Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 64 events. Showing 31 - 60.
- Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
- World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 mi off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
- World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
- In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
- World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
- Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
- Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
- World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
- World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
- World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
- World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
- World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
- In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
- The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
- American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage “baby-boomers” by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
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- Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
- Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
- Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
- The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
- Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
- The Beatles release their groundbreaking album entitled Revolver
- Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
- The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the “South Pacific Forum”) is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
- Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
- In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
- President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
- General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
- Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
- A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
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