Some historical events

9 jan 2007

The iphone was unveiled.

9 November 1989

The <fall> of the Berlin Wall.

30 Oct 1974

The 'Rumble in the Jungle' [ boxing match ] between **Muhammad Ali** and George Foreman took place on October 30, 1974.

1970

Forth programming language invented by Charles Moore at NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

1969

First unix operating system invented

20 july 1969

First Human Moon Landing (Apollo 11 mission marks a pivotal moment in space exploration and technological achievement).

10 February 1964

Album "The Times They Are a-Changin'" released

6 February 1952

Start of Elizabeth II of England's reign

15 August 1947

Independance of India.

29 October 1929

'Black Tuesday' The sell off of the usa stock-market.

12 Nov 1894

Lawrence Hargrave made a box kite flight at Stanwell Park, Sydney

26 August 1883

Explosion of Krakatoa

11 November 1880

Ned Kelly hung at Old Melbourne Gaol at age of 25.

10 February 1879

Ned Kelly's Jerilderie letter was delivered (Jerilderie,NSW)

7 September 1876

Attempted robbery of Northfield, Minnesota Bank by Jesse James gang.

12 April 1861

Start of American civil war.

1845

Start of the Irish famine (until 1852)

1838

Chopin's 24 piano impromptus composed on the Island of Mallorca.

1831

The Choctaw Nation forcibly removed, "the trail of tears"

1827

Franz Schubert's eight piano impromptus composed.

18 June 1815

The Battle of Waterloo

14 July 1789

Storming of the Bastille, start of the French Revolution.

4 july 1776

Declaration of American Independance.

1712

The steam engine of Thomas Newcomen

1599

Approximate 1st performance of the play Hamlet

8 Aug 1588

Battle of Gravelines against the Spanish Armada.

17 Nov 1558

Start of Queen Elizabeth I of England's reign

31 July 1492

Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

2 Jan 1492

Fall of Granada, Spain.

30 may 1431

Joan of Arc burnt at stake, at age of 19.

8 may 1429

British abandon seige of Orleans, after defence by Joan of Arc.

1347

Start of the Black Plague (bacterium Yersinia pestis) in Europe between 30% and 60% mortality in Europe.

1271

Start of Marco Polo's travels

6 april 1199

Death of Richard the Lionheart, King of England, in Aquitaine France.

1096

Start of the First Crusade [ 610 CE ] The Founding of Islam by divine revelation [ 2 Sept 31 BC ] Defeat of Mark Antony by Octavian/Augustus at the naval battle of Actium [ 15 Mar 44 BC ] Assassination of Julius Caesar. [ 10 june 323 BC ] Death of Alexander the Great in Babylon at the age of 32. [ August 480 BC ] Battle of Thermopylae, the 300 Spartan Warriors defend the pass [ 480 BCE ] Approximate birth of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.

1975 BC

extinction of woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island.