Nothingandall: On this day in History

0913 - Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz dies.
1036 - Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan dies (b. 1008).
1048 - Omar Khayyam was born (d. 1123). Poet.
1157 - Yury Dolgoruky dies. Russian prince.
1174 - Nur ad-Din dies (b. 1118). Ruler of Syria.
1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
1381 - Eppelein von Gailingen dies. German robber baron.
1470 - Charles VIII of Sweden dies (b. 1409).
1492 - Em Lisboa, D. João II fundou o Hospital de Todos os Santos.
1514 - Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots weds James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
1567 - Date of baptism of Claudio Monteverdi (d. 1643). Italian composer.
1585 - Niwa Nagahide dies (b. 1535). Japanese retainer, samurai and daimyo.
1591 - Dmitry Ivanovich dies (b. 1582). Tsarevich.
1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to see Cape Cod.
1608 - René Goupil was born (d. 1642). French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs).
1609 - Giovanni Croce dies (b. 1557).Italian composer.
1618 - Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
1634 - Hendrick Avercamp dies (b. 1585). Dutch painter.
1653 - Morte do príncipe herdeiro D. Teodósio, filho primogénito de D. João IV. O infante D. Afonso, filho segundo do rei, torna-se o herdeiro do trono.
1698 - Marie Champmeslé dies (b. 1642). French actress.
1699 - Edward Petre dies (b. 1631). English Jesuit and privy councilor.
1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
1714 - Roger Elliott dies. British general and Governor of Gibraltar
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.

1720 - Maximilian Hell was born (d. 1792). Slovakian astronomer.

1740 - Ephraim Chambers dies (b. 1680). English encyclopaedist.

1749 - Levi Lincoln, Sr. was born (d. 1820). American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts.

1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.

1760 - Alaungpaya dies (b. 1711). King of Burma.

1767 - Nascimento de D. Lourenço José Xavier de Lima -1º conde de Mafra - Portugal.

1773 - Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich was born (d. 1859). Austrian statesman.

1773 - Alban Butler dies (b. 1710). English Catholic priest and writer.

1776 - American Revolution: Virginia convention instructs its delegates to propose a declaration of independence from Great Britain.

1782 - Marquis of Pombal dies (b. 1699). Prime Minister of Portugal.

1786 - General Dimitris Plapoutas was born (d. 1864). Revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence.

1791 - Maximilien Robespierre proposed the self-denying ordinance.

1792 - War of the First Coalition, France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.

1793 - Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights.

1793 - Nascimento de João Nepomuceno de Macedo (m. 28 Ago 1837). Barão de São Cosme - Portugal.

1796 - First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.

1811 - Paraguay declares independence from Spain.

1817 - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1817 - Debendranath Tagore was born (d. 1905). Indian religious reformer.

1829 - According to LDS teaching, John the Baptist confers the Aaronic Priesthood onto Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery.

1836 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.

1848 - Viktor Vasnetsov was born (d. 1926). Russian painter.

1849 - Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.

1851 - Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.

1856 - Lyman Frank Baum was born (d. 1919). American author.

1857 - Williamina Fleming was born (d. 1911). Scottish-born astronomer.

1858 - The third Royal Opera House oens in London.

1859 - Pierre Curie was born (d. 1906). French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.

1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed USDA).

1862 - Arthur Schnitzler was born (d. 1931). Austrian dramatist and narrator.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia - Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.

1869 - Woman's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.

1872 - Inauguração da 1.ª linha de eléctrico da cidade do Porto.

1879 - Gottfried Semper dies (b. 1803). German architect.

1886 - Emily Dickinson dies (b. 1830). American poet.

1889 - Bessie Hillman was born. American labor organizer.

1890 - Katherine Anne Porter was born (d.1980). American author, novelist (Ship of Fools).

1891 - Rerum Novarum, the first document of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition is published by Pope Leo XIII.

1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov was born (d. 1940). Russian writer.

