1763: New World altered by treaty
The Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain, France and Spain, reshaping the map of North America and ending the colonial phase of the Seven Years' War.
France, defeated in the new world and frustrated in its war against Prussia, lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada and various French holdings overseas. France's adventure in India also came to an end, ensuring the colonial supremacy of Britain in coming decades.
Five days after the Treaty of Paris, the Treaty of Hubertusburg was signed, acknowledging Prussia's right to the Polish province of Silesia, a claim that seven years earlier had started the war.
2005
It is announced that the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, is to marry
Camilla Parker Bowles.
1996
The IBM computer Deep Blue defeats chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov for the first time.1989
Ronald H. Brown is elected chairman of the
Democratic Party National Committee. He was the first African American to hold the top position in a major
political party in the US.
1989
In America, The Ford Motor Company announces a 1988
net income of $5.3 billion, a world record for a car manufacturer.
1983
In England, police launch a mass murder investigation after discovering the remains of 16 people in drains, in London. Later in 1983, Dennis Andrew Nilsen was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the crimes. 1971
The
Vietnam War: The acclaimed photographer Larry Burrows dies along with three other journalists when a helicopter they were travelling in crashes in
Laos. 1962
US spy plane pilot Gary Powers, shot down by the
Soviet Union, is exchanged in
Berlin for
KGB agent Rudolf
Abel, arrested in New York in 1957.
1955
Under threat from communist troops, the US Navy evacuates thousands of people from the Chinese Nationalist Tachen Islands.1931
New Delhi becomes the capital of
India. 1846
First Anglo-Sikh War: The British defeat the Sikhs at the battle of Sobraon. 1840
Queen Victoria of England and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha marry in
St James Palace, London.
1814
The Battle of Champaubert:
Napoleon defeats Prussian and Russian forces.
1355
St. Scholastica's day
riot in Oxford, England.
1258
The Battle of Baghdad: The Mongols overrun Baghdad forcing the city to surrender. 1955
Australian golfer Greg Norman.1950
American swimmer Mark Spitz. Winner of 7 gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics.1894
British politician Harold MacMillan, Conservative Prime Minister 1957-1963.1893
Jimmy Durante, US comic
actor. 1890
Novelist Boris Pasternak.1824
Naval reformer
Samuel Plimsoll - devisor of the Plimsoll line, a regulation line painted around the hull of a ship to show the maximum weight for its cargo. Also gives his name to the rope sandals which help sailors walk along
wet decks.
