955 |
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Otto organizes his nobles and defeats the invading Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in Germany. |
1539 |
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King Francis of France declares that all official documents are to be written in French, not Latin. |
1557 |
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French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert’s Spanish army at St. Quentin, France. |
1582 |
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Russia ends its 25-year war with Poland. |
1628 |
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The Swedish warship Vasa capsizes and sinks in Stockholm harbor on her maiden voyage. |
1779 |
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Louis XVI of France frees the last remaining serfs on royal land. |
1831 |
|
William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is
the first to use the term “Old Glory” in connection with the American
flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett. |
1846 |
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The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington through the bequest of James Smithson. |
1864 |
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Confederate Commander John Bell Hood sends his cavalry north of Atlanta to cut off Union General William Sherman‘s supply lines. |
1911 |
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The House of Lords in Great Britain gives up its veto power, making the House of Commons the more powerful House. |
1913 |
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The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Second Balkan War. |
1941 |
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Great Britain and the Soviet Union promise aid to Turkey if it is attacked by the Axis Powers. |
1949 |
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National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense. |
1950 |
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President Harry S. Truman calls the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War. |
1954 |
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English jockey Sir Gordon Richards retires
with a world-record total of 4,870 victories, later broken by Johnny
Longden of the United States. Richards was the first jockey ever to be
knighted. |
1954 |
|
The groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held at Massena, New York. |
1960 |
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NASA launches Discoverer 13 satellite; it would become the first object ever recovered from orbit. |
1970 |
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Rocker Jim Morrison tried in Miami on
“lewd & lascivious behavior.” Although convicted and sentenced to
jail, he was free on bond while his case was being appealed when he dies
in Paris, July 3, 1971. |
1975 |
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David Frost purchases the exclusive rights to interview Richard Nixon. |
1977 |
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US and Panama sign Panama Canal Zone accord, guaranteeing Panama would have control of the canal after 1999. |
1997 |
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The last British troops leave Hong Kong. After 156 years of British rule, the island is returned to China. |
2003 |
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For the first time ever, temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit when thermometers hit 101.3 F (38.5 Celsius) at Kent. |
2006 |
|
All toiletries are banned from commercial
airplanes after Scotland Yard disrupts a a major terrorist plot
involving liquid explosives. After a few weeks, the toiletries ban was
modified. |
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