1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1604 – Kepler’s Supernova occurs, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
1635 – Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
1799 – Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of over two hundred men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1812 – In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
1825 – Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor, marking the start of the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States. The Restauration is called the Norwegian Mayflower.
1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
1911 – An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire.
1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam, begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1980 – Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1604 – Kepler’s Supernova occurs, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
1635 – Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
1799 – Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of over two hundred men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
1812 – In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
1825 – Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor, marking the start of the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States. The Restauration is called the Norwegian Mayflower.
1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
1911 – An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire.
1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam, begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
1980 – Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience
in Vatican City.
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| Restauration Stamp Issued in 1925 |
2006 – North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
2009 – First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA’s Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
Births
1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw (d. 1982)
1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Deaths
1806 – Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
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(sourced from various websites including wikipedia and others)
Cora Frederick