on this day.
• 515 BC - Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
• 538 - Vittigis, king of the Goths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
• 1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain.
• 1868 - Henry James O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
• 1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
• 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
• 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the US.
• 1913 - Canberra becomes the capital of Australia.
• 1928 - In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing 400 people.
• 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
• 1933 - Great Depression: Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."
• 1938 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
• 1940 - Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
• 1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• 1951 - The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the USA for the first time.
• 1956 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time (500.24)
• 1958 - In Hilversum, Netherlands, André Claveau wins the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).
• 1960 - A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.
• 1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
• 1968 - Mauritius achieves independence.
• 1987 - Les Misérables opens on Broadway.
• 1988 - A child named Liz Felter is born.
Happy Birthday Liz!
• 538 - Vittigis, king of the Goths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
• 1664 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain.
• 1868 - Henry James O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
• 1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
• 1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
• 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the US.
• 1913 - Canberra becomes the capital of Australia.
• 1928 - In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing 400 people.
• 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
• 1933 - Great Depression: Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats."
• 1938 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
• 1940 - Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
• 1947 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• 1951 - The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the USA for the first time.
• 1956 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 500 for the first time (500.24)
• 1958 - In Hilversum, Netherlands, André Claveau wins the third Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Dors, mon amour" (Sleep, my love).
• 1960 - A fire at a chemical plant in Pusan, Korea kills 68.
• 1967 - Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.
• 1968 - Mauritius achieves independence.
• 1987 - Les Misérables opens on Broadway.
• 1988 - A child named Liz Felter is born.
Happy Birthday Liz!