This Day In History
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1455- Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date) [1] 1540- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola 1574- France begins 5th "holy war" against Huguenots 1660- Charles XI becomes king of Sweden 1689- Dutch prince William III proclaimed King of England 1782- Engineer James Watt's patent for a rotary motion for the steam engine (his sun-and-planet gear) is granted 1846- Polish revolutionaries march on Kraków, but are defeated 1847- Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico; Zachary Taylor leads mostly volunteer troops against larger Mexican Army force; Mexico retreats, both sides claim victory 1854- Great Britain & Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1861Dutch Prime Minister Floris van Hall resigns 1870Mississippi is readmitted to US after the Civil War 1874- Major Walter Clopton Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
1883 - American Anti-Vivisection Society organized (Philadelphia)
1886 - Aluminum manufacturing process developed 1886 - “The Times” of London publishes world’s 1st classified ad
1903 - The US and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations.
1903 - The Sultan agrees to an Austro-Russian plan to reform the government of Macedonia in yet another effort to stifle the rising disorder among the rival Bulgarian.
1904 - United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million.
1904 Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers
1919 - Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini 1940 - Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
1943 - German troops pull back through Kasserinepass Tunisia
1944 - Forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia.
1954 - 1st mass inoculation against polio with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR.
1967 - US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War.
1983 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1987 - Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st nakedeye supernova since 1604.
1991 - US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST.
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly”
1998 - Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
2007 - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2012 - A series of bomb attacks across 12 Iraqi cities kills 60 and injures 200.
2013 - 51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan.
2014- Canada wins the Olympic ice hockey double with a 3-0 victory over Sweden in the men's gold medal game in Sochi; first team to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984 2014- Russia sweeps the medals in the men's 50k cross country skiing at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Alexander Legkov wins gold ahead of teammates Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilia Chernousov 2018- Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis wins his second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the 1,000m; also 1,500m champion 2018- Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova wins the women's singles gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; earlier sets a new ISU best short program score of 82.92 2018