2019 – US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
0636 – Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from the Byzantine Empire
1215 – Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1298 – Rindfleisch (“Beef”) Persecutions – Jewish community in Wurzburg, Germany massacred
1579 – Francis Drake departs San Francisco to cross the Pacific Ocean
1632 – 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France
1715 – The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
1764 – James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation
1777 – American Revolution: Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply US with munitions
1777 – Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry
1798 – Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1803 – Irish nationalist Robert Emmet, 25, leads a rebellion against the British He spoke with Bonaparte and Talleyrand last year in an effort to obtain French support, his small band of followers commits two murders and other acts of violence July 23 in a move to capture the viceroy, but the rioters are quickly dispersed Emmet escapes, goes into hiding, is captured August 25, tried by a special court, and hanged September 20
1808 – Spanish forces at Bailen force a French army of 18,000 under Gen Pierre Antoine Dupont, 43, to surrender July 23
1827 – The first swimming school in the U.S. opened in Boston, MA.
1829 – William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter.
1880 – The first commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Mich
1886 – Steve Brodie, a New York saloonkeeper, claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
1900 – The Canadian government reviews immigration policy, prohibiting criminals and paupers from landing in Canada
1904 – The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO.
1913 – Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot, Palestine
1914 – Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin. The dispute led to World War I.
1920 – Kenya becomes a British crown colony
1929 – Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words.
1936 – In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of socialist and communist parties
1938 – The first federal game preserve was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The area was 2,000 acres in Utah.
1940 – US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles`s declaration on the US non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1942 – The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened
1948 – USS Putnum (DD-757) evacuates U.N. team from Haifa, Israel and becomes first U.S. Navy ship to fly the U.N. flag.
1952 – Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.
1954 – A law was passed that stated “The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to repair, equip, and restore the United States Ship Constitution, as far as may be practicable, to her original appearance, but not for active service, and thereafter to maintain the United States Ship Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.”
1958 – The submarine Nautilus departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under orders to conduct “Operation Sunshine.” The mission was to be the first vessel to cross the north pole by ship. The Nautilus achieved the goal on August 3, 1958.
1962 – The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed
1962 – The “Telstar” communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe.
1964 – Egyptian munition ship “”Star of Alexandria”” explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1967 – 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).
1968 – Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began that lasted for five days
1970 – Qaboos ibn Said, becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said ibn Taimur.
1972 – The U.S. launched Landsat 1 (ERTS-1). It was the first Earth-resources satellite.
1977 – Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges
1982 – International Whaling Commission bans commercial whale hunting, The International Whaling Commission (IWC) passed a resolution to restrict commercial whaling and ban it completely after 1986. 25 countries voted to put the restrictions and ban in place.
1983 – Around 3,000 Tamils were slaughtered by Sinhalese Buddhist majority in Sri Lanka and some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighboring Tamil Nadu, India and a lot found refuge in Europe and Canada. This incident, known as Black July led directly to beginning of civil war in Sri Lanka
1984 – Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in “Penthouse” magazine. She was the first to resign the title.
1985 – Commodore unveiled the personal computer Amiga 1000.
1988 – General Ne Win, effective ruler of Myanmar since 1962 resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1992 – Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia
1992 – A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes it is necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples
1995 – Comet Hale–Bopp discovered, Also known as C/1995 O1 by the scientific community, this well known comet was discovered independently by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997 – Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in the upstairs bedroom aboard a Miami houseboat to avoid capture by the police
1998 – U.S. scientists at the University of Hawaii turned out more than 50 “carbon-copy” mice, with a cloning technique.
1999 – Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan, is crowned King Mohammed VI of Morrocco at the death of his father
2005 – Three bombs hit the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people
2009 – The Bank of Canada announces the end of the recession even though it remains nascent and still dependent on government stimulus money
2015 – NASA’s Kepler mission announces discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet – Kepler-452b, 1,400 light years from Earth
2016 – Suicide bomb in Kabul kills 80 during a protest march, Islamic State claim responsibility
2018 – 250,000 doses of vaccines for children produced by a firm in China faulty according to reports in China
2018 – International Monetary Fund predicts inflation of 1 million percent in Venezuela by end of 2018
2019 – BHP becomes the first mining company to tackle pollution, says it will invest $400 million to reduce emissions
2019 – Investigation launched after no girls born in three months in 132 villages in Uttarkashi district, India, with sex-selective abortions suspected as the reason
2019 – US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs out of money
2020 – US President Trump says he could send 75,000 federal agents to deal with violence in American cities like Portland, drawing backlash
2022 – WHO declares monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern with 16,000 cases in 75 countries
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
