On This Day in History II

1861. the entire maryland state legislature was arrested by stinkin when they tried to legislate wether they would leave or stay. i have no idea when johnson freed them.

1945 - both Darby and Dole were taken out by HE from an 88. i doubt it was the same shell, or maybe not even the same day. google loves to hide facts.

65 CE
The poet Lucan died, nephew of Seneca the Younger, grandson of Seneca the Elder. For participating in the conspiracy against Nero, he was forced to commit suicide.

65 CE
Thrasea Paetus, a Roman senator, committed suicide after detecting his involvement in the plot against Nero.

311 CE
Roman emperor Galerius issued an Edict of Toleration which granted Christians religious freedom. It was the first ever legal act establishing religious freedom for Christians in the Roman Empire. Thus, the Christians could freely profess their religion. They had to be released from prisons or quarries (if they arrived there on a wave of restrictions), and the sacred objects seized by the imperial authorities were to be returned to them. This edict was signed by for Augusts: Galerius, Licinius, Maximinus Daia and Constantine the Great, but the main architect of the first tolerant edict in the history of the Roman Empire was Galerius.

313 CE
Licinius II defeated Maximinus II Daia in the battle of Tzirallum.

1006
Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.

1315
Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.

1492
Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

1513
Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.

1789
On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

1803
Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

1863
A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

1871
The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.

1900
Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.

1927
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

1943
World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.

1945
World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

1945. nyet

1945 - Helga Susanne Goebbles - only one in family who fought for her life - death

1945 - Soviets raise their flag from a gargoyle on the Reich Chancellery roof top - lots of fighting left to do in the building and surrounding areas.

305 CE
Roman emperor Diocletian abdicated and settled in Split, his co-emperor Maximizes also abdicated. The former Caesars of Constantinus I Chlorus and Galerius, their deputies (caesars) Severus II and Maximinus II Daia became the new Augustes.


381 CE
The First Council of Constantinople, organized by the emperor Theodosius the Great, was opened. This council was supposed to solve first of all the theological problem of Pneumatomachianism, which recognizdc the Holy Spirit as a created being.

1328
Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

1707
The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1776
Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.

1778
American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

1786
Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.

1794
War of the Pyrenees: The Battle of Boulou ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain nearly all the land they lost to Spain in 1793.

1840
The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

1851
Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.

1862
American Civil War: The Union Army completes the Capture of New Orleans.

1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.

1886
Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair.

1898
Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay – the United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war.

1915
The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany.

1915 - also lost was over two tons of anti-aircraft ammo

1536
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.

1568
Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

1611
King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.

1670
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

1863
American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

1885
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.

1932
Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.

1933
Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.

1945
World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.

1952
The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.

1964
Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.

1863. Thomas Jackson was wounded while going from his own picket line into his front lines. it shouldve been avoided had he had three pickets preceed his party.