1252 - King
Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon dies (b. 1198/1199?)
1416 -
Jerome of Prague, dies (b. 1379). Czech theologian.
1416 - The
Catholic Church burns
Jerome of Prague as a heretic.
1431 - In
Rouen,
France, 19-year-old
Joan of Arc is
burned at the stake by a pro-English tribunal.
1431 -
Joan of Arc, dies (burned at the stake by a pro-English tribunal) (b. 1412) . French commander and saint.
1434 -
Taborite forces led by
Prokop the Great were defeated and almost annihilated in the
Battle of Lipany, effectively ending the
Hussite Wars.
1536 - King
Henry VIII of England marries
Jane Seymour, a
lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1539 - In
Florida,
Hernando de Soto lands at
Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding
gold.
1574 -
Henry III becomes King of
France.
1574 - King
Charles IX of France dies (b. 1550).
1576 -
Harada Naomasa, dies. Japanese retainer and samurai under
Oda Nobunaga1588 - The last ship of the
Spanish Armada sets sail from
Lisbon heading for the
English Channel.
1593 -
Christopher Marlowe,dies (b. 1564). English playwright
1640 - Peter Paul
Rubens, dies (b. 1577). German painter.
1662 - Casamento de D. Catarina, filha de D. João IV, com Carlos II de Inglaterra.
1672 -
Peter the Great, (Piotr Alekseevich Romanov) was born (d. 1725).
Tsar of
Russia. Nascimento de Pedro o Grande (1672-1725), imperador da Rússia. Foi responsável pela ocidentalização da Rússia, edificando a cidade de São Petersburgo.
1770 -
François Boucher, dies (b. 1703). French painter.
1744 -
Alexander Pope, dies (b. 1688). English poet, and writer.
1778 -
Voltaire, (François Marie Arouet), dies (b. 1694). French philosopher, author.
1779 -
D. Fernando de Sousa e Silva é nomeado 4º Cardeal Patriarca de Lisboa
1806 -
Andrew Jackson kills a man in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.
1814 - The
First Treaty of Paris is signed returning
French borders to their
1792 extent.
Napoleon I of France is exiled to
Elba on the same day.
1814 -
Michael Bakunin, was born (d. 1876). Russian anarchist.
1834 - As ordens religiosas masculinas são extintas e os seus bens nacionalizados. A medida é da responsabilidade de D. Pedro, enquanto regente, e de Joaquim António de Aguiar, que passa por isso a ser conhecido por «o Mata-Frades».
1849 -
Pedro Santana assume (pela 2º vez) a presidência da República Dominicana
1850 - Nasceu o republicano português, fundador de "O Século",
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima.
1854 - The
Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the
US territories of
Nebraska and
Kansas.
1865 -
John Catron, dies. Associate justice of the United States
1868 -
Memorial Day (then known as "Decoration Day") is observed in the
United States for the first time (it was proclaimed on
May 5 by General
John Logan).
1871 - The
Paris Commune falls.
1875 - Nasceu a actriz portuguesa Palmira Bastos.
1876 -
Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew
Murat V.
1879 -
New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed
Madison Square Garden by
William Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1879 -
Colin Blythe, was born (d. 1917). Kent and England
left arm spinner.
1882 -
Wyndham Halswelle, was born. British runner
1883 - In
New York City, a rumor that the
Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.
1895 -
Maurice Tate, was born (d. 1956). Sussex and England all-rounder.
1896 -
Howard Hawks, was born (d. 26 Dec 1977). American film director : Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monkey Business, Hatari, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo, Sergeant York, A Song is Born, The Thing.
1904 -
Nascimento de Ernesto Guardia Navarro. Presidente do Panamá (1956-1960)
1907 - Elly Beinhor, was born. Pilot .
1908 - Hannes (Olof Gösta) Alfvén was born (d. 2 Apr 1995). Swedish
astrophysicist, one of the founders of the field of plasma physics (the study of ionized gases) and
winner, with Louis Néel of France, of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics "for fundamental work in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics."
1908 -
Mel Blanc, was born (d. 1989). American voice actor.
1909 -
Benny Goodman, was born (d. 1986). American
clarinet player and Swing-era bandleader.
1910 -
Inge Meysel, was born (d. 2004). German actress.
1911 - At the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first
Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
1912 -
Julius Axelrod, was born. American biochemist. Received the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1970 (with British biophysicist Sir Bernard Katz and Swedish physiologist Ulf von Euler).
1919 -
Nascimento de René Barrientos Ortuño. Presidente da Bolívia (1964-1969).
