Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.

DiocletianRoman emperor

During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.

An Shi RebellionTang dynastyUyghur KhaganateLuoyang

Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

PalermoHenry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed upon under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.

John the FearlessDuke of BurgundyLouis of Valois, Duke of OrléansJohn, Duke of Berry

Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho.

ZumbiPalmares (quilombo)BrazilBandeiranteDomingos Jorge Velho

Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Battle of Porto BelloWar of Jenkins' Ear

American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.

American Revolutionary WarThe Palisades (Hudson River)Battle of Fort LeeContinental ArmyNew Jersey

New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

New JerseyUnited States Bill of Rights

Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premieres in Vienna.

Ludwig van BeethovenFidelioVienna

An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)

Sperm whaleEssex (1799 whaleship)WhalingNantucket, MassachusettsHerman Melville

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la PlataBattle of Vuelta de Obligado

American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

American Civil WarKentucky

Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Mexican RevolutionFrancisco I. MaderoPlan of San Luis PotosíPorfirio DíazRevolution

World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

World War IBattle of Cambrai (1917)

José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.

José Antonio Primo de RiveraFalange

World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

World War IIKingdom of HungaryTripartite PactAxis powers

World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.

Battle of TarawaOperation GalvanicUnited States MarinesTarawa AtollGilbert Islands

Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.

Nuremberg trialsNazismWar crimePalace of Justice, NurembergNuremberg

The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

Elizabeth IIPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghDuke of EdinburghWestminster Abbey

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

Declaration of the Rights of the ChildUnited Nations

Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.

Cuban Missile CrisisSoviet UnionCubaJohn F. Kennedy

A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster

Farmington Mine disaster

Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

Vietnam WarThe Plain DealerMy Lai MassacreVietnam

Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

Occupation of AlcatrazAlcatraz IslandJune 111971

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.

United States Department of JusticeAT&T CorporationBell System

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.

EgyptAnwar SadatArabIsraelMenachem Begin

Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

Grand Mosque seizureSaudi ArabiaKaabaMecca

Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

Lake PeigneurTexaco

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

MicrosoftWindows 1.0

Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.

Velvet RevolutionPragueCzechoslovakia