618 Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China
860 Rus Vikings attack Constantinople1178 Five monks at Canterbury report explosion on moon (only known observation)
1264 The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature
1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII of England as King of Ireland
1574 Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
1583 Richard Martin of London takes out first life insurance policy, on William Gibbons; premium was £383
1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn beat the Dunkirkers, commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish Monarchy
1639 Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops' War between England and Scotland
1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
1767 Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti, considered the first European to reach the island
1778 British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia
1779 French fleet occupies St Vincent
1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain1821 Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin)
1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
1837 Spain gets new Constitution
1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg1879 W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage
1887 The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed
1892 Macadamia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
1898 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
1898 4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
1898 12th U.S. Women's National Championship: Juliette Atkinson beats Marion Jones (6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5)
1900 Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
1900 General Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
1906 6th Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Wimbledon (5-0)
1908 Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the Kasato-Maru ship
1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
1910 16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA1941 Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st African American ensign in US Navy
1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
1944 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
1944 German submarine U-767 sunk by English Navy destroyers in the English Channel
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) charged with treason
1946 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa. A road is named after this date in Panjim
1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts the International Declaration of Human Rights
1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
1950 Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
1951 Charles de Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
1951 In South Africa, the Suppression of Communism Act commences
1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
1953 3rd Berlin International Film Festival: "The Wages of Fear" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
1954 Pierre Mendès forms French government
1954 4th Berlin International Film Festival: "Hobson's Choice" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
1955 "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 85 performances
1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
1959 Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane
1959 New York City premiere of the film version of Kathryn Hulme's "The Nun's Story"
1960 "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 performances1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
1961 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
1967 67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing
1969 A report published by the International Commission of Jurists on the British government's policy in Northern Ireland is critical of both the British government and the Northern Ireland government
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