The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
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2008
2008
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
1945
World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los…
World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies".
1886
Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide,…
Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
1447
Death of Pope Eugene IV
Died: Pope Eugene IV (born 1383).
1417
Birth of Pope Paul II
Born: Pope Paul II (died 1471).
532
Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in…
Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
303
Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight…
Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
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