This Day In History
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1152- English cleric and writer Geoffrey of Monmouth consecrated as Bishop of St Asaph at Lambeth 1208- St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy 1296- Pope Boniface VIII decree Clericis Iaicos 1387- King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda
1389 - Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
1528 - János Szapolyai, disputed king of Hungary, and Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent sign treaty
1739 - Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah
1875 - The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries
Henrik Ibsen
1881 - De Lesseps' Company begins work on Panama Canal 1881 - China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. 1895 - Cuban war for independence begins
1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
1942 - The "Battle of Los Angeles" takes place, a series of anti-aircraft engagements over the city in response to a rumored but false Japanese attack. It would last until the morning of the following day. 1945 - Egypt & Syria declare war on nazi-Germany 1945 - Manila freed from Japanese
1945 - Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree
1948 - Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia
1949 - Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement 1955- Pact of Baghdad signed between Iraq & Turkey 1968 - US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1969 - Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby to study planet's atmosphere
1971 - Algeria nationalizes 51 percent of French oil concessions
1974 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh 1977 - US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
1979- War between North & South Yemen begins 1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1984- Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
1997 - South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
1998- Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London 1999- A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61. 2006- President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue possible military coup. 2008- Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years 2010Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009 2010- Sachin Tendulkar scores the first double century in One Day International cricket 2011- Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV103). 2013- Nicos Anastasiades wins the Cypriot presidential election 2013- Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba 2014- A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust 2014- Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat with the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time 2016- Oldest Muslim graves in Europe, from the 8th century, identified at a burial site in Nimes, France 20182016 world mass start speed skating champion Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea wins the event at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; also Olympic 10,000m champion Vancouver (2010) 2018- After taking gold in the Olympic team sprint in Sochi (2014), Finnish cross country skier Iivo Niskanen wins the 50k classical event in Pyeongchang