Loading...
Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941)
Buddy Baker| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 654 | Pope Eugene I | Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. |
| 955 | Battle of Lechfeld | Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. |
| 991 | Battle of Maldon | Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex. |
| 1030 | Battle of Azaz (1030) | The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture. |
| 1270 | Yekuno Amlak | Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum. |
| 1316 | Second Battle of Athenry | The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland. |
| 1346 | Jaume Ferrer | Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River. |
| 1512 | Battle of Saint-Mathieu | The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent. |
| 1519 | Ferdinand Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines. |
| 1557 | Battle of St. Quentin (1557) | Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59. |
| 1585 | Treaty of Nonsuch | The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels. |
| 1628 | Vasa (ship) | The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm. |
| 1641 | Treaty of London (1641) | The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed. |
| 1680 | Pueblo Revolt | The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico. |
| 1741 | Marthanda Varma | King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India. |
| 1755 | Charles Lawrence (British Army officer) | Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France. |
| 1792 | French Revolution | French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob. |
| 1808 | Finnish War | Finnish War: Swedish forces led by General von Döbeln defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the Battle of Kauhajoki. |
| 1835 | P. T. Barnum | P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid. |
| 1856 | 1856 Last Island hurricane | The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths. |
| 1861 | American Civil War | American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state. |
| 1864 | National Party (Uruguay) | After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War. |
| 1901 | U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901 | The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins. |
| 1904 | Russo-Japanese War | Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place. |
| 1905 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
| 1913 | Second Balkan War | Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war. |
| 1920 | World War I | World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. |
| 1937 | Spanish Civil War | Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic. |
| 1944 | World War II | World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end. |
| 1944 | Battle of Narva (1944) | World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a defensive German victory. |
| 1945 | Potsdam Declaration | The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler." |
| 1948 | Candid Camera | Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone. |
| 1949 | National Security Act of 1947 | An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense. |
| 1953 | First Indochina War | First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. |
| 1954 | Massena, New York | At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. |
| 1961 | Vietnam War | Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. |
| 1966 | Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge | The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario. |
| 1969 | Sharon Tate | A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. |
| 1971 | Society for American Baseball Research | The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. |
| 1977 | Yonkers, New York | In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year. |
| 1978 | Ford Pinto | Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. |
| 1981 | Murder of Adam Walsh | Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. |
| 1988 | Internment of Japanese Americans | Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. |
| 1990 | Magellan (spacecraft) | The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. |
| 1993 | List of earthquakes in New Zealand | Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island. |
| 1995 | Oklahoma City bombing | Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony. |
| 1997 | Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 | Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. |
| 1998 | Al-Muhtadee Billah | HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation. |
| 1999 | Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting | Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. |
| 2001 | 2001 Angola train attack | The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths. |
| 2001 | Space Shuttle program | Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2. |
| 2003 | Okinawa Urban Monorail | The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa. |
| 2009 | Handlová | Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history. |
| 2012 | Marikana massacre | The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people. |
| 2014 | Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 | Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. |
| 2018 | Horizon Air | Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound. |
| 2018 | 2017–2019 Romanian protests | An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents. |
| 2019 | Typhoon Lekima | Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines. |
| 2019 | 2019 Bærum murder and mosque attack | Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting. |
| 2020 | 2020 Midwest derecho | Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history. |
| 2024 | Israel Defense Forces | Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians. |
