Nothingandall: On this day in History

0455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
0518 - Anastasius I, dies. Byzantine emperor
1228 - Stephen Langton, dies. Archbishop of Canterbury
1249 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan was born (d. 1305)
1357 5:31 AM - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor assisted laying the foundation stone of Charles Bridge in Prague
1386 - Duke Leopold III of Autria dies (killed in battle) (b. 1351)
1540 - Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1578 - Ferdinand II was born (d. 1637). Holy Roman Emperor
1737 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany dies (b. 1671)
1749 - Naval settlement of Halifax, Nova Scotia founded as British answer to Louisbourg.
1755 - French and Indian War: Braddock Expedition - British troops and colonial militiamen are suffer a devastating defeat to French and Native American forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.
1764 - Ann Radcliffe, was born (d. 1823). English writer
1775 - Matthew Lewis, was born (d. 1818). English novelist.
1789 - In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
1790 - Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund - In the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
1793 - Act Against Slavery passed in Upper Canada and importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
1797 - Edmund Burke, dies (b. 1729). British philosopher and statesman
1808 - Alexander William Doniphan, was born (d. 1887). American lawyer and soldier
1815 - Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevente becomes Prime Minister of France
1816 - Argentina declares independence from Spain
1819 - Elias Howe, was born (d. 1867). American inventor ( sewing machine)

1832 - Portugal: O exército liberal ocupa o Porto

1833 - Nascimento de Joaquim de Sousa Andrade. Poeta brasileiro.
1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, was born (d. 1908). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1841 - Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar assume a presidência da Bolívia.

1841 - Joaquim António de Aguiar assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1846 - By an Act of Congress, the Washington, DC area south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia.
1850 - President Zachary Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the United States.
1850 - Báb, dies (b. 1819). Persian founder of the Bábi Faith
1850 - Zachary Taylor, dies. dies (b. 1819).12th President of the United States

1850 - Morte de Jean-Pierre Boyer. Presidente do Haiti (1818-1843)
1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, dies ( b. 1776) . Italian chemist.

1856 - Nikola Tesla, was born. Croatian physicist.
1856 - James Strang dies assassinated (b. 1813). Mormon splinter group leader
1858 - Franz Boas, was born (d. 1942). German anthropologist

1870 - A abolição da pena de morte é alargada às colónias portuguesas.
1893 - Dr Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open heart surgery at Provident Hospital in Chicago.
1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech.
1900 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
1900 - Ida Ehre was born (d. 1989). Actress.
1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, was born (d. 2000). English novelist.
1908 - Paul Brown, was born (d. 1991). American football coach.
1911 - Mervyn Peake, was born (d. 1968). British writer and illustrator.
1916 - Edward Heath, was born. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [1970-1974]
1918 - Great train wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.

1918 - Restabelecimento das relações diplomáticas entre Portugal e o Vaticano
1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1925 - Peter Ludwig, was born (d. 1996). Entrepreneur and art collector.

1925 - Golpe de Estado no Equador, quando o general Francisco González de la Torre derruba o presidente Gonzalo S. Córdova.

1926 - António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1927 - Ed Ames, was born. American singer and actor
1927 - Susan Cabot, was born (d. 1986). American actress.
1929 - King Hassan II of Morocco, was born (d. 1999)
1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, was born. United States Secretary of Defense

1932 - Tem inicío a chamada Revolução Constitucionalista, no estado de São Paulo, que apoiado pelo Mato Grosso ergue-se contra o governo central de Getúlio Vargas.

