Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 533Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
- 687Pope Sergius I is elected.
- 1161Jin–Song wars: Military officers conspire against Emperor Hailing of the Jin dynasty after a military defeat at the Battle of Caishi, and assassinate the emperor at his camp.
- 1167Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
- 1256Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
- 1467Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
- American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
- The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
- American Civil War: Battle of Nashville – Union forces under George Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John Hood.
- Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
- The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin
- The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
- Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.
- World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
- A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
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- World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
- The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
- Gone with the Wind receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
- The Holocaust: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union.
- World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
- World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain Campaign.
- Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
- U.S.-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946.
- The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India was held.
- The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
- Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
- King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country’s constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
- Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
- Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
- The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapses, killing 46 people.
