This Day In History

• 610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur’an

• 1461 - Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquisition in Spain

• 1500 - Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar

• 1664 - Austria and the Ottoman Empire sign the Peace of Vásvár

• 1678 - Netherlands & France sign peace treaty in Nijmegen

• 1774 - 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing

• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.

• 1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)

• 1822 - Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die

• 1869 - O B Brown patents moving picture projector

• 1913 - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses

• 1914 -German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany

• 1914 - German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas

• 1914 - WWI: French fall back at Alsace

• 1916 - Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia

• 1920 - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania

• 1920 - Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey) • 1920 - Turkish government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate

• 1926 - Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed • 1943 - Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots • 1944 - Battle for Guam ends, US troops recapture Guam from the Japanese

• 1945 - Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor • Hirohito remained unchanged

• 1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space

• 1961- UK applies for membership of the European Common Market