1184 | | King Magnus of Norway is defeated by his rival, Sverre. |
1215 | | King John signs the Magna Carta. |
1381 | | The English peasant revolt is crushed in London. |
1389 | | Ottoman Turks crush Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo. |
1607 | | Colonists in North America complete James Fort in Jamestown. |
1752 | | Benjamin Franklin and his son test the relationship between electricity and lightning by flying a kite in a thunder storm. |
1775 | | George Washington is named Commander in Chief by Congress. |
1779 | | American General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York. |
1836 | | Arkansas is admitted into the Union as the 25th state. |
1846 | | Great Britain and the United States agree on a joint occupation of Oregon Territory. |
1849 | | James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, dies. |
1862 | | General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan." |
1864 | | The Battle for Petersburg begins. |
1866 | | Prussia attacks Austria. |
1877 | | Henry O. Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. |
1898 | | The U.S. House of representatives approves the annexation of Hawaii. |
1916 | | President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America. |
1917 | | Great Britain pledges the release of all Irish captured during the Easter Rebellion of 1916. |
1920 | | Three African Americans are lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, by a white mob of 5,000. |
1928 | | Republicans, convening in Kansas City, name Herbert Hoover their candidate for President. |
1932 | | Gaston Means is sentenced to 15 years for fraud in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. |
1940 | | The French fortress of Verdun is captured by Germans. |
1944 | | U.S. Marines begin the invasion of Saipan in Pacific. |
1947 | | The All-Indian Congress accepts a British plan for the partition of India. |
1958 | | Greece severs military ties to Turkey because of the Cyprus issue. |
1964 | | The last French troops leave Algeria. |
1977 | | The first general election in Spain since 1936 results in victory for the UCD (Union of Democratic Centre). |
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