The Battle of Stamford Bridge takes place in England, where King Harold II of England defeats an invading Norwegian army led by King Harald Hardrada, the Last Great Viking King Of Norway, securing his position before the Battle of Hastings.
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The Battle of Nicopolis in Bulgaria takes place during the Crusade of Nicopolis, where the Ottoman Empire, led by Bayezid I, decisively defeats the combined European forces led by King Sigismund of Hungary. The defeat lead the way to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire, securing Turkish control over the region and the expansion of the Ottoman empire into the Balkans.
Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean after crossing the Isthmus of Panama.
The Peace of Augsburg between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Protestant princes is signed, The treaty officially recognized the division of Christianity and granted each prince in the Holy Roman Empire the right to choose either Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism as the official religion of their state. Calvinism was not allowed until the Peace of Westphalia, which took place in 1648.
The First Congress of the U.S. proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution with its own Preamble. Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures on December 15, 1791. They form what is now referred to as The Bill of Rights.
The United States Congress approves the Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. More
Church President Wilford Woodruff releases its Anti-polygamy "Manifesto" officially advising the Mormon community, against any future plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Upon its issuance, the LDS Church in conference accepted Woodruff's Manifesto as "authoritative and binding".
While the Manifesto officially ended new plural marriages, it did not affect the status of those already in practice. Many polygamists continued to live with their plural wives. Reportedly, Wilford Woodruff practiced plural marriage at the time. In 1904 the Church made polygamy a cause for excommunication. The Manifesto was a response to mounting anti-polygamy pressure from the United States Congress, which by 1890 had disincorporated the church, escheated its assets to the U.S. federal government, and imprisoned many prominent polygamist Mormons. The declaration was a significant step for the Mormon Church to gain statehood for Utah and to integrate into mainstream American society by officially ending the practice of polygamy.
US President Grover Cleveland signs Proclamation 369 - Granting Amnesty and Pardon to the Mormon community, members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), for the Offenses of Polygamy, Bigamy, Adultery, or Unlawful Cohabitation. The pardon helped clear the path for Utah to achieve statehood in 1896. More
Motorola, Inc. , the American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois is founded as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin. In 1947, the company changed its name to Motorola. More
The Little Rock Nine are able to enter classes at the Little Rock Central High School for the first time after President Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to Little Rock to enforce desegregation and protect the students from hostile mobs.
Before this intervention, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had used the state's National Guard to block the students from attending the school to "preserve the peace" Eisenhower's Federalization of the entire 10,000 member Arkansas National Guard took them out out of Governor Faubus's control. More
Black student Elizabeth Eckford is jeered by white student Hazel Bryan as she attempts to enter Little Rock Central High School.
A Boeing 727-214 airliner, operated by Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) as Flight 182, collides with a Cessna 172 during the landing approach at Lindbergh Field (SAN), today known as San Diego International Airport and crashes into a residential neighborhood.
All 135 persons aboard the 727, both persons on the Cessna, and seven persons on the ground were killed. Another nine persons on the ground were injured. Twenty-two homes in a four-block area were destroyed or damaged. More
World leaders adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations. The conference took place at the UN Headquarters in New York City from September 25 to 27, 2015. More