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Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
Amy Sedaris| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1430 | Ottoman Empire | The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. |
| 1461 | Battle of Towton | Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses. |
| 1549 | Salvador, Bahia | The city of Salvador, Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded. |
| 1632 | Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632) | Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. |
| 1792 | Gustav III | King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. |
| 1806 | National Road | Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. |
| 1809 | Gustav IV Adolf | King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. |
| 1809 | Diet of Porvoo | At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. |
| 1847 | Mexican–American War | Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. |
| 1849 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. |
| 1857 | Sepoy | Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. |
| 1867 | Queen Victoria | Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1. |
| 1871 | Royal Albert Hall | Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. |
| 1879 | Anglo-Zulu War | Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. |
| 1882 | Knights of Columbus | The Knights of Columbus is established. |
| 1927 | Sunbeam 1000 hp | Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida. |
| 1936 | 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum | The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland. |
| 1941 | North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement | The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time. |
| 1941 | World War II | World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. |
| 1942 | Bombing of Lübeck in World War II | The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. |
| 1947 | Malagasy Uprising | The Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule begins in Madagascar. |
| 1951 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. |
| 1951 | Copenhagen hypnosis murders | Hypnosis murders in Copenhagen. |
| 1957 | New York, Ontario and Western Railway | The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. |
| 1961 | Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution | The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. |
| 1962 | Arturo Frondizi | Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11+1⁄2 day constitutional crisis. |
| 1968 | Funeral of Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin | The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, started in Moscow, with thousands of people in attendance. |
| 1971 | My Lai massacre | My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. |
| 1973 | Vietnam War | Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. |
| 1973 | Operation Barrel Roll | Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. |
| 1974 | NASA | NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury. |
| 1974 | Terracotta Army | Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China. |
| 1979 | Quebecair Flight 255 | Quebecair Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City, killing 17. |
| 1982 | Canada Act 1982 | The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. |
| 1984 | Indianapolis Colts | The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis. |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. |
| 1999 | Dow Jones Industrial Average | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble. |
| 1999 | 1999 Chamoli earthquake | A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103. |
| 2001 | Gulfstream III | A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed. |
| 2002 | Passover massacre | In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. |
| 2004 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members. |
| 2004 | Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat | The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004. |
| 2010 | 2010 Moscow Metro bombings | Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. |
| 2013 | 2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse | At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
| 2014 | Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom | The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed. |
| 2015 | Air Canada Flight 624 | Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries. |
| 2016 | United States Air Force | A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. |
| 2017 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. |
| 2021 | Ever Given | The ship Ever Given was dislodged from the Suez Canal. |
