1184
King Magnus of Norway is defeated by his rival, Sverre.
1215
King John signs the Magna Carta.
1381
The English peasant revolt is crushed in London.
1389
Ottoman Turks crush Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo.
1607
Colonists in North America complete James Fort in Jamestown.
1752
Benjamin Franklin and his son test the relationship between electricity and lightning by flying a kite in a thunder storm.
1775
George Washington is named Commander in Chief by Congress.
1779
American General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York.
1836
Arkansas is admitted into the Union as the 25th state.
1846
Great Britain and the United States agree on a joint occupation of Oregon Territory.
1849
James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, dies.
1862
General J.E.B. Stuart completes his "ride around McClellan."
1864
The Battle for Petersburg begins.
1866
Prussia attacks Austria.
1877
Henry O. Flipper becomes the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
1898
The U.S. House of representatives approves the annexation of Hawaii.
1916
President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1917
Great Britain pledges the release of all Irish captured during the Easter Rebellion of 1916.
1920
Three African Americans are lynched in Duluth, Minnesota, by a white mob of 5,000.
1928
Republicans, convening in Kansas City, name Herbert Hoover their candidate for President.
1932
Gaston Means is sentenced to 15 years for fraud in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.
1940
The French fortress of Verdun is captured by Germans.
1944
U.S. Marines begin the invasion of Saipan in Pacific.
1947
The All-Indian Congress accepts a British plan for the partition of India.
1958
Greece severs military ties to Turkey because of the Cyprus issue.
1964
The last French troops leave Algeria.
1977
The first general election in Spain since 1936 results in victory for
the UCD (Union of Democratic Centre).
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