1567 - James VIJames VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) ( 19 June 1566 27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 is crowned KingThis article treats the generic title monarch . For the origins of the word king and its English use, see Germanic king. For other meanings of the word, see Monarch (disambiguation A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state. The word derives from Greek of ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p at StirlingThis article is about the Scottish city. For other Stirlings see Stirling (disambiguation). Stirling is a city in central Scotland, in the district of Stirling. Stirling is an ancient town, clustered around a large castle and medieval old-town. It is a ce.
1588Events May 12 Day of the Barricades in Paris. Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee. May 28 The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel (it will take until - Battle of GravelinesThe Battle of Gravelines is the name given to two battles: The first was fought on July 13, 1558 during the 1547-59 war between France and Spain. The Spaniards, supported by the English navy, successfully attacked Gravelines near Calais. The second was a: The Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada ( Old Spanish: La felicissima armada "most fortunate fleet"; modernly la Armada Invencible "the Invincible Fleet") was a fleet which the Habsburg King Philip II of Spain used as part of an attempt to invade England in 1588. It was the l is defeated by an EnglishEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England naval force under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake off the coast of Gravelines, France.
1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, fire sweeps the USS Forrestal, in the worst US naval disaster since World War II (134 American servicemen are killed, 62 injured, 21 planes are destroyed and 42 more are damaged).
1976 - In New York City, the " Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing one and seriously wounding another in the first of a series of attacks that terrorized the city for the next year.