Today in history around the world

Chronological events on this day in history, sports, music, science, politics, birth, wars, entertainment,discoveries and more.

On this day in history in Nigeria.

1997 Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua dies in prison
custody. He was convicted by Military Tribunal for
coup plotting in June 1995 and sentenced to jail.
1990 Elections into Local Government Councils are held.

Revolution

1775
Americans begin siege of Quebec

Automotive

1942
Auto-factory architect Albert
Kahn dies

Civil War

1863
Lincoln issues Proclamation of
Amnesty and Reconstruction
Cold War
1949
Chinese Nationalists move capital
to Taiwan

Crime

1980 John Lennon is shot to
death outside his Manhattan
apartment building in
New York City ,Old West

Disaster

1881
Theater fire kills hundreds in
Vienna
1982 The Washington, D.C.,
police shoot and kill a man
threatening to blow up the
Washington Monument.
1987 The Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty
signed.
1987 An Israeli army tank
transporter kills 4
Palestinian refugees and
injures 7 others during a
traffic accident at the Erez
Crossing on the border
between Israel and the Gaza
Strip, leading to the First
Intifada.

General Interest

1987
Superpowers agree to reduce
nuclear arsenals
1993
NAFTA signed into law
1993 Daisy Adams of Church Gresley, Derbyshire,
thought to be Britains oldest person, died aged 113
65
BC
Quintus "Horance" Horatius
Flaccus, Roman poet and
satirist best known for his
three books Odes .
1542 Mary, Queen of Scotland
(1542-67).
1626 Christina, Queen of Sweden
(1644-54).
1765 Eli Whitney, inventor of the
cotton gin.
1982
Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s
Choice
1765 Eli Whitney, inventor of the
cotton gin.
won Academy Award for
Best Actor for Judgement at
Nuremberg (1961).
1933 Flip Wilson (Clerow Wilson
Jr.), comedian and actor;
won a Golden Globe and
two Emmy Awards for his
1970s TV variety series,
The Flip Wilson Show.

Birth

1894
James Thurber is born
1542
Mary Queen of Scots born

Music

1947 Gregg Allman, singer,
songwriter, musician;
founding member of The
Allman Brothers Band.
1953 Kim Basinger, actress,
singer, producer; won
Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for L.A.
Confidential (1997).
1964 Teri Hatcher, actress; Lois
Lane on Lois & Clark: The
New Adventures of
Superman TV series; won
Golden Globe for Best
Actress as Susan Mayer on
Desperate Housewives TV
series.
1966 Sinead O'Connor, Irish
singer, songwriter; has
frequently generated
controversy with her views
on social issues such as
organized religion and
women's rights.
1922 Jean Ritchie, singer,
songwriter of folk music
("Blue Diamond Mines").
1925 Sammy Davis Jr., singer
("The Candy Man"), dancer,
actor (Ocean's 11 ); member
of the "Rat Pack".

Presidential

1941
Roosevelt asks Congress to
declare war on Japan
1841 Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII, became the
'Prince of Wales'
1920 President Woodrow Wilson
declines to send a
representative to the League
of Nations in Geneva.
1932 Japan tells the League of
Nations that it has no
control over her designs in
China.
1968 South Vietnam's Vice
President Nguyen Cao Ky
arrives in Paris for peace
talks.

Sports

1863 Boxer Tom King of England beat American John
Heenan, to become the first heavyweight champion
of the world
1940
Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL
Championship game

War

1941
Jeanette Rankin casts sole vote
against WWII
1965
Operation Tiger Hound launched
1966
North Vietnam rejects Johnson’s
prisoner exchange proposal
1969
Nixon declares Vietnam War is
ending
World War I
1914
The Battle of the Falkland Islands
World War II
1941
The United States declares war
on Japan
1941 As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbour, Britain,
the United States and Australia declared war on
Japan
1861 CSS Sumter captures the
whaler Eben Dodge in the
Atlantic. The American Civil
War is now affecting the
Northern whaling industry.
1863 Union General William
Averell's cavalry destroys
railroads in the
southwestern part of West
Virginia.
1863
Lincoln issues Proclamation of
Amnesty and Reconstruction
Cold War
1949
Chinese Nationalists move capital
to Taiwan