421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding was celebrated at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
1099 – First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchal State of Friuli.
1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.
1654 – Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
1692 – Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people were killed and 3,000 were seriously injured.
1776 – Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence. The resolution stated “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown.”
1788 – French Revolution: Day of the Tiles — civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
1800 – David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1810 – The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
1832 – Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
1863 – During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
1864 – Abraham Lincoln is once again nominated for President by the Republican Party.
1866 – One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they looted and plundered around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1880 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
1892 – Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game.
1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
1893 – Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience.
1899 – American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
1905 – Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
1906 – Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
1909 – Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16 as Dorothy Nicholson in Mrs. Jones Entertains. She would go on to appear in a total of 51 films that same year (a film a week).
1913 – The highest mountain in North America, Mt. McKinley, located in present day Alaska, was successfully ascended for the first time by missionary Hudson Stuck.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Messines – Allied soldiers detonate ammonal mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
1919 – Sette giugno: Four people are killed in a riot in Malta.
1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
1936 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
1937 – One of only two photos ever taken of this Supreme Court in session is published by Time magazine.
1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leaves Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later
1942 – World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
1944 – World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Abbey Ardennes, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
1948 – Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
1955 – Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
1955 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is the first President to appear on color television.
1965 – The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
1971 – The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup began in England.
1977 – Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
1981 – The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1989 – Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
1990 – Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando, FL.
1991 – Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
1995 – The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
2013 – A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
2013 – A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
2014 – At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.
1919 – Sette giugno: Four people are killed in a riot in Malta.
1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
1936 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
1937 – One of only two photos ever taken of this Supreme Court in session is published by Time magazine.
1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
1940 – King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leaves Tromsø and goes into exile in London. They return exactly five years later
1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in a decisive victory for American forces over the Imperial Japanese.
1942 – World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
1944 – World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Abbey Ardennes, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
1948 – Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
1955 – Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
1955 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is the first President to appear on color television.
1965 – The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1967 – Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
1971 – The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup began in England.
1977 – Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
1981 – The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
1982 – Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
1989 – Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
1990 – Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando, FL.
1991 – Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.
1995 – The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
2000 – The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
2013 – A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
2013 – A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
2014 – At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
feria
Contemporary Western
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Chief Seattle (Lutheran Church)
Eastern Orthodox
Saints
Hieromartyr Theodotus of Ancyra, bishop (303)
Martyrs Cyriaca, Kaleria, and Mary of Caesarea in Palaestina and others (4th c.)
Hieromartyr Marcellus of Rome, bishop, and with him martyrs Sisinicus, Cyriacus,
Largus; women-martyrs Priscilla and Lucina; deacons Smaragdus, Apronian,
Saturninus, Pappias, Maurus, and Crescentian; also Princess Artemia (304)
Saint Daniel of Scete in Egypt
Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Pope of Rome (296)
Virgin-martyr Potamiaena of Alexandria (304)
Martyr Zenais (Zenaida) of Caesarea in Palestine
Holy martyrs Aesia and Susanna, disciples of Saint Pancratius of Taormina
and martyred with him
Martyr Lycarion of Hermopolis in Egypt
Saint Anthimus the Hieromonk
Saint Sebastian the Wonderworker
Saints Panagis and Paisius of Cephalonia
Martyrs Cyriaca, Kaleria, and Mary of Caesarea in Palaestina and others (4th c.)
Hieromartyr Marcellus of Rome, bishop, and with him martyrs Sisinicus, Cyriacus,
Largus; women-martyrs Priscilla and Lucina; deacons Smaragdus, Apronian,
Saturninus, Pappias, Maurus, and Crescentian; also Princess Artemia (304)
Saint Daniel of Scete in Egypt
Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Pope of Rome (296)
Virgin-martyr Potamiaena of Alexandria (304)
Martyr Zenais (Zenaida) of Caesarea in Palestine
Holy martyrs Aesia and Susanna, disciples of Saint Pancratius of Taormina
and martyred with him
Martyr Lycarion of Hermopolis in Egypt
Saint Anthimus the Hieromonk
Saint Sebastian the Wonderworker
Saints Panagis and Paisius of Cephalonia
Other commemorations
Repose of Anthony Ivanovich, Fool-for-Christ of Valaam (1832)
Armenian Apostolic Church
Commemoration Day of St John the Forerunner
Coptic Orthodox
Saint Fortunatus, one of the seventy Apostles
No comments:
Post a Comment