116 Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
1497 Philipp Melanchthon (born), German theologian and reformer (died 1560)
1531 Johannes Stöffler (died), German mathematician and astronomer (born 1452)
1646 Battle of Torrington, Devon – the last major battle of the first English Civil War.
1698 Pierre Bouguer (born), French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (died 1758)
1699 First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
1727 Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (born), Austrian scientist (died 1817)
1740 Giambattista Bodoni (born), Italian publisher and engraver (died 1813)
1754 Richard Mead (died), English physician (born 1673)
1802 Phineas Quimby (born), American philosopher (died 1866)
1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1804 Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (born), German physiologist (died 1885)
1821 Heinrich Barth (born), German explorer and scholar (died 1865)
1822 Francis Galton (born), English biologist and statistician (died 1911)
1824 Peter Kozler (born), Slovenian cartographer and geographer (died 1879)
1834 Ernst Haeckel (born), German biologist and philosopher (died 1919)
1838 Henry Adams (born), American journalist, historian, and author (died 1918)
1845 George Kennan (born), American explorer (died 1924)
1848 Hugo de Vries (born), Dutch botanist (died 1935)
1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1874 Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1891 Hans F. K. Günther (born), German eugenicist (died 1967)
1903 André Berthomieu (born), French director and screenwriter (died 1960)
1903 Edgar Bergen (born), American ventriloquist and actor (died 1978)
1903 Georges-Henri Lévesque (born), Canadian priest and sociologist (died 2000)
1909 Jeffrey Lynn (born), American actor (died 1995)
1909 Richard McDonald (born), American businessman, co-founded McDonald’s (died 1998)
1918 Patty Andrews (born), American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (died 2013)
1921 John Galbraith Graham (born), English priest and crossword compiler
1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1925 Carlos Paredes (born), Portuguese guitarist and composer (died 2004)
1926 John Schlesinger (born), English actor and director (died 2003)
1928 Eddie Foy, Sr. (died), American actor and dancer (born 1856)
1932 Gretchen Wyler (born), American actress and dancer (died 2007)
1934 Harold ‘Hal’ Kalin (born), American singer (Kalin Twins) (died 2005)
1934 Herbert ‘Herbie’ Kalin (born), American singer (Kalin Twins) (died 2006)
1934 The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1935 Sonny Bono (born), American actor, singer, and politician (Sonny & Cher) (died 1998)
1937 Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1940 World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
1941 Kim Jong-il (born), North Korean politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 2011)
1943 World War II: Insertion of Operation Gunnerside, Norway.
1945 World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1954 Margaux Hemingway (born), American actress and model (died 1996)
1957 The “Toddlers’ Truce”, a controversial television close down between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm is abolished in the United Kingdom.
1958 Ice-T (born), American rapper and actor (Body Count)
1958 Natalie Angier (born), American journalist and author
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1959 John McEnroe (born), American tennis player
1960 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961 Andy Taylor (born), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Duran Duran, The Power Station)
1961 Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1962 Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1968 In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
1985 Hezbollah is founded.
1987 The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible” in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
1996 Brownie McGhee (died), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1915)
1999 Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrests one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.
1999 In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against PresidentIslam Karimov.
2001 William Masters (died), American gynecologist and sexologist (born 1915)
2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs.
2006 The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
2013 A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan, kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
EO Smith
Latest posts by EO Smith (see all)
- Patriotism - 4 July, 2017
- The Super Sucker Bowl - 10 February, 2017
- Alternative Facts and Science - 24 January, 2017