The Battle of Hormozdgān is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.

Battle of HormozdgānArdashir IArtabanus V of ParthiaParthian Empire

Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.

Constantius IIRomeMagnentius

Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.

Conrad of MontferratKing of JerusalemTyre, LebanonHashshashin

Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.

NichirenBuddhismNamu Myōhō Renge KyōNichiren Buddhism

The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.

Battle of CerignolaGunpowder

Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.

University of Santo Tomas

Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.

MarylandUnited States Constitution

Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.

Mutiny on the BountyWilliam BlighTahitiPitcairn Island

France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.

Austrian NetherlandsFrench Revolutionary Wars

The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.

Treaty of Paris (1796)NapoleonVictor Amadeus III of SardiniaKingdom of Sardinia

Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.

Central Pacific RailroadFirst Transcontinental Railroad

Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.

Billy the KidLincoln County, New MexicoMesilla, New Mexico

A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.

Prussian Secret PoliceGuillaume SchnaebeléWilliam I, German Emperor

Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.

Louis Paulhan1910 London to Manchester air race

Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.

AzerbaijanSoviet Union

Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

Wembley Stadium (1923)

The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

Independence ProducersNight gameProfessional baseballIndependence, Kansas

The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.

UstašeGudovac massacreSerbsGudovacWorld War II persecution of Serbs

World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.

World War IIE-boatExercise TigerNormandy landings

Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.

Benito MussoliniClara PetacciItalian resistance movement

Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.

Thor HeyerdahlPeruKon-TikiPolynesia

Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.

Igor StravinskyOrpheus (ballet)

The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.

HukbalahapFirst Lady of the PhilippinesAurora QuezonManuel L. Quezon

Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

Dwight D. EisenhowerSupreme Allied CommanderNATO

Occupied Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.

Occupation of JapanSupreme Commander for the Allied PowersOccupation of JapanTreaty of San Francisco

The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Treaty of TaipeiTaipeiTaiwanRepublic of ChinaSecond Sino-Japanese War

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965-66)Dominican RepublicCommunist

Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.

Vietnam WarMuhammad AliUnited States Army

Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.

Charles de GaullePresident of France

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.

Vietnam WarRichard NixonCommunismCambodia