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30 BC | Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, commits suicide. | |
1099 | At the Battle of Ascalon 1,000 Crusaders, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, route an Egyptian relief column heading for Jerusalem, which had already fallen to the Crusaders. | |
1791 | Black slaves on the island of Santo Domingo rise up against their white masters. | |
1812 | British commander the Duke of Wellington occupies Madrid, Spain, forcing out Joseph Bonaparte. | |
1863 | Confederate raider William Quantrill leads a massacre of 150 men and boys in Lawrence, Kansas. | |
1864 | After a week of heavy raiding, the Confederate cruiser Tallahassee claims six Union ships captured. | |
1896 | Gold is discovered near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. After word reaches the United States in June of 1897, thousands of Americans head to the Klondike to seek their fortunes. | |
1898 | The Spanish American War officially ends after three months and 22 days of hostilities. | |
1908 | Henry Ford‘s first Model T rolls off the assembly line. | |
1922 | The home of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C. is dedicated as a memorial. | |
1935 | President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Bill. | |
1941 | French Marshal Henri Philippe Petain announces full French collaboration with Nazi Germany. | |
1961 | The erection of the Berlin Wall begins, preventing access between East and West Germany. | |
1969 | American installations at Quan-Loi, Vietnam, come under Viet Cong attack. | |
1972 | As U.S. troops leave Vietnam, B-52′s make their largest strike of the war. | |
1978 | The Tel al-Zaatar massacre takes place at Palestinian refuge camp during Lebanese Civil War. | |
1979 | Massive book burnings by press censors begin in Iran. | |
1981 | Computer giant IBM introduces its first personal computer. | |
1992 | The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is concluded between the United States, Canada and Mexico, creating the world’s wealthiest trade bloc. | |
2000 | Russian Navy submarine K-141 Kursk explodes and sinks with all hands during military exercises in the Barents Sea. |