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• 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type.
• 1574 - The 5th holy war against the Huguenots begins in France.
• 1660 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden.
• 1732 - First performance of George Frideric Handel's Orlando , in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri.
• 1778Events "The term Thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick. January 18 Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Dis - American RevolutionThe American Revolution refers to the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America. The American Revolutionary: Baron von SteubenFriedrich Wilhelm Augustus Steuben, Baron von Steuben ( November 15, 1730- November 28, 1794) was a German army officer who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching American troops the essentials of mil arrives at Valley ForgeValley Forge is also the name of a nearby town: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Valley Forge was the site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777 1778 in the American Revolutionary War. This was a time of great suffering for George, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth. It has given its name to the Pennsylvanian time period in geology. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State. Although Swed to help to train the Continental ArmyThe Continental Army was the unified command structure of the thirteen colonies fighting Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The Army was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775. Most of the Continental Army w.
• 1820Events January 1 Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cadiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament ( March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution ( March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. January 29 George the Prince Regent becomes king George IV of the - Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
• 1821 - The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college.
• 1836 - The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1847 - Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista - In Mexico, American troops defeat Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• 1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, DC after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1870 - Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 1874 - Walter Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis.
• 1883 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
• 1887 - The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 1893 - Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine.
• 1898 - Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing " J'accuse " which was a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Alfred Dreyfus in jail.
• 1900 - Battle of Hart's Hill : In South Africa the Boers and British troops battle.
• 1903 - Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• 1904 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
• 1905 - Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 1909 - The Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• 1917 - The Russian Revolution begins.
• 1919 - Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy.
• 1927 - The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
• 1934 - Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• 1940 - World War II: Soviet Union troops conquer Lasi Island .
• 1940 - The animated movie Pinocchio is released.
• 1945 - Following the American victory at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Surabachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize.
• 1945 - World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces.
• 1947 - International Organization for Standardization(ISO) is founded.
• 1954 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1955 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 1955 - Edgar Faure becomes Prime Minister of France
• 1956 - Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin as a " cult of personality".
• 1958 - Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
• 1966 - A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government.
• 1974 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• 1980 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• 1981 - Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'etat by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• 1982 - The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa , a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos.
• 1983 - The Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
• 1987 - A supernova is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud (see Supernova 1987a).
• 1991 - Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabia border and enter Iraq, thus starting the ground-phase of the war.
• 1991 - Thailand: General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'etat, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan .
• 1993 - Gary Coleman wins a $1,280,000 lawsuit against his parents.
• ]]1998]] - Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
• 1998 - Osama bin Laden publishes fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
• 1998 - Netscape Communications Corporation announced the foundation of mozilla.org, to co-ordinate the development of the open source Mozilla web browser.[1]
• 1999 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
• 1999 - White supremacist John William King is found guilty of kidnapping and killing African American James Byrd Jr by dragging him behind a truck for two miles.