NATIONAL BLACK COW DAY
1619 ― In the Thirty Years' War: the Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt, is fought.
1652 ― In Boston, John Hull opens the first mint in America.
1692 ― In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft.
1753 ― On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a Leyden jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning.
1760 ― New York passes the first effective law regulating the practice of medicine. -- Famous Daily
1801 ― Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing to pay tribute beginning the First Barbary War.
1805 ― End of the First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States.
1898 ― U.S. Marines land in Cuba (the Battle of Guantánamo Bay) during the Spanish-American War.
1908 ― The Australian Parliament passes the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects (excluding aborigines) at age 65.
1917 ― 60,000 people of Petrograd Russia welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned for 41 years) returning after the February Russian Revolution.
1921 ― George Herman "Babe" Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120, passing Gavvy Cravath, 6-time NL home run champ who ended his career with the Phillies.
1933 ― John Herbert Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600.
1935 ― Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson form Alcoholics Anonymous.
1953 ― In a forceful speech, President Dwight D. Eisenhower strikes back at critics of his Cold War foreign policy.
1801 ― Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing to pay tribute beginning the First Barbary War.
1805 ― End of the First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States.
1898 ― U.S. Marines land in Cuba (the Battle of Guantánamo Bay) during the Spanish-American War.
1908 ― The Australian Parliament passes the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects (excluding aborigines) at age 65.
1917 ― 60,000 people of Petrograd Russia welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned for 41 years) returning after the February Russian Revolution.
1921 ― George Herman "Babe" Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120, passing Gavvy Cravath, 6-time NL home run champ who ended his career with the Phillies.1933 ― John Herbert Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600.
1935 ― Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson form Alcoholics Anonymous.
1953 ― In a forceful speech, President Dwight D. Eisenhower strikes back at critics of his Cold War foreign policy.
1963 ― U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women.
1975 ― The Rockefeller Commission reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans. -- History Matters
1977 ― Apple Computers, at the West Coast Computer Faire, introduced the Apple II 8-bit home computer..
1980 ― Eight Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners escape from Crumlin Road Gaol (Jail) in Belfast using handguns smuggled into prison. -- Saoirse32
1984 ― A U.S. missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time as part of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
1985 ― After a disaterous roll-out of "New Coke," Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their original 99-year-old formula.
1999 ― In the Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
2001 ― Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female Saint Rafqa.
2007 ― "The Sopranos" series finale on HBO with the infamous "cut to black" ending.
2013 ― 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq.
BORN TODAY
1716 – Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (d. 1784)
1859 – Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman, started the Nobel Prizes (d. 1932)
1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Consort to Queen Elizabeth II
1944 – Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter, died at the Munich Olympics in the hostage standoff with the Palestinian terrorists Black September (d. 1972)
1716 – Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (d. 1784)
1859 – Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian businessman, started the Nobel Prizes (d. 1932)
1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Consort to Queen Elizabeth II
1944 – Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter, died at the Munich Olympics in the hostage standoff with the Palestinian terrorists Black September (d. 1972)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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