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Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver
Keke Rosberg| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1060 | Béla I of Hungary | Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. |
| 1240 | Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. |
| 1492 | Cuba | After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. |
| 1534 | Quito | The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. |
| 1648 | Pride's Purge | Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial. |
| 1745 | Charles Edward Stuart | Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. |
| 1790 | United States Congress | The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. |
| 1803 | French Navy | Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution. |
| 1865 | Georgia (U.S. state) | Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
| 1882 | 1882 transit of Venus | Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century. |
| 1884 | Washington Monument | The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. |
| 1897 | Taxi | London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. |
| 1907 | Monongah mining disaster | A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. |
| 1912 | Nefertiti Bust | The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. |
| 1916 | World War I | World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. |
| 1917 | Finnish Declaration of Independence | Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire. |
| 1917 | Halifax Explosion | Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. |
| 1917 | USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) | World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. |
| 1921 | Anglo-Irish Treaty | The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. |
| 1922 | Anglo-Irish Treaty | One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Ireland is partitioned. Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State come into existence. |
| 1928 | Banana Massacre | The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. |
| 1933 | United States v. One Book Called Ulysses | In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression. |
| 1939 | Winter War | Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale. |
| 1941 | World War II | World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war. |
| 1956 | Blood in the Water match | A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. |
| 1957 | Project Vanguard | Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. |
| 1967 | Adrian Kantrowitz | Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. |
| 1969 | Altamont Free Concert | Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards. |
| 1971 | Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 | Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. |
| 1973 | Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution | The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.) |
| 1975 | The Troubles | The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. |
| 1977 | Bophuthatswana | South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. |
| 1978 | Constitution of Spain | Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. |
| 1982 | Irish National Liberation Army | The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. |
| 1989 | École Polytechnique massacre | The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. |
| 1990 | Italian Air Force | A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people. |
| 1991 | Yugoslav Wars | Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months. |
| 1992 | Babri Masjid | The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. |
| 1995 | Food and Drug Administration | The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000. |
| 1998 | Venezuela | in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. |
| 1999 | A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. | A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. |
| 2005 | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force | An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground. |
| 2006 | NASA | NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. |
| 2015 | 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election | Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. |
| 2017 | Donald Trump | Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. |
