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• 330 - Byzantium is renamed Constantinople during a dedication ceremony.
• 1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
• 1745 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
• 1792 - Captain Robert Gray becomes the first white man to discover the Columbia RiverColumbia River Gorge, Washington or North side The Columbia River is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. Its headwaters are located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, and it flows through the east-centr.
• 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua - Prime Minster Spencer PercevalThe Right Honourable Spencer Perceval ( November 1, 1762 May 11, 1812) was a British Statesman and Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. Perceval was the seventh son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont by his se is assassinated by John BellinghamJohn Bellingham ( 1771 May 18, 1812) was the only man to assassinate a British Prime Minister. Bellingham's early life is unclear as few sources survive and most post-assassination biographies of him included speculation as fact. Recollections of family a in the lobby of the House of CommonsThe House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 659 members, who are known as "Members of Parliamen, 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.
• 18181818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published March 22 Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early: - Charles XIVKing Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway or domestically Carl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte ( January 26, 1763 March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte ( 1711- 1780), procurat of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 1857 - Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
• 1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
• 1862 - American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Yellow Tavern - Confederate General JEB Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, Virginia .
• 1894 - Pullman Strike: Three thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a "wildcat" (without Union approval) strike in Illinois.
• 1910 - An act of the United States Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
• 1911 - The United States becomes a member of the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• 1927 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the "Academy" in " Academy Awards," is founded.
• 1928 - The first analog TV service is inaugurated by WGY , Schenectady, New York.
• 1934 - Dust Bowl: A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl in North America.
• 1942 - William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
• 1943 - World War II: American troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
• 1944 - World War II: The Allies start a major offensive against the Axis Powers Gustav Line.
• 1949 - Siam changes its name to Thailand.
• 1949 - Israel joins the United Nations.
• 1953 - The Waco Tornado: An F5 tornado hit in the downtown section of Waco, Texas killing 114.
• 1960 - In Buenos Aires four Israeli Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who was using the assumed name Ricardo Klement.
• 1960 - The first contraceptive pill is made available on the market.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Operation Apache Snow - Near the Laos border, American and South Vietnamese forces fight North Vietnamese troops for Ap Bia Mountain (aka Hill 937 or " Hamburger Hill").
• 1973 - Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times dismissed.
• 1976 - The last episode of the TV medical drama Marcus Welby, M.D. is aired.
• 1984 - A transit of Earth from Mars takes place; no one is there to observe it.
• 1985 - 50 spectators die when a flash fire strikes a football ground during a match in Bradford, England.
• 1987 - Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• 1987 - The first heart- lung transplant takes place ( Baltimore, Maryland).
• 1995 - In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
• 1996 - After taking-off from Miami, a fire started by improperly-handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
• 1997 - IBM's Deep Blue chess-playing supercomputer defeats Garry Kasparov becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player.
• 1998 - Nuclear testing: In the Rajasthan Desert , India conducts its first underground nuclear tests violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and inflaming its rival neighbor Pakistan (who already has nuclear weapons).
• 2004 - The Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow kills nine people.