1979 – In the U.S., the government-controlled ceiling on oil prices ends. The control was phased out over 28 months.
4000 BC – Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only)
1215 – Peking [Beijing], then a city of over one million, under control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured and looted for a month by the Mongols under Genghis Khan
1495 – First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
1533 – Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s new queen, was crowned.
1543 – Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius publishes “De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)” a major step forward in understanding human anatomy
1568 – Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood
1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1774 – The British government ordered the Port of Boston closed.
1789 – The first U.S. congressional act on administering oaths became law.
1792 – Kentucky became the 15th state of the U.S.
1796 – Tennessee became the 16th state of the U.S.
1831 – The British explorer James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole
1848 – Revolutionary newspaper “Neue Rheinische Zeitung” founded by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and the Communist League in Cologne
1855 – US adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico
1869 – Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.
1877 – U.S. troops were authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico.
1916 – The National Defense Act increased the strength of the U.S. National Guard by 450,000 men.
1922 – Over 50,000 Fascists gather for a meeting in Bologna where Mussolini warns that he will lead a full-scale revolt against a government favoring ‘anti-Fascist reaction’
1942 – The U.S. began sending Lend-Lease materials to the Soviet Union.
1943 – During World War II, Germans shot down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London.
1944 – The French resistance was warned by a coded message from the British that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
1944 – Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.
1951 – International Cheese treaty signed
1954 – In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus’ security blanket made its debut.
1963 – Governor George Wallace vowed to defy an injunction that ordered the integration of the University of Alabama.
1970 – Zimbabwe came into existence. It was formerly known as Rhodesia.
1972 – Iraq nationalizes Iraq Petroleum Company’s (IPC) concession owned by British Petroleum, Royal Dutch-Shell, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, Mobil and Standard Oil of New Jersey
1974 – The Heimlich maneuver is published – Henry Heimlich is credited with developing the technique using abdominal thrusts to stop choking.
1974 – Arab oil ministers decide to end most restrictions on exports of oil to the United States but continue embargo against the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, and Rhodesia
1977 – The Soviet Union formally charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason. He was imprisoned until 1986.
1978 – The U.S. reported the finding of wiretaps in the American embassy in Moscow.
1979 – In the U.S., the government-controlled ceiling on oil prices ends. The control was phased out over 28 months.
1998 – In the U.S., the FDA approved a urine-only test for the AIDS virus.
1998 – A $124 million suit was brought against Goodyear Tire & Rubber that alleged discrimination towards black workers.
2001 – Nepalese Royal Massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal slaughters his parents, two siblings, and five other family members during dinner at the Narayanhiti Palace, in Katmandu
2005 – The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for the 1998 second-degree murder of Thomas Youk
2009 – General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009 – Air France flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic – All 228 people on board died in the crash. It took two years to find and recover the wreckage from the ocean floor.
2020 – US President Trump threatens to employ the military to quell protests across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd then walks with staff to St. John’s Church
2021 – US President Joe Biden’s administration suspends oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing Donald Trump’s decision
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
