796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is placed on the throne, but is within 27 days abdicated.
1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Luther, the chief catalyst of Protestantism, defies the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by refusing to recant his writings despite the risk of excommunication. He had been called to Worms, Germany, to appear before the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire and answer charges of heresy.
1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
1738 – Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
1775 – American Revolution: British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the American arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British depart, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Minutemen.
1797 – The Battle of Neuwied: French victory against the Austrians.
1807 – The Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat.
1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.
1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
1857 – "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
1880 – Missouri is hit by a string of deadly tornadoes. An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, killing 99 people and injuring 100. Statewide, 151 people were killed by the twisters. History
1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake. The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
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1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
1915 – A member of the German Bahnschutzwache, or Railway Protection Guard, shot down the well-known French airman Roland Garros in his flight over German positions in Flanders, France, on a bombing raid. He glided to a landing on the German side of the lines. History
1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens with a crowd of 74,000 on hand.
1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
1925 – The Women's World's Fair opens its eight-day run in Chicago's American Exposition Palace.
1930 – BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music.
1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Sixteen American B-25 bombers, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, attack the Japanese mainland. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
1945 – Journalist Ernie Pyle, America's most popular war correspondent, is killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Iejima during the Battle of Okinawa.
1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
1949 – The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
1954 – Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
1955 – Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
1956 – American actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in a spectacular ceremony. To fulfill the requirements of French law, and Roman Catholic rules on marriage, Kelly and Rainier had both civil and religious weddings. The 40-minute civil ceremony took place in the Palace Throne Room of Monaco on April 18, 1956, and was broadcast across Europe. To cap the ceremony, the 142 official titles (counterparts of Rainier's) that Kelly acquired in the union were formally recited. The following day the church ceremony took place at Monaco's Saint Nicholas Cathedral. History
1958 – A U.S. federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound should no longer be held at St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the criminally insane in Washington, D.C. Pound had been held for 13 years, following his arrest in Italy during World War II on charges of treason. History
1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
1961 – President John F. Kennedy heats up Cold War rhetoric in a letter responding to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's claim that the U.S. was engaging in armed aggression against the communist regime in Cuba. Kennedy denied the allegations, told Kruschev he was under a serious misapprehension and stated that the U.S. intends no military intervention in Cuba. However, Kennedy insisted that he would support Cubans who wish to see a democratic system in an independent Cuba and that the U.S. would take no action to stifle the spirit of liberty. History
1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
1961 – President John F. Kennedy heats up Cold War rhetoric in a letter responding to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's claim that the U.S. was engaging in armed aggression against the communist regime in Cuba. Kennedy denied the allegations, told Kruschev he was under a serious misapprehension and stated that the U.S. intends no military intervention in Cuba. However, Kennedy insisted that he would support Cubans who wish to see a democratic system in an independent Cuba and that the U.S. would take no action to stifle the spirit of liberty. History
1969: At a news conference, President Nixon says he feels the prospects for peace have "significantly improved" since he took office. He cited the greater political stability of the Saigon government and the improvement in the South Vietnamese armed forces as proof. History
1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port.
1974 – Italian prosecutor Mario Sossi is kidnapped by the Red Brigades. It was the first time that the left-wing terrorist group had directly struck the Italian government, marking the beginning of tensions that lasted for 10 years.
1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency.
1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
1983 – The U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. History
1983 – Joan Benoit wins her second Boston Marathon in the women’s division with a time of 2:22:43 on April 18, 1983. The following year, she went on to win the first-ever women’s marathon at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and became the first person to win Boston as well as Olympic gold.
1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
1989 – Thousands of Chinese students continue to take to the streets in Beijing to protest government policies and issue a call for greater democracy in the communist People's Republic of China (PRC). The protests grew until the Chinese government ruthlessly suppressed them in June during what came to be known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
2013 – A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
2014 – Sixteen people are killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port.
1974 – Italian prosecutor Mario Sossi is kidnapped by the Red Brigades. It was the first time that the left-wing terrorist group had directly struck the Italian government, marking the beginning of tensions that lasted for 10 years.
1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency.
1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
1983 – The U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. History
1983 – Joan Benoit wins her second Boston Marathon in the women’s division with a time of 2:22:43 on April 18, 1983. The following year, she went on to win the first-ever women’s marathon at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and became the first person to win Boston as well as Olympic gold.