1920 -
Franklin Schaffner, was born (d. 1989). American film director
1920 -
Ralph Metcalfe, was born (d. 1978). American
athlete1922 -
Hal Clement, was born (d. 2003). American science fiction writer.
1922 - In
Washington, D.C., the
Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
Daniel Chester French created the famous sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, titled Seated Lincoln. Lincoln is in meditation, seated in a large armchair. Both French and the Piccirilli brothers completed the sculpture. On this day in 1922 the memorial in which the statue is permanently seated was dedicated, although the cornerstone was laid in 1915.
1925 -
Criação da Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol.
1926 -
Christine Jorgensen,was born (d. 1989).
transsexual activist.
1926 - O primeiro governo saído do golpe militar de 28 de Maio entra em funções. É presidido pelo comandante Mendes Cabeçadas, herói da Revolução de 5 de Outubro de 1910.
1927 -
Clint Walker, was born. Actor
1934 -
Aleksei Leonov, was born.
Cosmonaut and first person to
walk in space1935 -
Babe Ruth plays in his last
baseball game, in the uniform of the
Boston Braves.
1936 -
Keir Dullea, was born. American actor
1939 -
Michael J. Pollard, was born. American actor
1941 -
World War II:
Germany captures
Crete.
1942 - World War II: 1000
British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on
Cologne,
Germany.
1943 -
Gale Sayers, was born.
American football star
1948 - A dike along the flooding
Columbia River breaks, obliterating
Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1951 -
Hermann Broch, dies (b. 1886). Austrian author.
1951 -
Stephen Tobolowsky, was born. Actor
1951 - Zdravko Colic, was born.
Yugoslavian singer
1953 -
Colm Meaney, eas born.
Irish actor (
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Deep Space Nine)
1954 -
Susan Kelly-Gilbert, was born. Vice-President of Advertising and Marketing at the
Colorado Springs Gazette in Colorado Springs,
Colorado1953 -
Dooley Wilson, American musician, actor.
1955 -
Topper Headon, was born. British musician, drummer with
The Clash1958 - The bodies of several unidentified soldiers killed in action during
World War II and the
Korean War are buried at the
Tomb of the Unknowns in
Arlington National Cemetery.
1960 -
Boris Pasternak, dies (b. 1890). Russian author. Nobel Prize 1958.
1961 -
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, dies (b. 1891). Dictator of the Dominican Republic .
1962 - Início do Campeonato Mundial de Futebol realizado no Chile.
1964 -
Leó Szilárd, dies (b. 1898). Hungarian-American nuclear physicist.
1964 -
Wynonna Judd, was born. American country music singer
1966 -
Nascimento de Thomas Hassler. Jogador alemão de futebol.
1967 -
Claude Rains, dies (b. 1889). English actor.
1967 - At the Ascot Speedway in
Gardena, California, daredevil
Evel Knievel jumps his
motorcycle over 16 cars lined-up in a row.
1967 - The
Nigerian state of
Biafra secedes, sparking a
civil war.
1971 -
Mariner program:
Mariner 9 is launched toward
Mars.
1971 -
Marcel Dupré, dies (b. 1886). French composer.
1972 -
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout
Britain.
1972 - In
Tel Aviv, members of the
Japanese Red Army carry out the
Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1972 -
Manny Ramirez,was born. Dominican
baseball player
1973 -
Leigh Francis (aka
Avid Merrion), was born. British comedian.
1975 -
Steve Prefontaine, dies (b. 1951). American distance runner.
1982 -
Spain becomes the 16th member of
NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since
West Germany's admission in
1955.
1982 -
Baseball player
Cal Ripken, Jr plays the first of 2,632 consecutive games. His streak will end on
September 20,
1998.
1986 -
Perry Ellis, dies.
Fashion designer1986 -
Claudia Beni, was born.
Croatian singer
1989 -
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 33-foot high "
Goddess of Democracy"
statue is unveiled in
Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1992 - Antoni Zygmund dies (b. 26 Dec 1900). Polish-born
mathematician who
created a major analysis research centre at Chicago, and recognized in 1986 for this with the National Medal for Science.
1993 -
Sun Ra, dies (b. 1914). American musician.
1994 - Juan Carlos Onetti dies. Writer.
1998 - A 6.6 magnitude
earthquake hits northern
Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
1999 -
Kenny Bräck wins the 83rd
Indianapolis 500place.
2000 -
Tex Beneke, dies. Bandleader, singer,
saxophone player .
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