surinam’s worst air disaster.
1989 23-year-old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires.
1989 A Suriname DC-8 Super 62 crashes near Paramaribo Airport, Suriname, killing 168.
1989 Atlanta Fulton County Committee approves US$210 million stadium for the Atlanta Falcons.
1989 Birth of Shelley Buckner, American actress.
1989 Death of Don the Beachcomber, American restaurateur (born 1907).
1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart Trophy (Most Valuable Player) in ten years.
1990 Universal Studios Florida opens to the public.
1991 Mount Pinatubo explodes generating an ash column 7 km (4.5 miles) high.
1993 Birth of Jordan Fry, American actor.
1993 Death of Drazen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player (born 1964).
1993 Prince changes his name to a symbol and comes to be referred to as “The Artist formerly known as Prince”.
1995 Death of Hsuan Hua, Chinese Buddhist master (born 1918).
1996 An Irish Republican Army gang murders Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick.
1997 The Detroit Red Wings win their first Stanley Cup championship in 42 years, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to none. Red Wings goaltender Mike Vernon is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff Most Valuable Player.
1998 James Byrd, Jr is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime.
1998 Three white supremacists murder James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas.
1999 Death of Francisco Stanley, Mexican TV anchor (born 1942).
2000 In the US Justice Department versus Microsoft anti-trust case, Judge Thomas Jackson orders the breakup of Microsoft into two companies, one producing operating systems, the other producing application programs.
2001 Death of V?ctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (born 1907).
2001 In Germany, Jnrgen Habermas recieves the Peace Prize of the German Book Dealers Association.
2001 Tony Blair’s Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election.
2001 Tony Blair’s Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election.
2002 Death of Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (born 1916).
2002 England beat Argentina in the 2002 FIFA World Cup group stages
2003 Death of Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
2004 Death of Quorthon, founder of Swedish black metal band, Bathory (born 1966).
2004 Tampa Bay Lightning defeats Calgary Flames in 2004 NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
2004 The Sikh leader Prem Singh Chandumajra launches the political party Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal).
2006 Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and seven of his aides are killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of Baqouba, Iraq.
2006 British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert.
2006 Death of John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (born 1963).
2007 A large meteorite strikes a mountainside in Reisadalem in northern Norway, landing with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima.
2008 Death of Dino Risi, Italian director (born 1916).
2008 Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic wins the French Open tennis championship, defeating Dinara Safina of Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Luis Home of Peru defeat Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic 6-2, 6-3, winning the men’s doubles championship.
2008 US Senator Hillary Clinton suspends her campaign to become the Democratic nominee for US president, and asks her supporters to help elect Barack Obama.
2009 Lebanon’s parliamentary election returns the pro-Western coalition to power, winning 71 seats in the 128-member body.
2009 Roger Federer beats Robin Soderling in straight sets (6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4) to win his first French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
