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• 1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York, England.
• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
• 1621 - Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
• 1660 - The Long Parliament disbands.
• 1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco - King Gustav III of SwedenGustav III ( 13 January 1746 ( O. 24 January 1746 ( N. March 29, 1792) was the King of Sweden from February 12, 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of Adolf Fredrick, King of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. is shot; he dies on March 29March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). There are 277 days remaining. Events 1461 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. 1638 Swedish colo.
• 1802Events March 16 West Point is established. March 25/ 27 Treaty of Amiens between France and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition. March 28 H. Olbers discovers the asteroid Pallas. May 19 Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the French legion d'ho - West PointAlternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). The United States Military Academy also known as West Point and USMA is a U. military academy and former Army fort. It is located in West Point, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River about 50 miles is established.
• 1815Events January 3 Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 8 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans February 3 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland February 6 New Jersey g - Willem IKing William I of the Netherlands was born as Willem Frederik on 25 August 1772 in The Hague, acceded in 1813 and died 1843 in Berlin, Germany. William I was also the grand duke of Luxembourg and count of Nassau. Biography King William I's parents were th becomes King of the NetherlandsThe Netherlands have been an independent monarchy since 1815, and have been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since. History The first king of the Netherlands, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon set up his brother Louis Napoleon as.
• 1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is published for the first time.
• 1900 - Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land around the ruins of Knossos on Crete.
• 1926 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
• 1935 - Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
• 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
• 1962 - A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean killing 107
• 1968 - Vietnam War: My Lai massacre American troops kill scores of women and children.
• 1969 - A Venezuelan Airlines DC-9 crashes shortly after takeoff in Maracaibo, Venezuela killing 155
• 1972 - Pruitt-Igoe housing complex is demolished.
• 1978 - Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas in Italy and is later killed by his captors.
• 1984 - CIA station chief stationed in Beirut, William Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity.
• 1985 - Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He would later be released on December 4, 1991.
• 1988 - Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
• 1988 - Kurdish town of Halabjah attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents killing 5000
• 1993 - A blizzard on the east coast of the United States kills 184 (see Great Blizzard of 1993).
• 1994 - In Portland, Oregon Tonya Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up an attack on figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan.
• 2002- Closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 2003 - Largest coordinated worldwide vigil, as part of the global protests against war on Iraq.
• 2880 - A 1/300 probability prediction that asteroid (29075) 1950 DA will hit Earth causing an extinction-level event