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786 | Pepin the Short of Gaul dies. His dominions are divided between his sons Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman. | |
1525 | In the first of the Franco-Habsburg Wars, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V captures the French king Francis I at the Battle of Pavia, Italy. | |
1538 | Ferdinand of Hapsburg and John Zapolyai, the two kings of Hungary, conclude the peace of Grosswardein. | |
1803 | Chief Justice John Marshall, by refusing to rule on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, asserts the authority of the judicial branch. | |
1813 | Off Guiana, the American sloop Hornet sinks the British sloop Peacock. | |
1821 | Mexico gains independence from Spain. | |
1836 | Some 3,000 Mexicans launch an assault on the Alamo with its 182 Texan defenders. | |
1895 | The Cuban War of Independence begins. | |
1908 | Japan officially agrees to restrict emigration to the U.S. | |
1912 | Italy bombs Beirut in the first act of war against the Ottoman Empire. | |
1912 | The Jewish organization Hadassah is founded in New York City. | |
1914 | Civil War soldier Joshua Chamberlain dies. | |
1916 | A film version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in New York. | |
1921 | Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce. | |
1928 | The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist. | |
1944 | Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma. | |
1945 | U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los BaƱos Prison in the Philippines. | |
1947 | Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes. | |
1959 | Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany. | |
1968 | North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam. | |
1972 | Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam. | |
1991 | General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War. |