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January 14: Ratification Day in the United States Poster for the premiere of Tosca 1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty , which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
This day in history. Tribune. The Newberry Observer, S.C. November 15, 2023 at 6:23 PM. Nov. 15—November 15: 1777 — The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor ...
April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap ... the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British ...
Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina) [240] Constitution Day [241] Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; [242] celebrated 50 days after Easter Day. (Christianity) [243] Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah) [240] Mother's Day (Guatemala, [240] and Mexico [244])
2001 – President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. 2009 – Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America , becoming the first African-American President of the United States .
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1944 – Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating.
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, ...