1014 - Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1016 - Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England
1348 - The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.
1655 - The failed Siege of Santo Domingo commences during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1661 - King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1918 - World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
1920 - The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara.
1935 - The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1941 - World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
1945 - Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
1946 - Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1949 - Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
1968 - Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
1971 - Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacred approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
1990 - Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 - Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
1993 - Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
Famous Birthdays
1141 - Malcolm IV of Scotland
1170 - Isabelle of Hainaut, Queen consort of France
1185 - Afonso II of Portugal
1564 - William Shakespeare, playwright and actor
1628 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, mathematician
1676 - Frederick I of Sweden
1791 - James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States
1813 - Blessed Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam, co-founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.
1858 - Max Planck, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1897 - Lester B. Pearson,14th Prime Minister of Canada
1926 - J. P. Donleavy, author
1941 - Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland
1952 - Narada Michael Walden, singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
1955 - Judy Davis, actress
1961 - George Lopez, actor and comedian
1968 - HRH Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein
1968 - HRH Princess Zein bint Al Hussein
1972 - Sonya Smith, actress
1983 - Aaron Hill, actor
1988 - Lenka Wienerová, tennis player
1989 - Nicole Vaidišová, tennis player
No comments:
Post a Comment