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Statue of General Aung San -
François Mitterrand and Ronald Reagan
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Burmese Martyrs' Day | refimprove section |
| Independence Day in Laos (1949) | refimprove |
| 64 – The Great Fire of Rome started among the shops around the Circus Maximus, eventually destroying three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaging seven others. | refimprove section |
| 1333 – Second War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Sir Archibald Douglas were heavily defeated by the English at the Battle of Halidon Hill while trying to relieve Berwick-upon-Tweed. | needs more footnotes |
| 1870 – A dispute over who would become the next Spanish monarch following the deposition of Isabella II during the 1868 Glorious Revolution led France to declare war on Prussia. | unreferenced section |
| 1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen who were unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burnt down the Luton Town Hall. | refimprove |
| 1947 – Centrist Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung was assassinated by an active member of a nationalist right-wing group. | multiple issues |
| 1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San and six members of his newly formed cabinet were assassinated during a cabinet meeting. | multiple issues |
| 1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrew the US-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 998 – Arab–Byzantine wars: After an initial Byzantine victory in the Battle of Apamea a lone Kurdish rider managed to kill Byzantine commander Damian Dalassenos, allowing Fatimid troops to turn the tide of the battle.
- 1545 – The English warship Mary Rose sank just outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent; it was not rediscovered until 1971.
- 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days.
- 1702 – Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish–Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, was defeated by a Swedish army half its size in the Battle of Kliszów.
- 1843 – SS Great Britain, the first ocean-going ship that had both an iron hull and a screw propeller, launched from Bristol, UK.
- 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York.
- 1908 – Feyenoord Rotterdam, today one of the "big three" professional football teams in the Netherlands, was founded as the club Wilhelmina in a pub.
- 1903 – French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France.
- 1981 – French President François Mitterrand privately revealed to U.S. President Ronald Reagan documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
- 1989 – After suffering an uncontained failure of an engine which destroyed all of its hydraulic systems, United Airlines Flight 232 broke up during an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S., killing 111 people.
- 2014 – Unidentified gunmen perpetrated an armed assault against an Egyptian military checkpoint, killing at least 22 border guards.
- Born/died: Giuseppe Castiglione (b. 1688)
Notes
- Giovanni Falcone appears on May 23, so Paolo Borsellino should not appear in the same year
- Lady Jane Grey appears on July 10, so Mary I should not appear in the same year
- 1817 – Having been unsuccessful in his attempt to seize the Kingdom of Hawaii for Russia, Georg Anton Schäffer (pictured) was forced to depart for China.
- 1845 – The last major fire to affect Manhattan destroyed 345 buildings and caused at least $5 million in damage.
- 1916 – First World War: "The worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces suffered heavy losses in their unsuccessful assault on the Germans at the Battle of Fromelles in France.
- 1992 – A car bomb killed anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of his friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone.
- 1997 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army permanently resumed its ceasefire to end its 25-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
Richard Leveridge (b. 1670) · Mangal Pandey (b. 1827) · Yekaterina Budanova (d. 1943)