Here we have gathered some of the important events that happened today in history. These events shows and resembles contribution of many people and importance of the day from ancient time
1) 196 BC Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.
2) 1309 Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.
3) 1329 Pope John XXII issues his 'In Agro Dominico' condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
4) 1599 Robert Devereux becomes lt-general of Ireland
5) 1613 The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy.
6) 1642 The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office.
7) 1708 Pretender to the English throne James III flees to Dunkirk
8) 1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)
9) 1713 Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht
10) 1721 France & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
11) 1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
12) 1790 The modern shoelace (string and shoe holes) invented in England
13) 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
14) 1794 Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact
15) 1808 Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna
16) 1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland, Ohio)
17) 1841 1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC
18) 1848 John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
19) 1849 Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
20) 1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)
21) 1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals
22) 1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal
23) 1868 The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.
24) 1871 1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
25) 1873 34th Grand National: Mr. J. M. Richardson aboard Disturbance wins
26) 1879 Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
27) 1881 Rioting takes place in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
28) 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY
29) 1885 47th Grand National: Mr Ted Wilson aboard Roquefort wins
30) 1890 A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
31) 1896 58th Grand National: Mr David Campbell aboard The Soarer wins
32) 1900 Recognising that the war in South Africa is going to take a major commitment, Parliament passes the War Loan Act, calling for £35 million to support the fight against the Boers.
33) 1903 65th Grand National: Percy Woodland aboard Drumcree wins
34) 1906 Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba
35) 1908 70th Grand National: Henry Bletsoe aboard Rubio wins
36) 1910 Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, killed 312
37) 1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C.
38) 1914 1st successful blood transfusion (in Brussels)
39) 1914 76th Grand National: Bill Smith aboard Sunloch wins
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