1891 - Fritz Feigl was born (d. 1971). Austria-born chemist.

1892 - Jimmy Wilde was born (d. 1969). Boxer.

1895 - William D. Byron was born (d. 1941). U.S. Congressman.

1896 - Belmonte (Benedito Bastos Barreto) was born (d. 19 Apr 1947). Brazilian journalist ilustrator and humorist.

1897 - The Greek army retreats with heavy losses in Greco-Turkish War.

1898 - Arletty was born (d. 1992). French model and actress.

1899 - Jean-Etienne Valluy was born (d. 1970). French general.

1901 - Luis Monti was born (d. 1983). Argentine-Italian footballer.

1902 - In a field outside Grass Valley, California, Lyman Gilmore reportedly becomes the first person to fly a powered airplane (a steam-powered glider).

1902 - Richard J. Daley was born (d. 1976). Mayor of Chicago.

1903 - Maria Reiche was born (d. 1998). German-born mathematician and archaeologist.

1905 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.

1905 - Joseph Cotten was born (d. 1994). American actor.

1906 - O espanhol Manuel Magariño Castaños funda El Diario Español de Montevidéu, que atualmente é o jornal mais antigo da imprensa espanhola na América Ibérica.

1906 - Humberto Delgado was born in S. Simão da Brogueira, Torres Novas (d. 13 Feb 1965). Portuguese general and politician

1907 - Sukhdev Thapar was born. Indian freedom fighter.

1909 - James Mason was born (d. 1994). English actor.

1910 - The last time a major earthquake happened on the Lake Elsinore Fault.

1910 - Constance Cummings was born (d. 2005). British actress.

1911 - The United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be dissolved.

1911 - The Georgios Averof cruiser is bought by Greece.

1911 - Max Frisch was born (d. 1991). Swiss author.

1911 - Herta Oberheuser was born (d. 1978). Nazi doctor.

1912 - Arthur Berger was born (d. 2003). American composer.

1914 - Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914 - Tenzing Norgay was born (d. 1986). Nepalese sherpa and mountaineer.

1914 - Turk Broda was born. Ice hockey goaltender

1915 - Gus Viseur was born (d. 1974). French button accordionist.

1915 - Hilda Bernstein was born (d. 2006). English-born South African author, artist, and activist.

1915 - Mario Monicelli was born. Italian director and screenwriter

1915 - Paul Samuelson was born. American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1918 - The US Post Office Department (later renamed the USPS) begins the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC).

1918 - Civil War in Finland ends.

1918 - Eddy Arnold was born (d. 2008). American country music singer.

1918 - Joseph Wiseman was born. Canadian actor.

1919 - The Winnipeg General Strike began. By 11 AM, virtually the entire working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.

1919 - Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion killed or wounded 350 Turks by the Greek army. The responsible were punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades. Hasan Tahsin fired the first gun of the Turkish War of Independence.

1920 - Council of Lithuania adjourned as newly elected Constituent Assembly of Lithuania met for the first time in Kaunas

1922 - Jakucho Setouchi was born. Japanese writer and Buddhist nun.

1923 - John Lanchbery was born (d. 2003). English composer.

1923 - Johnny Walker was born. Indian actor.

1923 - Eduardo Ramos dies (b. 25 Mai 1854 in Salvador, BA). Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician).

1923 - Richard Avedon was born (d. 2004). Anerican photographer.

1924 - Maria Koepcke was born (d. 1971). Ornithologist.

1924 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant dies (b. 1852). French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1926 - Anthony Shaffer was born (d. 2001). English playwright.

1926 - Peter Shaffer was born. English playwright.

1928 - Release of the animated short "Plane Crazy", featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

1929 - A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.

1930 - Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess, on a light from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois.

1930 - Jasper Johns was born. American painter.

1931 - Pio XI publica a encíclica "Quadragésimo Anno", na qual denuncia a injustiça social.

1931 - Ken Venturi was born. American golfer.

