1932 – Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
1057 – The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory
1215 – English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta
1588 – King Henry III fled Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly entered the city.
1780 – Charleston, South Carolina fell to British forces.
1789 – Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
1789 – William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1865 – Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
1885 – In the Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebelled against the Canadian government.
1898 – Louisiana adopts new constitution with “grandfather clause” designed to eliminate black voters
1928 – Benito Mussolini announces moves to end women’s suffrage in a speech to the Senate in Italy
1932 – Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/body-of-lindbergh-baby-found#:~:text=The%20body%20of%20aviation%20hero,flew%20The%20Spirit%20of%20St.
1940 – The Nazi conquest of France began with the German army crossing Muese River.
1942 – The Soviet Army launched its first major offensive of World War II and took Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine from the German army.
1943 – The Axis forces in North Africa surrendered during World War II.
1949 – Breaking the blockade – The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.
1958 – US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1978 – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they would no longer exclusively name hurricanes after women.
1982 – South Africa unveiled a plan that would give voting rights to citizens of Asian and mixed-race descent, but not to blacks.
1982 – A Spanish priest attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II – Juan María Fernández y Krohn opposed the reforms initiated by the Second Vatican Council and believed that the Pope was a Communist agent. John Paul II escaped with minor injuries.
1989 – Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
1991 – A new cancer drug is announced which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1998 – Violent clashes follow the killing of four protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia
2002 – Former U.S. President Carter arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head of state, in or out of office, had gone to the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
2003 – In Texas, fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers went into hiding over a dispute with Republican’s over a congressional redistricting plan.
2006 – A major rebellion occurs in São Paulo as members of criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital attack police officers and stations, eventually escalating to several prisons in Brazil leaving around 130 dead
2012 – The discovery of a missing Mayan calendar piece disproves 2012 Armageddon
2019 – Gunman kill five people and a priest in a Catholic church in Dablo, Burkina Faso, before setting fire to and looting nearby buildings
2019 – Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due to US trade embargo and hoarding
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