1935 - Nasce Mercedes Sosa, cantora argentina.
1936 - June Jordan, was born (d. 2002). American writer and teacher.
1937 - David Hockney, was born. English artist
1937 - Oliver Law, dies killed in battle (b. 1899). First African-American commander of U.S. troops.
1938 - Benjamin Cardozo, dies (b. 1870). American jurist.
1938 - Brian Dennehy, was born. American actor
1942 - Richard Roundtree, was born. American actor
1942 - Holocaust: Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in an attic above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1943 - World War II: Operation Husky - Allied forces perform an amphibious invasion of Sicily.
1943 - John Casper, was born. Astronaut
1944 - World War II: Battle of Normandy - British and Canadian forces capture Caen, France.
1945 - A forest fire breaks out in the Tillamook Burn, the third fire in that area since 1933.
1945 - Dean R. Koontz, was born. American author
1946 - Bon Scott, was born (d. 1980). Australian singer (AC/DC)
1947 - O. J. Simpson, was born. American football player and actor
1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, dies (b. 1874). English-born Australian composer.

1949 - Em Portugal é fundada a Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia
1951 - Harry Heilmann, dies (b. 1894). Baseball Hall of Famer
1952 - John Tesh, was born. American composer
1955 - Jimmy Smits, was born. Puerto Rican Emmy Award-winning actor: L.A. Law [1989-90]; N.Y.P.D. Blue, Birdland, Glitz, Mi Familia, Gross Misconduct, The Cisco Kid, Price of Glory
1955 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto was released by Bertrand Russell in London.
1956 - Tom Hanks, was born. American Academy Award-winning actor: Forrest Gump [1994], Philadelphia [1993]; Apollo 13, Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Joe Versus the Volcano, Splash, The Money Pit, You’ve Got Mail, The Green Mile, Cast Awayactor
1956 - Marc Almond, was born. British singer
1957 - Kelly McGillis, was born. American actress.
1965 - Frank Bello, was born. American musician (Anthrax)
1965 - Courtney Love, was born. American musician
1965 - Marc Mero, was born. American professional wrestler
1968 - Official opening of Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank.
1971 - Marc Andreessen, was born. American software developer
1973 - Kelly Holcomb, was born. American football player
1974 - Earl Warren, dies (b. 1891). Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

1975 - Jack White, was born. American musician (The White Stripes)
1976 - Fred Savage was born. American actor (The Wonder Years, The Princess Bride, Little Monsters, The Boy Who Could Fly )
1976 - Shelton Benjamin, was born. American professional wrestler
1978 - Linda Park, was born. Korean-born actress.
1979 - A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies (b. 1899). American actress and author.

1980 - Morre Vinicius de Moraes, escritor e diplomata brasileiro (n. 1913).Vinícius de Moraes - o poeta do amor- foi um dos mais populares poetas brasileiros.
1982 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.

1984 - Proceedings against the Purity Law
1985 - Jimmy Kinnon, dies (b. 1911). Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous

1985 - Rafael Campos dies of cancer at 49. Actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V)

1989 - Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.

1989 - First time Wimbeldon has both men & women's final on same day, Boris Becker beats Stefan Edberg and Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova
1991 - International Human Rights Federation cites human rights violations committed by police and military personnel during Oka crisis in Quebec, Canada.
1991 - South Africa is reintroduced into the Olympic movement after 30 years of exclusion.
1992 - Eric Sevareid, dies (b. 1912). American reporter.
1992 - Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton announces that Tennessee Senator Al Gore will be his running mate.
1996 - Melvin Belli, dies (b. 1907). American attorney.
1997 - Mike Tyson's boxing license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ear in a televised match.

1998 - Bolívia assina o Protocolo de Kyoto.

1998 - In the Azores Islands (Portugal) a 6.2 quake resulted in ten people killed, about 100 injured and 1,000 left homeless on Faial.
1999 - Days of student protests begins after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory of University of Tehran
2002 - The African Union was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman was Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
2002 - Laurence Janifer, dies. American science fiction writer.
2002 - Rod Steiger, dies (b. 1925) American actor.

2003 - Winston Graham, dies (b. 1908). American author.

2003 - Suíça ratifica o Protocolo de Kyoto
2004 - Paula Danziger, dies (b. 1944) American author.

2004 - Paul Klebnikov, dies (b. 1963) American journalist.

2004 - Isabel Sanford, dies (b. 1917). American actress.