1932 - The May 15 incident. In an attempted coup the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.

1934 - The United States Department of Justice offers a $25,000 reward for John Dillinger.

1934 - Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.

1934 - Alvin F. Poussaint was born. Physicist, psychiatrist, and educator.

1935 - The Moscow Metro was opened to public.

1935 - Kazimir Malevich dies (b. 1878). Polish/Ukrainian artist.

1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti was born. Italian-born actress.

1936 - Norberto Ungaretti was born in Laguna, Santa Catarina. Brazilian jurist and writer.

1936 - Wavy Gravy was born. American clown and activist.

1936 - Ralph Steadman was born. British cartoonist.

1936 - Paul Zindel was born. American novelist and playwright.

1937 - Madeline Albright was born. U.S. Secretary of State.

1937 - Trini López was born. American musician.

1937 - Phillip Snowden dies (b. 1864). British politician.

1938 - Mireille Darc was born. French actress.

1938 - Lenny Welch was born. American singer.

1940 - Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time in the United States.

1940 - World War II: German troops occupy Amsterdam and invade Northern France.

1940 - McDonald's is founded.

1940 - Lainie Kazan was born. American actress and singer.

1940 - Don Nelson was born. NBA coach.

1940 - Menno ter Braak dies (b. 1902). Dutch author and polemicist.

1941 - Baseball player Joe DiMaggio starts his record-breaking 56-game hitting streak.

1941 - K.T. Oslin was born. American musician.

1941 - Élie Lescot assume a presidência do Haiti.

1942 - World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.

1942 - Um forte terremoto em Guayaquil (Equador) causa a morte de centenas de pessoas.

1942 - Doug Lowe was born. 35th Premier of Tasmania

1942 - Jusuf Kalla was born. Vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.

1943 - Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).

1943 - Slaheddine Baccouche assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Tunísia.

1944 - Bill Alter was born. Missouri State Senator.

1944 - Ulrich Beck was born. German sociologist.

1945 - Last skirmish of the Second World War in Europe fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.

1945 - Alberico Carneiro was born in Primeira Cruz, Maranhão. Brazilian poet.

1945 - D. Duarte Pio (Duarte Pio João Miguel Henrique Pedro Gabriel Miguel) was born. 24 th Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown.

1945 - Lasse Berghagen was born. Swedish singer.

1945 - Charles Williams dies (b. 1886). British writer.

1948 - Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel.

1948 - Following the demise of the British Mandate of Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel.

1948 - Brian Eno was born. English musician and record producer.

1948 - Yutaka Enatsu was born. Japanese professional baseball pitcher.

1948 - Father Edward Flanagan dies (b. 1886). American priest, founder of Boys Town.

1950 - Nicholas Hammond was born. American actor.

1951 - The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.

1951 - The cartoon Rabbit Fire is released.

1951 - Chazz Palminteri was born. American actor, writer and director.

1951 - Jonathan Richman was born. American musician.

1951 - Frank Wilczek was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1952 - Chazz Palminteri was born. American actor, writer and director.

1953 - George Brett was born. American baseball player.

1953 - Mike Oldfield was born. English composer.

1954 - Robert P. Harrison was born. American thinker.

1954 - William March dies (b. 1893). American writer.

1955 - The Austrian Independence Treaty signed.

1955 - First ascent of Makalu, the world's fifth highest mountain.

1955 - Lee Horsley was born. American actor.

1955 - Melinda Culea was born. American actress.

1956 - Dan Patrick was born. American sportscaster.

1956 - Austin Osman Spare dies (b. 1886). English magician.

1957 - At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.

1957 - Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.

1957 - Juan José Ibarretxe was born. Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister).

1957 - Kevin Von Erich was born. American professional wrestler.

1958 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.

1958 - Ron Simmons was born. American professional wrestler.

1959 - Andrew Eldritch was born. English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy).

1959 - Kaokor Galaxy was born. Thai boxer.

1960 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.

1960 - Rob Bowman was born. American film director.

