Jewish rebels capture fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem Beginning of the Jewish rebellion against Rome
Death of St. Melania the Elder
Norsemen sack Lindesfarne
Harthacnut, King of England & Denmark, dies. He is succeeded in England by Edward the Confessor, in Denmark by Magnus, King of Norway
Death of St. William of York
Richard I, King of England, lands at Acre
Revolt of Rhys ap Meredudd
Edward III orders seizure of the Isle of Man
Chaucer given the office of Controller of Customs
Death of Elizabeth, wife of King Edward IV of England
First written record of Scotch Whiskey
Michaelangelo's "David" set in place in the Palazzo of Florence, Italy
The Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni was born. born
A very Baroque incident occurred. A sacred concert in Venice was marred by a fight between two castrati.
1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York.
German composer Robert Schumann born
Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy.
Ives McGaffney of Chicago obtained a patent for a "sweeping machine, "the first vacuum cleaner.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over US handling of the sinking of the "Lusitania."
British geneticist Francis Crick, who helped determine the "double helix" structure of DNA born
Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White born
President Suharto of Indonesia born
Former First Lady Barbara Bush born
There was a very special performance of "La Boheme." Mimi was sung by Nellie Melba at the age of 65. It was her last performance.
Comedian Joan Rivers born
Actress Millicent Martin born
Baseball great Lou Brock born
Carl Orff's masterpiece was premiered when "Carmina Burana"
Singer Nancy Sinatra born
Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) born
Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) born
Country musician Tony Rice born
Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans born
Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) born
Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) born
Former Grammy winner Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) born
Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) born
34 US servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the "Liberty," a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel called the attack a tragic mistake.)
Actress Julianna Margulies born
Authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert (Brownstone) born
Actress Kelli Williams ("The Practice") born
A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late (B) billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
Fawn Hall began testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings, describing how, as secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, she helped to shred some documents and spirit away others.
The judge in the Iran-Contra conspiracy case ruled that Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim had to be tried separately.
Chinese Premier Li Peng reappeared on TV, praising a group of army soldiers, apparently for their role in crushing the student-led pro-democracy movement.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced he had succeeded in forming a new right-wing coalition government, ending a three-month-old political crisis.
A $12 million parade for the Persian Gulf War veterans, including 8,000 troops and military jets flying overhead, was held in Washington, D.C.
Preakness winner "Hansel" won the Belmont Stakes.
Secretary of State James A. Baker the Third and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev met in Washington to try to pave the way for a new round of strategic arms cuts.
The Chicago Symphony tour of Spain was in Valencia to do Haydn's 48th Symphony and Bruckner's Fourth.
Los Angeles voters elected their first registered Republican mayor since 1961, choosing Richard Riordan over City Councilman Michael Woo.
In New Jersey, Christie Todd Whitman defeated four other Republicans for the chance to face Governor Jim Florio in the November election.
President Clinton returned to Oxford University, where he'd attended as a Rhodes scholar, to receive an honorary doctorate.
Bosnia's warring factions agreed to a one-month cease-fire.
Declaring racial hostility was behind recent church fires in the South, President Clinton said in his weekly radio address he would devote whatever resources were needed to "smother the fires of hatred."
U.S. Marines rescued Captain Scott O'Grady, whose F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2. Baseball's Mickey Mantle received a liver transplant at a Dallas hospital but died two months later.
"Editor's Note" won the Belmont Stakes.
Declaring racial hostility was behind recent church fires in the South, President Clinton said in his weekly radio address he would devote whatever resources were needed to "smother the fires of hatred."
China set off an underground nuclear test blast.
Irish Prime Minister John Bruton conceded narrow defeat in national elections to opposition leader Bertie Ahern.
The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston its president.
The shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America's three-year space partnership with Russia.
Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha died at age 54.
President Clinton announced new restrictions aimed at making it tougher for teens to sneak into R-rated movies.
The United States, Russia and six leading democracies authorized a text calling for a peacekeeping force in Kosovo.
Two gunmen shot to death Brigadier Stephen Saunders, a British defense attache, in Athens, Greece; the elusive terrorist group November 17 claimed responsibility, saying it killed Saunders because of his role in NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNally died in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 52.
Pelé cries as his son admits to marijuana addiction
Britain's deadly bug possibly imported from U.S. or Canada
Danish Integration Minister's car burned
Google now worth over $80 billion
30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
California IT company to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
Republic of Ireland beat Faroe Islands to top Group 4 for Football World Cup 2006
Michael Jackson fate in hands of jurors
Stowaway killed by aircraft landing gear; leg lands in homeowner's backyard
Canadian provinces brace for more flooding
Pittsburgh Pirates win three-game series over Baltimore Orioles
President Lula opens U.N. forum to combat corruption
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death
Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released
International forces in Dili reach agreement
Congressional Candidate Raj Bhakta challenges Schwartz to debates
Five South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
Auckland man convicted of sedition
G8 reaches deal on African aid for health issues
National Park Service covers donation box at United Airlines Flight 93 memorial
Journalists for U.S. government radio admit past communist spy links
Caught in Thailand for e-mail threats to Tesco, Briton issues apology
Eleven HIV/AIDS patient-protestors detained in Myanmar
Spain arrests Basque leader Otegi
Judge orders Paris Hilton to return to jail
One killed, 28 injured in south Thailand bombing
Worst storm in thirty years hits Newcastle, Australia
US President George W. Bush falls ill during G8 Summit
Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia
Man attacks people, kills 7 in Akihabara, Tokyo
ITRI to challenge the infrastructure of WiMAX on High Speed Rails in Taiwan
South Africa defeats Wales 43-17 in rugby test match
New Zealand defeats Ireland 21-11 in rugby test match
Buildings destroyed to slow flooding in China lake
Argentina defeats Scotland 21-15 in rugby test match
Large earthquake shakes Greece
Dani Pedrosa wins Catalan MotoGP
Robert Kubica wins Canadian Grand Prix
Woman robs pawn shop by swallowing stolen goods
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft having trouble analyzing soil samples
Tourists evacuated following shootout between Mexican army and drug hitmen
Australia, Japan, Korea Republic, Netherlands all qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup
Gunmen kill ten people in Thai mosque
Gabonese president Omar Bongo dies at age 73
Suicide bomber kills three people in Afghanistan
Minibus bombing in Iraq kills nine, injures 24
Coal mine blast in Ukraine kills two; ten still missing
Europeans go to the polls to elect Members of the European Parliament
United Kingdom elects first British National Party members of European Parliament
Jenson Button wins Turkish Grand Prix
Tail from Air France jet recovered from Atlantic Ocean
China says North Korea border patrol killed three Chinese
Urban fox 'mauls' two babies in London, England
Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
UCLA basketball coach John Wooden dies at age 99
US White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires
Nurseries not harmful to children, says new UK study
Portugal holds first same-sex marriage
Eight injured after train derails in Argyll, Scotland
Containment capsule captures 10,000 oil barrels a day in Gulf of Mexico
Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
Human trafficking trial starts in Clearwater, Florida
New Internet addresses tested on World IPv6 Day
Trump criticizes media bias towards Obama, especially during UK state visit
Putin signs law increasing fines for illegal protestors
Kosmala's Games inclusion highlights Australian Paralympians' longevity