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is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). There are 216 days remaining.
Events
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
- 757 - Paul I succeeds Stephen II as pope.
- 1167 - Battle of Legnano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
- 1414 - Council of Constance.
- 1453 - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire and with it the Roman Empire.
- 1660 - English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday - see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
- 1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.
- 1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1733 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
- 1765 - Patrick Henry in a speech denouncing the Stamp Act is said to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
- 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
- 1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
- 1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- 1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary.
- 1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
- 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
- 1886 - Putney Bridge opens in west London.
- 1903 - May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
- 1914 - Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
- 1919 - Arthur Eddington takes measurements of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse in an attempt to test Einstein's theory of relativity.
- 1932 - WW I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
- 1935 - Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
- 1950 - St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1968 - Manchester United wins the European Cup, the first English Club to do so.
- 1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
- 1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
- 1990 - Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia.
- 1994 - Herbert Shughart refuses to shake hands with U.S. President Bill Clinton following a presentation of posthumous Medals of Honor to the widows of two soldiers for valor at the Battle of Mogadishu.
- 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
- 2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 2004 - The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
- 2005 - France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly rejects the European Constitution, throwing the idea of a European Union into question and leaving the continent in a state of anxiety and uncertainty (see French referendum on the European Constitution).
- 2006 - Charles Gibson takes over as anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
Births
- 1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321)
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
- 1627 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (d. 1693)
- 1630 - King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
- 1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Queen Anne of England (d. 1744)
- 1675 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
- 1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
- 1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (d. 1799)
- 1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
- 1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
- 1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1892 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
- 1893 - Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
- 1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
- 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
- 1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
- 1907 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson) and senator (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
- 1914 - Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (d. 1986)
- 1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
- 1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
- 1920 - John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
- 1927 - Jean Coutu (pharmacist), Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
- 1932 - Richie Guerin, former basketball player and coach
- 1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
- 1933 - Edward Whittemore, American writer (d. 1995)
- 1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American judge
- 1938 - Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner
- 1939 - Al Unser, American race car driver
- 1940 - Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
- 1942 - Kevin Conway, American actor
- 1942 - Pierre Bourque (politician), Mayor of Montreal (1994-2001)
- 1945 - Gary Brooker, Singer, pianist and songwriter (Procol Harum)
- 1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
- 1947 - Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
- 1948 - Anthony Geary, American actor
- 1949 - Brian Kidd, English footballer
- 1951 - Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation
- 1953 - Danny Elfman, American composer and musician (Oingo Boingo)
- 1955 - John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
- 1956 - LaToya Jackson, American musician
- 1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
- 1958 - Annette Bening, American actress
- 1958 - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
- 1959 - Rupert Everett, English actor
- 1959 - Adrian Paul, English actor
- 1961 - Melissa Etheridge, American musician
- 1961 - Gregory Williams, American educator and designer
- 1962 - Eric Davis, baseball player
- 1962 - John D. LeMay, American actor
- 1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
- 1963 - Lisa Whelchel, American actress
- 1967 - Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
- 1967 - Mike Keane, Professional ice hockey player
- 1969 - Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
- 1971 - Craig McCracken, American animator
- 1973 - Alpay Ozalan, Turkish footballer
- 1975 - Melanie Brown, English musician and actress
- 1976 - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
- 1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
- 1978 - Lorenzo Odone, born with A.L.D
- 1979 - Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Arne Friedrich, German footballer
- 1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian supermodel
- 1984 - Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
Deaths
- 1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
- 1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
- 1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
- 1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
- 1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 1404)
- 1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
- 1546 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
- 1593 - John Penry, Welsh protestant leader (b. 1559)
- 1660 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
- 1691 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
- 1790 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
- 1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
- 1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
- 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
- 1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
- 1866 - Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate (b. 1786)
- 1868 - Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
- 1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
- 1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
- 1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)
- 1903 - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
- 1910 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
- 1911 - William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
- 1935 - Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
- 1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
- 1948 - Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
- 1951 - Fanny Brice, American singer, comedian, and actress (b. 1891)
- 1953 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
- 1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
- 1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
- 1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938)
- 1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
- 1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
- 1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
- 1996 - Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
- 1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
- 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
- 2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
- 2004 - Archibald Cox, Jr., American Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
- 2004 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
- 2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah.
- United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day.
- Nigeria: Democracy Day.
- Venezuela: Tree Day.
- Argentina: Army Day.
Liturgical feasts
- Saint Erwin
- Saint Maximinus of Trier
- Blessed Adhemar
- Saint Theodosia
External links
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