1961 - Katrin Cartlidge was born (d. 2002). British actress.

1962 - Melle Mel was born. American musician.

1963 - Project Mercury: America launches the last mission of the program, Mercury 9 (on June 12 ASA Administrator James E. Webb told Congress the program was complete).

1964 - The Smothers Brothers give their first concert in Carnegie Hall in New York City.

1965 - Raí was born. Brazilian footballer.

1966 - Janet Jackson was born. American musician and actress.

1966 - Pete Wiggs was born. English musician (Saint Etienne).

1966 - Silva Maia was dies (b. 31 Mar 1892 in Petropolis). Brazilian poet.

1966 - Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes dies. President of Brazil (1914-1918)

1967 - John Smoltz was born. Baseball player.

1967 - Madhuri Dixit was born. Indian actress.

1967 - Edward Hopper dies (b. 1882). American painter.

1968 - Cecilia Malmström was born. Swedish politician.

1968 - Seth Putnam was born. American musician.

1969 - A Biblioteca Nacional inaugurou as suas novas instalações no Campo Grande- Lisboa- Portugal.

1969 - Emmitt Smith was born. American football player.

1969 - Hideki Irabu was born. Japanese baseball player.

1970 - The Beatles' last LP, Let It Be, is released in the United States.

1970 - President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.

1970 - Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.

1970 - Rod Smith was born. American football player.

1970 - Frank de Boer was born. Dutch football player.

1970 - Ronald de Boer was born. Dutch football player.

1970 - Desmond Howard was born. American football player.

1970 - Rod Smith was born. American football player.

1971 - É implantado o Estado de guerra no Uruguai.

1971 - Phil Pfister was born. American strength athlete

1971 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie dies (b. 1900). English director, producer, and writer.

1972 - In Laurel, Maryland a disturbed, out-of-work janitor named Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while Wallace is campaigning to be American President.

1972 - The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.

1972 - David Charvet was born. French actor.

1973 - Nolan Ryan threw his first no-hitter (at Kansas City).

1974 – Ma'alot massacre a total of 31 people, including hostage takers, are killed.

1974 - General António de Spínola nomeado Presidente da República Portuguesa, pela Junta de Salvação Nacional. O professor Palma Carlos nomeado 1.º ministro do 1.º governo provisório, apresenta as linhas fundamentais do seu programa.

1974 - Inauguração da primeira sede do Partido Popular Democrático - Lisboa.

1974 - Ahmet Zappa was born. American musician.

1974 - Vassilis Kikilias was born. Greek footballer.

1975 - Ray Lewis was born. American football player.

1976 - Adolfo Bautista was born. Mexican footballer.

1976 - Jacek Krzynówek was born. Polish footballer.

1976 - Ryan Leaf was born. Former NFL quarterback.

1976 - Tyler Walker was born. Baseball player.

1976 - Torraye Braggs was born. American basketball player.

1978 - Lagumot Harris, having only been elected President less than a month before, is replaced as the leader of the republic of Nauru. He is succeeded by Hammer DeRoburt.

1978 - Amy Chow was born. American gymnast.

1978 - Caroline Dhavernas was born. Canadian actress.

1978 - David Krumholtz was born. American actor (NUMB3RS).

1978 - Edu was born. Brazilian footballer.

1978 - Krissy Taylor was born (d. 1995). American model.

1978 - Dwayne DeRosario was born. Canadian footballer

1978 - Sir Robert Menzies dies (b. 1894). Twelfth Prime Minister of Australia.

1980 - Josh Beckett was born. Baseball player.

1980 - Rocky Marquette was born. American actor.

1981 - François Mitterrand is proclaimed by the Congress, President of France.

1981 - Len Barker, American baseball pitcher, completes a perfect game for the Cleveland Indians against the Toronto Blue Jays.

1981 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler was born. American actress.

1981 - Justin Morneau was born. Canadian baseball player.

