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Events

• 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba.
• 536 - St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).
• 793 - The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known
• 1405 - First execution in England of a Bishop (Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York) by a King (Henry IV)
• 1624 - An earthquake strikes Peru
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières - American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
• 1783 - The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.
• 1866 - The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.
• 1887 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.
• 1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.
• 1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
• 1948 - Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
• 1949 - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is published.
• 1949 - Red Scare: Such celebrities as Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
• 1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado hits the U.S. city of Flint, Michigan, and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.
• 1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
• 1959 - The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• 1966 - One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross were both killed.
• 1967 - Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
• 1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1969 - After the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) cancels the program, the last Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour airs.
• 1974 - An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.
• 1984 - Homosexuality is decriminalised in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
• 1986 - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
• 1992 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
• 1996 - Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1998 - Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the U.S. National Rifle Association.
• 1999 - War on Drugs: The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.
• 2001 - Popular editorial site suck.com, one of the first original content sites on the internet, publishes its final article, "Gone Fishin'."
• 2004 - Major Wikipedia database crash.
• 2004 - First Transit of Venus in this millennium.

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Births

• 1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (d. 1712)
• 1671 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
• 1717 - John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)
• 1724 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1794)
• 1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
• 1810 - Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
• 1847 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
• 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
• 1903 - Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996)
• 1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
• 1910 - John W. Campbell Jr., writer, publisher, and editor (d. 1971)
• 1910 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)
• 1916 - Francis Crick, English microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1917 - Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Robert Preston, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1921 - Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993)
• 1921 - Suharto, President of Indonesia
• 1924 - Lyn Nofziger, American political operative
• 1925 - Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States
• 1927 - LeRoy Neiman, American painter
• 1929 - Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor
• 1930 - Robert Aumann, German-born mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics
• 1933 - Joan Rivers, American comedienne and author
• 1934 - Millicent Martin, English singer and actress
• 1936 - James Darren, American actor and singer
• 1936 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American singer
• 1941 - Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P Funk)
• 1942 - Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
• 1943 - Colin Baker, British actor
• 1944 - Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter
• 1949 - Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
• 1950 - Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
• 1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist
• 1955 - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, English inventor of the World Wide Web
• 1955 - Griffin Dunne, American actor
• 1955 - Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag)
• 1957 - Scott Adams, American cartoonist
• 1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1960 - Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
• 1962 - Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)
• 1966 - Julianna Margulies, American actress
• 1969 - Marcos Siega, American director
• 1970 - Kelli Williams, American actress
• 1971 - Troy Vincent, American football player
• 1972 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
• 1972 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
• 1972 - Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse)
• 1972 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1973 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
• 1977 - Kanye West, American rapper
• 1978 - Maria Menounos, American actress and television host

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Jump to: navigation, search // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... John Collins (June 8, 1717 – March 4, 1795) was an American statesman from Newport, Rhode Island. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Portrait of John Smeaton, with the Eddystone Lighthouse in the background. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Jump to: navigation, search Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (June 2, 1743 – August 26, 1795) was a traveller, occultist and Freemason in the late 18th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ida Saxton McKinley (June 8, 1847 - May 26, 1907), wife of William McKinley, was First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901. ... 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Deaths

• 218 - Macrinus, Roman Emperor
• 632 - Muhammad, prophet of Islam
• 1042 - Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
• 1376 - Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
• 1383 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)
• 1384 - Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)
• 1476 - George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
• 1505 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470)
• 1611 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
• 1612 - Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562)
• 1621 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
• 1628 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
• 1714 - Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)
• 1716 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)
• 1727 - August Hermann Francke, German protestant minister (b. 1663)
• 1768 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717)
• 1771 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716)
• 1795 - King Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
• 1809 - Thomas Paine, American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737)
• 1845 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1857 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)
• 1874 - Cochise, Apache leader
• 1876 - George Sand, French author (b. 1804)
• 1924 - Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)
• 1924 - George Leigh Mallory, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1886)
• 1929 - Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b. 1861)
• 1965 - Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
• 1966 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
• 1969 - Robert Taylor, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1970 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)
• 1982 - Satchel Paige, baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1998 - Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
• 2000 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948)
• 2004 - Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
• 2004 - Mack Jones, baseball player (b. 1938)

Events May 16 - Heliogabalus is acclaimed as Roman Emperor. ... Macrinus on an aureus. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ... Events Abu Bakr becomes first caliph or Successor of the Prophet, leader of Islam Abu Bakr defeats Mosailima in the Battle of Akraba. ... Jump to: navigation, search Muhammad is a common Muslim male name. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... Harthacanute (sometimes Hardicanute, Hardecanute; Danish Hardeknud, Canute the Hardy) (1018/1019–June 8, 1042) was a King of Denmark (1035–1042) and England (1035–1037, 1040–1042). ... Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... // Events March – The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377. ... Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG, known as the Black Prince (June 15, 1330 – June 8, 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... Events The Bulgars under Michael III are beaten by the Serbs at Velbuzhd, and large parts of Bulgaria fall to Serbia. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Chokei of Japan Emperor Go-Kameyama ascends to the throne of Japan Births Pope Eugenius IV Deaths March 1 - Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (b. ... Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros (1338 - June 8, 1383) was the son of William de Ros, 3rd Baron de Ros, and the brother of William de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Ashikaga Takauji granted title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan. ... Events May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis Births Antoine, Duke of Brabant (died 1415) St Frances of Rome (died 1440) Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxiana (died 1411) Deaths August 20 - Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life... Kanami was a Japanese noh actor, author, and musician during the Muromachi period. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events End of the Kamakura period and beginning of the Kemmu restoration in Japan. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... George Neville (c. ... Events March 5 - Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon June 27 - Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his fathers command King Alexander_of_Poland signed Nihil_novi act - Poland became Nobles Democracy Poland prohibits peasants from leaving... Categories: Stub | Ming Dynasty emperors ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... Events June 23 - Henry Hudsons crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeares romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. ... Jean Bertaut (1552 - June 8, 1611), French poet, was born at Caen. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. .