715 | St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | |
1535 | French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for North America. | |
1536 | Anne Boleyn is beheaded on Tower Green. | |
1568 | Defeated by the Protestants, Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England where Queen Elizabeth imprisons her. | |
1588 | The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon, Spain. | |
1608 | The Protestant states form the Evangelical Union of Lutherans and Calvinists. | |
1635 | Cardinal Richelieu of France intervenes in the great conflict in Europe by declaring war on the Hapsburgs in Spain. | |
1643 | The French army defeats a Spanish army at Rocroi, France. | |
1780 | Near total darkness descends on New England at noon. No explanation is found. | |
1856 | Senator Charles Sumner speaks out against slavery. | |
1858 | A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executes unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border. | |
1863 | Union General Ulysses S. Grant's first attack on Vicksburg is repulsed. | |
1864 | The Union and Confederate armies launch their last attacks against each other at Spotsylvania, Virginia. | |
1921 | Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system. | |
1935 | The National Football League adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936. | |
1964 | U.S. diplomats find at least 40 microphones planted in the American embassy in Moscow. | |
1967 | U.S. planes bomb Hanoi for the first time. |
What is going on with the East Alton Rotary Club? We will cover it here, along with all sorts of other interesting and off-kilter stuff that will inform, enlighten and amuse you.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
TODAY IN HISTORY
MAY 19
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