Vikash ks
28th July 2009, 11:56 AM
This Day In History
1364 Battle of Cascina
1540 Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1609 Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English ship Sea Venture en route to Virginia.
1794 Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
1809 Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 Josι de San Martνn declares independence for Peru from Spain.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
1865 Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1868 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is passed, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1896 The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
1932 U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1933 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
1942 World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately executed.
1943 World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1948 The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
1955 The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
1957 Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
1958 Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords.
1965 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1976 The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1996 Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
1997 Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2005 A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2008 The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for a second time in 80 years.
1364 Battle of Cascina
1540 Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1609 Bermuda is first settled by survivors of the English ship Sea Venture en route to Virginia.
1794 Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris during the French Revolution.
1809 Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte.
1821 Josι de San Martνn declares independence for Peru from Spain.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
1865 Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1868 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is passed, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1896 The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
1914 World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
1932 U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1933 Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
1942 World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227 in response to alarming German advances into the Soviet Union. Under the order all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so will be immediately executed.
1943 World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The British bomb Hamburg causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945 A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1948 The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
1955 The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
1957 Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
1958 Lord Jellicoe makes his maiden speech in the House of Lords.
1965 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1976 The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1996 Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
1997 Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2005 A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2008 The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for a second time in 80 years.