Today:
1181 – Supernova SN 1181 was first observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in the constellation Cassiopeia.
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States were delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1806 – The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Emperor Francis II, marking the end of the empire that had lasted for over a millennium
1825 – Bolivia declared its independence from Spain.
1890 – The first execution by electric chair took place in New York state, with William Kemmler being the first person executed by this method.
1926 – Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1945 – The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.
1962 – Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for the World Wide Web, leading to the development of the first website.
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