Today:
Today is Azrael’s birthday. She’s extremely funny, very feisty, and a great friend to most of us. Join in the celebration by wishing her a happy birthday!
238: The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and captured Pupienus and Balbinus, who were then killed by the Praetorian Guards. Gordian III, at the age of 13, is proclaimed emperor.
615: Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
1014: The Byzantine-Bulgarian war: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army.
1030: The Battle of Stiklestad is fought in Norway between the forces of King Olaf II and a rebel army. King Olaf II is killed, but his army wins.
1588: The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
1836: Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1848: Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1907: Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms the Boy Scouts of America in England.
1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1981: Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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