390 BC ― Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia ― a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
64 ― The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city. Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman emperor, Nero, either started the fire or played the fiddle while it burned. Still, he did use the disaster to further his political agent.
1290 ― King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews.
1334 ― The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1716 ― Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels. -- Jewish Virtual Library
1853 ― Completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, trains begin running over the first North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal.
1864 ― President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service.
1870 ― The Papal infallibility doctrine is define dogmatically in the First Vatican Council under Pope Pius IX.
1918 ― World War I: United States and French forces launch the Aisne-Marne offensive (Second Battle of the Marne).
1925 ― Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice").
1932 ― The United States and Canada sign a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1938 ― Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after he had left NY for California.
1947 ― King George VI signs the Indian Independence Act.
1947 ― President Harry Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act.
1963 ― The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum.
1968 ― The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1972 ― Egyptian president Anwar Sadat throws out 20,000 Russian military aids.
1980 ― A Federal court voids the Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women.
1290 ― King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews.
1334 ― The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone.
1716 ― Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels. -- Jewish Virtual Library
1853 ― Completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, trains begin running over the first North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal.
1864 ― President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service.
1870 ― The Papal infallibility doctrine is define dogmatically in the First Vatican Council under Pope Pius IX.
1918 ― World War I: United States and French forces launch the Aisne-Marne offensive (Second Battle of the Marne).
1925 ― Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice").
1932 ― The United States and Canada sign a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1938 ― Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after he had left NY for California.
1947 ― King George VI signs the Indian Independence Act.
1947 ― President Harry Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act.
1963 ― The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid releases its second interim report pressing for international sanctions against South Africa, particularly the supply of arms, ammunition and petroleum.
1968 ― The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1972 ― Egyptian president Anwar Sadat throws out 20,000 Russian military aids.
1980 ― A Federal court voids the Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women.
1984 ― James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people and wounding 19 others with several automatic weapons. Minutes earlier, Huberty had left home, telling his wife, “I’m going hunting… hunting for humans.”
2012 ― Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army.
2013 ― Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)
1853 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko, Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1989)
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (d. 1978)
1918 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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