| 1492 |
|
Christopher Columbus and his crew land in the Bahamas. |
| 1576 |
|
Rudolf II, the king of Hungary and Bohemia, succeeds
his father, Maximillian II, as Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1609 |
|
The song "Three Blind Mice" is published in London,
believed to be the earliest printed secular song. |
| 1702 |
|
Admiral Sir George Rooke defeats the French fleet
off Vigo. |
| 1722 |
|
Shah Sultan Husayn surrenders the Persian capital
of Isfahan to Afgan rebels after a seven month siege. |
| 1809 |
|
Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
dies under mysterious circumstances in St. Louis. |
| 1899 |
|
The Anglo-Boer War begins. |
| 1872 |
|
Apache leader Cochise signs a peace treaty with
General Howard in Arizona Territory. |
| 1933 |
|
Alcatraz Island is made a federal maximum security
prison. |
| 1943 |
|
The U.S. Fifth Army begins an assault crossing of
the Volturno River in Italy. |
| 1949 |
|
Eugenie Anderson becomes the first woman U.S. ambassador. |
| 1970 |
|
President Richard Nixon announces the pullout of
40,000 more American troops in Vietnam by Christmas. |
| 1971 |
|
The House of Representatives passes the Equal Rights
Amendment 354-23. |
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