Alexander III of Macedon, most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. It is believed that Alexander the Great died on this day in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon at the age of 32.
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English King, Henry VIII weds his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. In 1527 Pope Clement VII, refused to annul the marriage which led to Henry's break with the Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of England.
The Continental Congress creates a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. The committee members were: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. More
General Dwight Eisenhower, is appointed to take command of all U.S. Operations in Europe by Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. Eleven days later, on June 25, 1942, Eisenhower arrived at U.S. headquarters in London and took command.
Eisenhower is appointed by Army Chief of Staff Marshall to oversee all U.S. operations in Europe. 14 days later, on June 25, 1942, Eisenhower arrived at U.S. headquarters in London and took command.
Two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes at the University despite then-Gov. George C. Wallace’s unsuccessful attempt to block their enrollment. The event marked the beginning of desegregation at the University of Alabama and the beginning of school desegregation in the state of Alabama. More
National Guard Brig. Gen. Henry Graham tells Gov. George Wallace to step aside
After 49 years, the Soviet military occupation of East Germany ended. At one time there had been 337,800 Soviet troops stationed in Germany. Over 300,000 Russians died during World War II in the Battle for Berlin.
Timothy McVeigh, responsible for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, is executed by lethal injection. More
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years. The swine flu pandemic was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus; the first being the 1918 –1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu. There were 491,382 lab-confirmed) cases Some studies estimated that the number of cases including asymptomatic and mild cases was about 700 million to 1.4 billion people. ( 11 to 21 percent of the global population of 6.8 billion at the time. Lab confirmed deaths were 18,449 with estimated excess deaths of 284,000 - More