303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian
1525 Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s troops beat the French. French King Francois I captured, 15,000 killed or wounded
1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1739 Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah
1821 Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero agree to the Plan of Iguala, stating that Mexico will become a constitutional monarchy, Roman Catholicism the official religion and that Peninsulares and Creoles will enjoy equal political and social rights
1868 US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1873 A longstanding edict against Christianity is revoked in Japan.
1946 General Juan Perón first elected President of Argentina
2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years
HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY
TODAY IN FILM & TV
1969 “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” film based on novel by Muriel Spark directed by Ronald Neame, starring Maggie Smith (Academy Award Best Actress) premieres in London
TODAY IN MUSIC
1607 Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “LOrfeo” premieres in Mantua, oldest opera still regularly performed
TODAY IN SPORT
2010 Sachin Tendulkar scores the first double century in One Day International cricket
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2020 Scientists identify the first animal that doesn’t need oxygen to breathe – a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, reported in journal PNAS
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2014 A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the earth’s crust
FAMOUS WEDDINGS
1613 English princess Elizabeth marries Earl Frederik of Palts
1662 English Poet and author of “Paradise Lost” John Milton marries 3rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull, 31 years his junior.
1886 Inventor Thomas Edison (38) marries 2nd wife Mina Miller (20) in Akron, Ohio
