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| - | ==Events== | + | *[[1886]] – The ''[[New York Tribune]]'' becomes the first [[newspaper]] to use a [[linotype machine]], eliminating [[typesetting]] by hand. |
| - | * [[324]] – [[Battle of Adrianople (324)|Battle of Adrianople]]: [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine I]] defeats [[Licinius]], who flees to [[Byzantium]]. | + | |
| - | * [[987]] – [[Hugh Capet of France|Hugh Capet]] is crowned [[King of France]], the first of the [[Capetian dynasty]] that would rule France until the [[French Revolution]] in [[1792]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1035]] – [[William the Conqueror]] becomes the [[Duke of Normandy]], reigns until 1087. | + | |
| - | *[[1608]] – [[Québec City]] is founded by [[Samuel de Champlain]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1754]] – [[French and Indian War]]: [[George Washington]] [[Battle of Fort Necessity|surrenders]] [[Fort Necessity]] to [[Military history of France|French forces]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1767]] – [[Pitcairn Island]] is discovered by [[Midshipman]] Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by [[Philip Carteret]]. | + | |
| - | * 1767 – Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, ''[[Adresseavisen]]'', is founded and the first edition is published. | + | |
| - | *[[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[George Washington]] takes command of the [[Continental Army]] at [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1778]] – American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the [[Wyoming Valley massacre]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1819]] – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first [[savings bank]] in the United States, opens. | + | |
| - | *[[1839]] – The first state [[normal school]] in the United States, the forerunner to today's [[Framingham State College]], opens in [[Lexington, Massachusetts]] with three students. | + | |
| - | *[[1844]] – The last pair of [[Great Auk]]s is killed. | + | |
| - | *[[1848]] – Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]) by [[Peter von Scholten]] in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans. | + | |
| - | *[[1849]] – The French enter Rome in order to restore [[Pope Pius IX]] to power. This would prove a major obstacle to [[Italian unification]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1852]] – Congress establishes the [[United States Mint|United States' 2nd mint]] in [[San Francisco]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: The final day of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] culminates with [[Pickett's Charge]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1866]] – [[Austro-Prussian War]] is decided at the [[Battle of Königgratz]], resulting in [[Prussia]] taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria. | + | |
| - | *[[1884]] – [[Dow Jones and Company]] publishes its first stock average. | + | |
| - | *[[1886]] – [[Karl Benz]] officially unveils the [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]] – the first purpose-built [[automobile]]. | + | |
| - | * 1886 – The ''[[New York Tribune]]'' becomes the first [[newspaper]] to use a [[linotype machine]], eliminating [[typesetting]] by hand. | + | |
| - | *[[1890]] – [[Idaho]] is admitted as the 43rd [[U.S. state]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] – [[Spanish–American War]]: The Spanish fleet, led by [[Pascual Cervera y Topete]], is destroyed by the [[U.S. Navy]] in [[Santiago de Cuba|Santiago]], [[Cuba]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] veterans at the [[Great Reunion of 1913]] [[American Civil War reenactment|reenact]] [[Pickett's Charge]]; upon reaching the [[high-water mark of the Confederacy]] they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] survivors. | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – World speed record for a [[steam engine|steam]] [[railway]] [[locomotive]] is set in England, by the ''[[Mallard (locomotive)|Mallard]]'', which reaches a speed of {{convert|126|mph|km/h}}. | + | |
| - | * 1938 – United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at [[Gettysburg Battlefield]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at [[Mers El Kébir]], [[Attack on Mers-el-Kébir|is bombarded by the British fleet]], coming from [[Gibraltar]], causing the loss of three battleships: [[French battleship Dunkerque|Dunkerque]], [[French battleship Provence|Provence]] and [[French battleship Bretagne|Bretagne]]. One thousand two hundred sailors perish. | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – World War II: [[Minsk]] is liberated from Nazi control by [[Red Army|Soviet troops]] during [[Operation Bagration]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] – The [[Constitution of Puerto Rico]] is approved by the [[Congress of the United States]]. | + | |
| - | * 1952 – The {{SS|United States}} sets sail on her maiden voyage to [[Southampton]]. During the voyage, the ship takes the [[Blue Riband]] away from the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}. | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet [[N-1 rocket]] explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad. | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[The Troubles]]: The "[[Falls Curfew]]" begins in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] – U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] signs the first directive for [[Operation Cyclone|secret aid]] to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[United States Navy]] warship {{USS|Vincennes|CG-49|6}} shoots down [[Iran Air Flight 655]] over the [[Persian Gulf]], killing all 290 people aboard. | + | |
| - | * 1988 – The [[Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge]] in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the [[Bosphorus]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] – [[Stone of Scone]] is returned to Scotland. | + | |
| - | *[[2013]] – [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état]]: [[President of Egypt]] [[Mohamed Morsi]] is overthrown by the [[Egyptian Armed Forces|military]] after four days of protests all over the country calling for Morsi's resignation, to which he didn't respond. President of the [[Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt]] [[Adly Mansour]] is declared acting president. | + | |
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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| *[[1879]] - [[Alfred Korzybski]], Polish linguist (d. 1950) | *[[1879]] - [[Alfred Korzybski]], Polish linguist (d. 1950) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1886 – The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Births
- 1879 - Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
- 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (d. 1924)
- 1908 - Thomas Narcejac French writer (d. 1998)
- 1927 - Ken Russell English film director (d. 2011)
- 1937 - Tom Stoppard, British playwright
- 1940 - Fontella Bass American soul singer best known for "Rescue Me" (d. 2012)
Deaths
- 1969 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (drowned) (b. 1942)
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