47 BC – Julius Caesar visits Tarsus on his way to Pontus , where he meets enthusiastic support, but where, according to Cicero , Cassius is planning to kill him at this point.17 – Germanicus returns to Rome as a conquering hero; he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci , Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe .451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity.946 – King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine 's Mass Day.1135 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae 1293 – An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan, killing about 30,000.1328 – William of Ockham , the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon , fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII .1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.1573 – The Battle of Haarlemmermeer , a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence .1637 – Pequot War : A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut , massacring approximately 500 Pequots .1644 – Portuguese Restoration War : Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo .1647 – Alse Young , hanged in Hartford, Connecticut , becomes the first person executed as a witch in the British American colonies.1736 – The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi . British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.1770 – The Orlov Revolt , an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence , ends in disaster for the Greeks.1783 – A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut , celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution .1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral , the gothic cathedral in Milan .1821 – Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels .1822 – One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire , the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.1828 – Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg .1830 – The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress ; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.1857 – Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory .1865 – American Civil War : The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith , commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas .1868 – Michael Barrett was the last person to be publicly executed in Great Britain1869 – Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .1879 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state .1896 – Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia .1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average . 1897 – Dracula Bram Stoker , is published.1900 – Thousand Days' War : The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro .1906 – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.1908 – At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia , the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company .1917 – Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon , killing 101 people and injuring 689.1918 – The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.1936 – In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland , Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill . By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.1940 – World War II : Operation Dynamo : In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk , France.1940 – World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.1948 – The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557 , which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force .1966 – British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana .1969 – Apollo program : Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2 .1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet , Bangladesh .1972 – Willandra National Park is established in Australia.1972 – The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty . 1977 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center .1981 – Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due) .1981 – An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz , killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others. 1983 – A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.1986 – The European Community adopts the European flag .1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.1991 – Lauda Air Flight 004 , a Boeing 767 , crashes in an area of western Thailand after a thrust reverser malfunction. All 223 people aboard are killed. 1992 – The blockade of Dubrovnik is broken. Following this, the siege of Dubrovnik ends in the next months.1998 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island , the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey , not New York.1998 – The first "National Sorry Day " was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people. 2002 – The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma , resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.2004 – United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing .2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.2012 – A cannibal attack takes place on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami , Florida.2012 - Julie & Raff Cirillo get married at St Pauls Church St Albans
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