1981 - Zara Phillips was born. British royal and eventer.

1981 - Patrice Evra was born. French-Senegalese footballer.

1982 - Jessica Sutta was born. American dancer, singer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls) .

1982 - Segundo Castillo was born. Ecuadorian footballer.

1982 - Alex Breckenridge was born. American actress.

1982 - Leandro Reis was born in Brasília. Brazilian poet, writer and teologist.

1982 - Tatsuya Fujiwara was born. Japanese actor.

1982 - Veronica Campbell was born. Jamaican athlete.

1982 - Gordon Smiley dies (b. 1946). American race car driver.

1983 - Devin Bronson was born. American guitarist (Avril Lavigne).

1984 - Sérgio Jimenez was born. Brazilian racing driver.

1984 - Francis Schaeffer dies (b. 1912). American Evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor.

1985 - Cristiane was born. Brazilian footballer.

1986 - Edén Pastora, o "Comandante 0", abandona a luta armada contra o sandinismo e pede refúgio na Costa Rica.

1986 - Adam Moffat was born. Scottish soccer player.

1986 - Matías Fernández was born. Chilean soccer player forward.

1986 - Kyle Loza was born. Freestyle Motocross Rider.

1986 - Theodore White dies (b. 1915). American writer.

1986 - Elio de Angelis dies (b. 1958). Italian racing driver.

1987 - Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform, which failed

to reach orbit.

1987 - Andy Murray was born. Scottish tennis player.

1987 - Ersan İlyasova was born. Turkish basketball player.

1987 - Jennylyn Mercado was born. Filipino actress and singer.

1988 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1988 – Anushka Sharma was born. Indian actress.

1989 - Johnny Green dies (b. 1908). American songwriter.

1990 - Joe Mattock was born. English football player.

1990 - Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.

1990 - Gerald Santos was born. Filipino actor and singer.

1991 - Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.

1991 - Andreas Floer dies (b. 1956). German mathematician.

1991 - Ronald Lacey dies (b. 1935). English actor.

1992 - The Genoa Expo '92 World's Fair opens in Genoa, Italy.

1992 - O presidente da África do Sul, Frederik de Klerk, e o líder do Congresso Nacional Africano, Nelson Mandela, são agraciados com o Prêmio Príncipe de Astúrias de Cooperação Internacional.

1992 - Jovy Marcelo dies (1965). Filipino race car driver.

1993 - In Millstreet, Ireland, Niamh Kavanagh wins the thirty-ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "In Your Eyes".

1993 - Carlos Trincheiras dies. Portuguese coreographer and dancer.

1993 - Salah Ahmed Ibrahim dies (b. 1933). Sudanese writer, poet and diplomat.

1994 - Gilbert Roland dies (b. 1904). Mexican actor.

1995 - Ksenia Sitnik was born. Belarusian singer.

1995 - Eric Porter dies (b. 1928). British actor.

1996 - Charles B. Fulton dies (b. 1910). American jurist.

1997 - United States government acknowledges existence of "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.

1998 - Earl Manigault dies (b. 1944). American basketball player.

2002 - Real Madrid wins the ninth European Champions Cup in football.

2003 - June Carter Cash dies (b. 1929). American musician and singer

2003 - George Francis dies (b. 1940). British gangster.

2003 - Rik Van Steenbergen dies (b. 1924). Belgian cyclist.

2004 - The largest prime number to be discovered, 224036583 − 1, is found by Josh Findley and the GIMPS collaborative effort.

2004 - Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season, 38 games, unbeaten.

2004 - Narciso Ibáñez Menta dies. Spanish actor.

2004 - Ruslana Lyzichko, Ukrainian singer, wins Eurovision contest.

2005 - Carmen Dolores, actriz portuguesa abandona os palcos com 81 anos de idade, sendo condecorada pelo Presidente da Republica.

2005 - Les Bartley dies (b. 1954). Lacrosse coach.

2005 - Alan B. Gold dies (b. 1917). Chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court