1947 – In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.
0334 BC – The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
1176 – Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
1246 – Henry Raspe was elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France.
1370 – Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1455 – King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans, during the War of the Roses.
1570 – Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas, with 70 maps, in Belgium.
1712 – Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary
1761 – In Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the U.S.
1799 – Napoleon makes statement in support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1807 – US authorities arrest former vice president Aaron Burr February 19 in Alabama and bring him to trial May 22 at Richmond, Va , in a circuit court presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall of the Supreme Court Burr has apparently schemed to establish an independent nation comprised of Mexico and parts of the Louisiana Territory, but the court acquits him for lack of evidence
1809 – Second and last Day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon was repelled by an enemy army for the first time
1840 – The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished
1841 – Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.
1843 – First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon with 700-1,000 migrants
1849 – Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock.
1856 – Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner
1868 – Near Marshfield, IN, The “Great Train Robbery” took place. The robbery was worth $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds to the seven members of the Reno gang.
1872 – Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers..
1882 – The U.S. formally recognized Korea.
1892 – Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the toothpaste tube.
1900 – The Associated Press was incorporated as a non-profit news cooperative in New York.
1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt signs a treaty with Mexico under which both countries agree to submit a long-standing dispute over interest payments to the Court of Arbitration at The Hague
1906 – The Wright brothers received a patent their flying machine.
1928 – US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
1933 – Loch Ness Monster is first reportedly sighted by John Mackay
1939 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the “Pact of Steel.”
1942 – World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
1947 – In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.
1953 – US President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill
1955 – A scheduled dance to be headlined by Fats Domino was canceled by police in Bridgeport, Connecticut because “rock and roll dances might be featured.”
1957 – South Africa Government approves race separation in universities
1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his goals for his “Great Society.”
1967 – “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” premiered on PBS.
1969 – A lunar module of Apollo 10 flew within nine miles of the moon’s surface. The event was a rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
1972 – U.S. President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit Russia. He met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up
1977 – Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911.
1980 – The arcade game Pac-Man is released – The game featuring a dot-munching round yellow figure moving through a maze has become one of the best-known video games in history. It was produced by Namco.
1990 – In the Middle East, North and South Yemen merged to become a single state known as the Republic of Yemen.
1992 – Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the last time. He had been host for nearly 30 years. Jay Leno took over the job three days later.
1997 – Kelly Flinn, the U.S. Air Force’s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepted a general discharge. She thereby avoided court-martial on charges of adultery, lying and disobeying an order.
1998 – New information came to light about the June 1996 bombing that killed 19 American airmen. The information indicated that Saudi citizens had been responsible and not Iranians as once believed.
2002 – Chandra Levy’s remains were found in Washington, DC’s Rock Creek Park. She was last seen on April 30, 2001. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.
2003 – At the Colonial in Fort Worth, TX, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman to play on the PGA tour in 58 years. She ended the day at 1-over par.
2006 – Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters vote to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union.
2014 – Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom’s constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country’s first coup in 1932
2017 – Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59
2018 – Australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted
2019 – Protests break out in Jakarta, Indonesia against the re-election of President Joko Widodo, killing six people and injuring 200
2020 – Australian computer scientist report they had achieved the speed of 44.2 Terabits over a standard optical fiber.
2022 – Report released on sexual abuse in US Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, details 20 years of suppressing many allegations
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
