This Day In History
• 48 BC- Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
• 378- Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens
• 681- Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
• 1173- Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete • 1655- Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divides England into 11 districts
• 1810- Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
• 1831- 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
• 1842- US-Canada border defined by WebsterAshburton Treaty
• 1848- Austria & Sardinia sign cease fire • 1849-Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
• 1855- Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
• 1859- Otis Tuft patents the first passenger elevator in the US
• 1910- Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
• 1920-Bulgarian & allied Peace of Neuilly-surSeine goes into effect
• 1942- Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” campaign by the All-India Congress
• 1945- US drops 2nd atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki • 1953-Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah arrested • 1965- Singapore separates from the federation of malaysia and gains its independence • 1972- There is widespread and severe rioting in Nationalist areas of Northern Ireland on the anniversary of the introduction of Internment • 1973- USSR launches Mars 7
• 1974- Richard Nixon resigns US presidency, VP Gerald Ford swears oath of office to become 38th US president
• 1976- USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
• 1990-12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
• 1990- Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-10 launches • 1995- South Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
• 1999- The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.