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• 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
• 1717 - The Loves of Mars and Venus became the first ballet performed in England.
• 1791 - Long distance communication was speeded up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
• 1807 - The United States Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
• 1836 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of TexasAlternative use: Republic of Texas (group The Republic of Texas was a shortlived country roughly corresponding to the present day state of Texas in the United States of America. The northern boundaries with the United States were defined by the Adams-Onis from MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co.
• 1855Events Births January 5 King Camp Gillette, inventor († 1932) January 21 John Moses Browning, inventor († 1926) January 28 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator († 1898) March 13 Percival Lowell, astronomer († 19 - Alexander IIAlexander (Aleksandr) II ( II ( April 17, 1818 March 13, 1881) was the Emperor ( tsar) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until his assassination. As such, also the Grand Duke of Finland 1855-1881. Born the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia, Alexander's early becomes TsarTsar ( Bulgarian Russian often spelt Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires from 913 and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. It is derived from the Latin title Caesar. History of usage The title tsar of RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With.
• 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United - Nevada TerritoryNevada Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from March 2, 1861 until October 31, 1864, when it became Nevada, the 36th state. Prior to its designation as a territory, the area was part of western Utah Territory and was known and Dakota Territory organized as political divisions of the United States.
• 1877 - U.S. presidential election, 1876: The United States Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876 ( Reconstruction ends).
• 1899 - In Washington State, USA, Mount Rainier National Park is established.
• 1901 - The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
• 1903 - In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
• 1917 - The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• 1919 - The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• 1923 - TIME magazine hits newsstands for the first time.
• 1933 - King Kong premieres in New York City.
• 1939 - Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea - United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.
• 1946 - Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
• 1949 - Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• 1955 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
• 1956 - Morocco declares its independence from France.
• 1962 - In Hershey, Pennsylvania, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers scores 100 points against the New York Knicks, breaking several National Basketball Association records.
• 1962 - In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup.
• 1963 - Release of Please Please Me in the United Kingdom, first LP from The Beatles.
• 1969 - In Toulouse, France the first Concorde test flight is conducted.
• 1969 - Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
• 1972 - The Pioneer 10 spaceprobe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
• 1978 - Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian and non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
• 1985- TV anime series Mobile Suit Z Gundum broadcasted its first episode in Japan.
• 1987- Chrysler acquires American Motors
• 1989 - 12 European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• 1990 - Nelson Mandela elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
• 1992 - Moldova is member of the UN
• 1995 - Nick Leeson is arrested for his role in the collapse of Barings Bank.
• 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spaceprobe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• 2003 The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics held at Chung Cheng University .
• 2004 - Voters in Georgia vote on a referendum concerning that state's flag.
• 2004 - Disgruntled by the state's education act (Act 60), residents of Killington, Vermont vote to become part of New Hampshire.
• 2004 - War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
• 2004 - War in Iraq: A United Nations report from the weapons inspection teams states that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction of any significance after 1994, despite widespread belief to the counter before the invasion.