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474 Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
794 Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
1183 The Battle of Mizushima.
1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1405 Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminstera pledge of mutual aid against the Frenchwith Ferdinand II of Aragon.
1558 Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1659 The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1777 Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
1810 Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
1811 Josι Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1831 Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
1839 Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1856 American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 Modified Julian Day zero.
1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
1869 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1896 The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
1911 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1922 Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union.
1939 Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
1947 The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
1950 Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
1957 Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
1962 President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos.
1968 British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
1968 Viewers of the RaidersJets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1969 Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
1970 Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1973 The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1979 Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
1982 Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
1983 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
1993 United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991.
1993 In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2012 At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
2013 Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
2013 A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
Events:C/P.
474 Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
794 Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
1183 The Battle of Mizushima.
1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1405 Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminstera pledge of mutual aid against the Frenchwith Ferdinand II of Aragon.
1558 Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1659 The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
1777 Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
1800 The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
1810 Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
1811 Josι Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1831 Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
1839 Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1856 American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1858 Modified Julian Day zero.
1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
1869 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
1896 The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
1911 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1922 Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union.
1939 Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
1947 The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
1950 Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
1957 Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
1962 President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos.
1968 British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
1968 Viewers of the RaidersJets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1969 Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
1970 Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
1970 Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1973 The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
1979 Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
1982 Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
1983 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
1993 United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991.
1993 In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
2012 At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
2013 Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
2013 A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.