Today in History
May 2
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| 1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers | ||
| 1497 John Cabot departs to North-America | ||
| 1519 Leonardo da Vinci, Italian sculptor, scientist and painter of the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper," died. | ||
| 1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League | ||
| 1536 King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest | ||
| 1551 William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born | ||
| 1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth | ||
| 1598 France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins | ||
| 1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born | ||
| 1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik | ||
| 1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born | ||
| 1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands | ||
| 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution | ||
| 1670 The Hudson's Bay Company was chartered by the English crown and given a monopoly of the trade into Hudson Bay, Canada. | ||
| 1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant | ||
| 1729 Catherine II or Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, was born. She was noted for her willingness to embrace the political and cultural developments in Europe. | ||
| 1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society was born | ||
| 1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" | ||
| 1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels | ||
| 1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid | ||
| 1810 Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903) was born | ||
| 1813 During the Leipzig campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, the French won the Battle of Lutzen | ||
| 1824 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) | ||
| 1833 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs | ||
| 1860 The founder of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was born in Budapest. | ||
| 1863 During the American Civil War, the Battle of Chancellorsville started. It was during this battle that Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men, dying shortly afterwards. | ||
| 1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer of "Les Huguenots" and "L'Africaine," died. | ||
| 1878 US stops minting 20› coin | ||
| 1885 King Leopold II of Belgium was proclaimed king of the new Congo Free State. | ||
| 1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence | ||
| 1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film | ||
| 1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale | ||
| 1890 Territory of Oklahoma created | ||
| 1892 Baron Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace, was born; he shot down more than 80 enemy aircraft in World War One and became known as "The Red Baron." | ||
| 1903 Benjamin Spock, the American pediatrician whose books on child rearing influenced generations of parents, was born | ||
| 1904 Harry Lillis (Bing) Crosby, U.S. singer and actor, was born. One of the world's most popular entertainers, his recording of "White Christmas" sold more than 30 million copies. | ||
| 1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work | ||
| 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt | ||
| 1919 1st US air passenger service starts | ||
| 1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia | ||
| 1923 Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, president 1976-90, was born. He negotiated Ireland's entry into the European Community in 1973 and was later E.C. vice president for three years. | ||
| 1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR | ||
| 1926 US military intervenes in Nicaragua | ||
| 1933 Adolf Hitler continued his crackdown in Germany, banning trade unions. | ||
| 1936 Abyssinian Emperor Haile Selassie and his family fled Addis Ababa, three days before its capture by the Italians. | ||
| 1938 King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho was born as Constantine Bereng Seeiso. A largely ceremonial king (1960-90), he achieved some degree of power from 1986 following a military coup. | ||
| 1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma | ||
| 1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia | ||
| 1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen | ||
| 1945 Allies occupy Wismar | ||
| 1945 Berlin surrendered to the 1st White Russian and 1st Ukrainian armies; hostilities in Italy ceased as the surrender terms took effect; Hamburg opened negotiations for the surrender of the city. | ||
| 1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste | ||
| 1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die | ||
| 1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed | ||
| 1951 The Council of Europe admitted Germany as a full member. | ||
| 1951 The Shah of Persia signed decrees approving the nationalization of its oil industry. | ||
| 1952 The first scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers. | ||
| 1953 King Hussein formally acceded to the throne of Jordan after his father King Talal, was deposed. In Iraq, King Feisal II assumed power. | ||
| 1957 Sen. Joseph McCarthy, U.S. politician and Republican senator who led the anti-communist witch-hunts, died. | ||
| 1962 OAS strikes in Algeria | ||
| 1964 Lady Nancy Astor, the first woman MP to sit in the British House of Commons in 1919, died. | ||
| 1965 The first communications satellite for relaying television pictures went into operation; the "Early Bird" transmitted to 24 countries. | ||
| 1967 The Bertrand Russell International War Crimes Tribunal began in Stockholm, later to find the United States guilty of aggression in Vietnam. | ||
| 1968 Israeli television begins transmitting | ||
| 1969 The British passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 left on her maiden voyage to New York. | ||
| 1972 John Edgar Hoover, founder and director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1924, died in Washington. | ||
| 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) | ||
| 1972 Lt General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA | ||
| 1975 Apple records closes down | ||
| 1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour | ||
| 1982 The Falklands war, the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano was sunk by the British submarine Conqueror; over 350 men were killed | ||
| 1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif | ||
| 1991 Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus | ||
| 1992 The Yugoslav Army seized Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic after fierce fighting in Sarajevo. | ||
| 1994 Pres. F.W. de Klerk conceded victory to Nelson Mandela in the country's historic first all-race elections. | ||
| 1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed | ||
| 1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six people. | ||
| 1996 Noted Arab author Emile Habibi died. His best known work, a novel entitled "Strange Events in the Disappearance of Said Abu al-Nahs al-Mutashael," was published in the mid-1970s. |
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