Year 1571 » Archduchy of Austria known as Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
Year 1693 » 1693 Sicily earthquake called A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
Year 1759 » In Philadelphia e.g Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
Year 1779 » Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned List of Meitei kings named King of Manipur.
Year 1782 » American Revolutionary War: French troops Siege of Brimstone Hill called begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
Year 1787 » William Herschel Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons discovers Titania (moon) Titania and Oberon (moon) Oberon, two Moons of Uranus moons of Uranus.
Year 1861 » Alabama secedes from the United States.
Year 1863 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post General John Alexander McClernand or John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union (American Civil War) e.g Union.
Year 1863 » American Civil War: ship CSS Alabama Action off Galveston Light encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras 1861 6 off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
Year 1908 » Grand Canyon National Park known as Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
Year 1912 » Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike e.g go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
Year 1917 » The Kingsland Explosion called Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
Year 1922 » First use of insulin to treat Diabetes mellitus called diabetes in a human patient.
Year 1923 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
Year 1927 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles e.g Los Angeles, California.
Year 1935 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
Year 1942 » World War II: The Japanese Battle of Kuala Lumpur or capture Kuala Lumpur.
Year 1943 » World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
Year 1943 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
Year 1945 » Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece.
Year 1949 » The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh e.g Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
Year 1949 » A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
Year 1957 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar called Dakar, Senegal.
Year 1962 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
Year 1962 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Russian Shipyard Number 10 called Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
Year 1964 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report 'Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States' saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national
Year 1972 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
Year 1973 » Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
Year 1986 » The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges named Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland called Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
Year 1994 » The Republic of Ireland e.g Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Official Irish Republican Army e.g IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
Year 1996 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of 'Space Shuttle Endeavour or Endeavour'.
Year 1998 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
Year 2013 » One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt called failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.