This Day In History
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1457 BC- Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account.
556- Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1071- Bari falls to Robert Guiscard's Norman forces, ending Byzantine rule in Italy
1346- The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
1395- Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops 1509- French army under Louis XII enters the Alps 1799 -- Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1865 - Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)
1913 - The Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved
1917 - Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution
1921 - Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague 1922 - German-Russian treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1922 - Rapallo Agreement, between Germany and Russia, is signed
1939 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1943 - 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
1945 - Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany
1946 - 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1953 - British royal yacht Britannia launched by Queen Elizabeth II
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test 1972 - Two giant pandas arrive in US from China 1972 - Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982- Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1984- Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
1986- To dispel rumors he's dead, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appears on TV
1986- West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1989- Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1992- Afghan president Najibullah resigns
2003 - Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
2012 - At least 55 people are killed in the Syrian uprising despite UN presence to oversee ceasefire 2012 - For the first time since 1977 no Pulitzer Prize is awarded for fiction
2013 - 37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country, Iran
2014 - South Korean ferry MV Sewol sinks on route Incheon to Jeju, 304 drown, mostly students. National controversy erupts over rescue efforts and actions of crew and owner.
2017 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins referundum on 18-article constitutional reform package
2019- Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson becomes the highest-paid player in NFL history with a 4-year $140m extension including record $65m signing bonus