NATIONAL WINE DAY
1521 ― The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Lutheran and outlaw.
1720 ― The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak, around 100,000 die.
1738 ― A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners (the Mason-Dixon Line is established).
1842 ― Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect (or Doppler Shift) to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague. The Doppler effect (or the Doppler shift) is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes from an observer. Compared to the emitted frequency, the received frequency is higher during the approach, identical at the instant of passing by, and lower during the recession.
1865 ― In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes. The depot was a warehouse on Beauregard Street, where the troops had stacked some 200 tons of shells and powder. Some time in the afternoon of May 25, a cloud of black smoke rose into the air and the ground began to rumble. Flames shot up into the sky and bursting shells were heard throughout the city. In the nearby Mobile River, two ships sank, and a man standing on a wharf was blown into the river. Several houses collapsed from the concussion.
1861 ― John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ (exparte Merryman). Merryman was also a militia officer during the Civil War, and a Maryland politician.
1887 ― Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die.
1898 ― The first U.S. troop transport to Manila leaves San Francisco (Spanish-American War), including Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, then 40 years old. Roosevelt was posthumously issued the Medal of Honor on January 16, 2001 for his heroism at San Juan Hill.
1911 ― Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz. The armed conflict lasted for the better part of a decade, until around 1920, and had several distinct phases.
1927 ― Henry Ford announces that he is ending production of the Model T. A total of 15,000,000 were manufactured beginning in October 1908.
1932 ― Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in "Mickey's Revue" by Walt Disney.
1935 ― Babe Ruth hits the final 3 home runs of his career at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, playing then with the Boston Braves.
1936 ― The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
1938 ― Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
1945 ― Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
1951 ― NY Giant Willie Howard Mays, Jr. his first major league game (goes 0 for 5).
1964 ― The U.S. Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation is unconstitutional.
1977 ― Original STAR WARS movie ("Episode IV: The New Hope"), directed by George Lucas, is first released.
1979 ― An American Airlines DC-10 (Flight (191) crashes on takeoff from Chicago killing 273 including 2 on the ground.
1981 ― The Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski becomes the sixth MLB player to get 3,000 hits in a career.
1991 ― The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 2, to win their first Stanley Cup. The Game 6 win was by a score of 8-0, the largest clinching game margin in NHL history.
1999 ― The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2012 ― A SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station.
1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic, President of Notre Dame University (d. 2015)
1887 ― Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die.
1898 ― The first U.S. troop transport to Manila leaves San Francisco (Spanish-American War), including Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, then 40 years old. Roosevelt was posthumously issued the Medal of Honor on January 16, 2001 for his heroism at San Juan Hill.
1911 ― Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz. The armed conflict lasted for the better part of a decade, until around 1920, and had several distinct phases.
1927 ― Henry Ford announces that he is ending production of the Model T. A total of 15,000,000 were manufactured beginning in October 1908.
1932 ― Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, first appears in "Mickey's Revue" by Walt Disney.
1935 ― Babe Ruth hits the final 3 home runs of his career at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, playing then with the Boston Braves.
1936 ― The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
1938 ― Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
1941 ― Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams raises his batting average over .400 for first time in 1941. He ends the season with an average of .406, the last 400-hitter in MLB history.
1945 ― Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
1951 ― NY Giant Willie Howard Mays, Jr. his first major league game (goes 0 for 5).
1961 ― President John F. Kennedy sets the goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade (1960s).
1964 ― The U.S. Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation is unconstitutional.
1977 ― Original STAR WARS movie ("Episode IV: The New Hope"), directed by George Lucas, is first released.
1979 ― An American Airlines DC-10 (Flight (191) crashes on takeoff from Chicago killing 273 including 2 on the ground.
1981 ― The Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski becomes the sixth MLB player to get 3,000 hits in a career.
1991 ― The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 2, to win their first Stanley Cup. The Game 6 win was by a score of 8-0, the largest clinching game margin in NHL history.
1999 ― The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2012 ― A SpaceX Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station.
BORN TODAY
1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic, President of Notre Dame University (d. 2015)
1938 – Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (d. 2016)
1947 – Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist
1947 – Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist
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