1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
1989 – Thousands of Chinese students continue to take to the streets in Beijing to protest government policies and issue a call for greater democracy in the communist People's Republic of China (PRC). The protests grew until the Chinese government ruthlessly suppressed them in June during what came to be known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
2013 – A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
2014 – Sixteen people are killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Corebus
Eleutherius and Antia
Galdino della Sala
Molaise of Leighlin
Perfectus
Plato of Sakkoudion
Cyril VI of Constantinople
Eleutherius and Antia
Galdino della Sala
Molaise of Leighlin
Perfectus
Plato of Sakkoudion
Cyril VI of Constantinople
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Eastern Orthodox
Saints
Martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindynus, and Severian, of Nicomedia (ca. 303)
Martyr Sabbas the Goth (Sabbas Stratelates), at Buzau in Wallachia (372)
Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (445)
Saint Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcedon, and his fellow-ascetic St. Auxentius (815-820)
Venerable John the Righteous (John the Hesychast) (820), disciple of St. Gregory
of Decapolis
Venerable Naucratius, Abbot of the Studion (848)
Venerable Athanasia the Wonderworker, Abbess, of Aegina (850)
Venerable Matthew (Matthias), acquaintance of St. Athanasia the Wonderworker (ca. 850)
Venerable Euthymius the Wonderworker
Martyr Sabbas the Goth (Sabbas Stratelates), at Buzau in Wallachia (372)
Saint Acacius II, Bishop of Melitene (445)
Saint Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcedon, and his fellow-ascetic St. Auxentius (815-820)
Venerable John the Righteous (John the Hesychast) (820), disciple of St. Gregory
of Decapolis
Venerable Naucratius, Abbot of the Studion (848)
Venerable Athanasia the Wonderworker, Abbess, of Aegina (850)
Venerable Matthew (Matthias), acquaintance of St. Athanasia the Wonderworker (ca. 850)
Venerable Euthymius the Wonderworker
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Eleutherius Bishop of Illyria, his mother Anthia, and eleven others,
martyred in Illyria under Hadrian (ca. 117-138)
Martyr Corebus, a prefect of Messina in Sicily, converted to Christ by
St Eleutherius and martyred under the Emperor Hadrian (ca. 117-138)
Martyr Calocerus, an officer of the Emperor Hadrian martyred in Brescia
in Italy (ca. 117-138)
Saint Apollonius the Apologist, a Roman senator, denounced as a Christian
by one of his own slaves and condemned to be beheaded (ca. 190)
Saints Bitheus and Genocus, two monks from Britain who accompanied
St Finian of Clonard to Ireland (6th c.)
Saint Laserian (Molaisse), founder of the monastery and bishopric
of Leighlin in Ireland (639)
Saint Deicola (Dicul), born in Ireland, he preached Christ in England in Norfolk
and in Sussex (late 7th c.)
Saint Agia (Aia, Austregildis, Aye), wife of St Hidulf of Hainault in Belgium,
monastic at the convent of Mons (ca. 714)
Saint Wicterp (Wiho, Wicho), Abbot of Ellwangen Abbey in Germany,
later became the tenth Bishop of Augsburg (749)
Saint Cogitosus, a monk at Kildare in Ireland who probably wrote
the Life of St Brigid (8th c.)
Saint Perfectus, a priest in Cordoba in Spain, martyred by Muslims
on Easter Sunday (851)
martyred in Illyria under Hadrian (ca. 117-138)
Martyr Corebus, a prefect of Messina in Sicily, converted to Christ by
St Eleutherius and martyred under the Emperor Hadrian (ca. 117-138)
Martyr Calocerus, an officer of the Emperor Hadrian martyred in Brescia
in Italy (ca. 117-138)
Saint Apollonius the Apologist, a Roman senator, denounced as a Christian
by one of his own slaves and condemned to be beheaded (ca. 190)
Saints Bitheus and Genocus, two monks from Britain who accompanied
St Finian of Clonard to Ireland (6th c.)
Saint Laserian (Molaisse), founder of the monastery and bishopric
of Leighlin in Ireland (639)
Saint Deicola (Dicul), born in Ireland, he preached Christ in England in Norfolk
and in Sussex (late 7th c.)
Saint Agia (Aia, Austregildis, Aye), wife of St Hidulf of Hainault in Belgium,
monastic at the convent of Mons (ca. 714)
Saint Wicterp (Wiho, Wicho), Abbot of Ellwangen Abbey in Germany,
later became the tenth Bishop of Augsburg (749)
Saint Cogitosus, a monk at Kildare in Ireland who probably wrote
the Life of St Brigid (8th c.)
Saint Perfectus, a priest in Cordoba in Spain, martyred by Muslims
on Easter Sunday (851)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Venerable Basil (Ratishvili) the Georgian, Wonderworker, of Iveron Monastery,
Mt. Athos (13th c.)
Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia (1435), and righteous laymen
Anthony and Felix of Karelia
Saint Arkady Dorohobuzhsky, disciple of St Harasym of Pereyaslavl-Zalisski (16th c.)
New Martyr John the Tailor, of Ioannina, at Constantinople (1526)
Venerable new martyr John (Koulikas) (1564)
Martyr Tunom, Arab Emir who confessed Christ on seeing the Holy Fire
in Jerusalem (1579)
Hieromartyr Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)
Mt. Athos (13th c.)
Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia (1435), and righteous laymen
Anthony and Felix of Karelia
Saint Arkady Dorohobuzhsky, disciple of St Harasym of Pereyaslavl-Zalisski (16th c.)
New Martyr John the Tailor, of Ioannina, at Constantinople (1526)
Venerable new martyr John (Koulikas) (1564)
Martyr Tunom, Arab Emir who confessed Christ on seeing the Holy Fire
in Jerusalem (1579)
Hieromartyr Cyril VI, Patriarch of Constantinople (1821)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Bessarion Selinin, Priest (1918)
New Hieromartyr Alexis Krontenkov, Priest, of Ekaterinburg (1930)
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas (1937) and Basil Derzhavin (1930), Priests,
and martyred lay people of the city of Gorodets (Nizhni-Novgorod)
New Martyr Tamara (Satsi), Abbess, of Cheboksara (Chuvashia) (1942)
New Hieromartyr Alexis Krontenkov, Priest, of Ekaterinburg (1930)
New Hieromartyrs Nicholas (1937) and Basil Derzhavin (1930), Priests,
and martyred lay people of the city of Gorodets (Nizhni-Novgorod)
New Martyr Tamara (Satsi), Abbess, of Cheboksara (Chuvashia) (1942)
Other commemorations
Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus (Maximovsk Icon) (1299)
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-kissing")
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Glykophylousa" ("Sweet-kissing")
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