753 B.C. – Founding of Rome: According to tradition, twin brothers Romulus and Remus founded Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome's founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C. History
43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.
900 – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.
1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II
1506 – The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.
1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.
1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
1649 – The Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.
1777 – British troops under the command of General William Tryon attack the town of Danbury, Connecticut, and begin destroying everything in sight. Facing little, if any, opposition from Patriot forces, the British went on a rampage, setting fire to homes, farmhouse, storehouses, and more than 1,500 tents. History
1782 – The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
1789 – John Adams is sworn in as the first Vice President.
1792 – Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
1806 – Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of San Jacinto: During the Texas War for Independence, Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston launch a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. The Mexicans were thoroughly routed, and hundreds were taken prisoner. Santa Anna was captured the next day, and signed a treaty removing his troops from the region. History
1856 – Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an Eight-hour day.
1863 – Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
1865 – Lincoln's funeral train: A train carrying the coffin of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln leaves Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4. History
1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
1898 – Spain severs diplomatic relations with the US, and the United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuba, kickstarting the Spanish-American War that would last a little under four months. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz.
1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed by Allied fire over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
1925 – The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.
1930 – Ohio Prison Fire: A fire at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, kills 322 inmates and seriously injures 150. Some inmates burn to death when they are not unlocked from their cells. It is the deadliest prison fire in United States history.
1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
1945 – World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1953 – Roy Cohn and David Schine, two of Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief aides, return to the United States after a controversial investigation of United States Information Service (USIS) posts in Europe. Upon their recommendation, thousands of books were removed from USIS libraries in several Western European countries. History
1956 – Elvis Presley hits #1 on the charts with his hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel.”
1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1965 – The Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency reported a "most ominous" development: a regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam – the regular army of North Vietnam – was now operating with the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. History
1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
1970 – The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
1975 – Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu fled Saigon after Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, fell to the communists.
1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
1985 – The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests: Six days after the death of Hu Yaobang, the deposed reform-minded leader of the Chinese Communist Party, some 100,000 students gathered at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate Hu and voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government.
1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
Synaxis of The Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God (Mozdoskaya) (1768)
Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore,
Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791)
Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam Monastery (1907)
Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908)
Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of Valaam Monastery (1912)
Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo (Serbia)
1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
1898 – Spain severs diplomatic relations with the US, and the United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuba, kickstarting the Spanish-American War that would last a little under four months. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
1914 – Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz.
1918 – World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed by Allied fire over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
1925 – The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism.
1930 – Ohio Prison Fire: A fire at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, kills 322 inmates and seriously injures 150. Some inmates burn to death when they are not unlocked from their cells. It is the deadliest prison fire in United States history.
1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece.
1945 – World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1953 – Roy Cohn and David Schine, two of Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief aides, return to the United States after a controversial investigation of United States Information Service (USIS) posts in Europe. Upon their recommendation, thousands of books were removed from USIS libraries in several Western European countries. History
1956 – Elvis Presley hits #1 on the charts with his hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel.”
1960 – Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.
1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1965 – The Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency reported a "most ominous" development: a regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam – the regular army of North Vietnam – was now operating with the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. History
1966 – Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
1970 – The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
1975 – Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu fled Saigon after Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, fell to the communists.
1982 – Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
1985 – The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
1989 – Tiananmen Square protests: Six days after the death of Hu Yaobang, the deposed reform-minded leader of the Chinese Communist Party, some 100,000 students gathered at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate Hu and voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government.
1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.
2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
Contemporary Western
Abdecalas
Anastasius Sinaita
Anselm of Canterbury
Beuno
Conrad of Parzham
Holy Infant of Good Health
Shemon Bar Sabbae
Wolbodo
Anastasius Sinaita
Anselm of Canterbury
Beuno
Conrad of Parzham
Holy Infant of Good Health
Shemon Bar Sabbae
Wolbodo
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Eastern Orthodox
Saints
Martyrs Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, his mother Philippa, and Dioscorus,
Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)
Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian, and those with her (303):
Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of Nicomedia (303)
Hieromartyrs Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions (305):
Faustus, Proclus, and Sosius, Deacons;
Desiderius, Reader; and
Gantiol, Eutychius, and Acutius, laymen, at Pozzuoli.
Saint Maximianus, Archbishop of Constantinople (434)
Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (c. 700)
Socrates, and Dionysius (c. 138-161)
Martyr Alexandra the Empress, wife of Diocletian, and those with her (303):
Martyrs Isaacius, Apollo, and Codratus, of Nicomedia (303)
Hieromartyrs Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, and his companions (305):
Faustus, Proclus, and Sosius, Deacons;
Desiderius, Reader; and
Gantiol, Eutychius, and Acutius, laymen, at Pozzuoli.
Saint Maximianus, Archbishop of Constantinople (434)
Venerable Anastasius Sinaita, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai (c. 700)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Brescia (582)
Saint Beuno, Abbot, of Clynnog Fawr, Wales (642)
Saint Maelruba of Apur Crossan (Maelrubius, Maolrubha), Ireland (722)
Saint Frodulphus (Frou), a monk at St Martin's in Autun (c. 750)
Saint Beuno, Abbot, of Clynnog Fawr, Wales (642)
Saint Maelruba of Apur Crossan (Maelrubius, Maolrubha), Ireland (722)
Saint Frodulphus (Frou), a monk at St Martin's in Autun (c. 750)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Theodore the Philosopher of Kamske, martyred by Mongols (1323)
Venerable Jacob (Jakov, James) of Stromynsk (1392)
Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsumany, Nizhni- Novgorod (1848)
Venerable Jacob (Jakov, James) of Stromynsk (1392)
Saint Alexis, Priest of, Bortsumany, Nizhni- Novgorod (1848)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr John Prigorovsky, Priest (1918)
Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933)
New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938)
New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn
(Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1945)
Saint Nicholas Pisarevsky, Confessor, Priest (1933)
New Hieromartyr Alexis Protopopov, Priest (1938)
New Hieromartyr Protopresbyter Basil Martysz of Teratyn
(Chelm and Podlasie, Poland) (1945)
Other commemorations
Uncovering of the relics (1999) of St. Theodore,
Abbot of Sanaxar Monastery (1791)
Repose of Schemamonk Nicetas of Valaam Monastery (1907)
Repose of Elder Dometian of Tula (1908)
Repose of Hieroschemamonk Antipas II of Valaam Monastery (1912)
Repose of Nun Stefanida of Kosovo (Serbia)
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