454 | In Italy, Aetius, the supreme army commander, is murdered in Ravenna by Valentinian III, the emperor of the West. | |
1327 | Edward II of England is murdered by order of his wife. | |
1520 | Suleiman (the Magnificent), son of Selim, becomes Ottoman sultan in Constantinople. | |
1589 | The Duke of Mayenne of France is defeated by Henry IV at the Battle of Arques. | |
1673 | James Needham returns to Virginia after exploring the land to the west, which would become Tennessee. | |
1745 | A Scottish Jacobite army commanded by Lord George Murray routs the Royalist army of General Sir John Cope at Prestonpans. | |
1863 | Union troops defeated at Chickamauga seek refuge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is then besieged by Confederate troops. | |
1904 | Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies of a "broken heart". | |
1915 | Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later. | |
1929 | Fighting between China and the Soviet Union breaks out along the Manchurian border. | |
1936 | The German army holds its largest maneuvers since 1914. | |
1937 | The women's airspeed record is set at 292 mph by American pilot Jacqueline Cochran. | |
1937 | J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit is published. | |
1941 | The German Army cuts off the Crimean Peninsula from the rest of the Soviet Union. | |
1942 | British forces attack the Japanese in Burma. | |
1944 | U.S. troops of the 7th Army, invading Southern France, cross the Meuse River. | |
1978 | Two Soviet cosmonauts set a space endurance record after 96 days in space. | |
1981 | Belize granted full independence from the United Kingdom. | |
1989 | General Colin Powell is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | |
1991 | Armenia granted independence from USSR. | |
1993 | The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 begins when Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and invalidates the existing constitution. | |
1999 | Earthquake in Taiwan kills more than 2,400, injures over 11,305, and causes $300 billion New Taiwan dollars ($10 billion in US dollars). | |
2003 | Galileo space mission ends as the probe is sent into Jupiter's atmosphere where it is crushed. |
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
Today in History
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