Today:
326 – The old St. Peter’s Basilica was consecrated in Rome by Pope Sylvester I.
1307 – William Tell is said to have shot an apple off his son’s head as per Swiss folklore.
1493 – Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Puerto Rico during his second voyage.
1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City was completed and officially consecrated.
1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, took place.
1865 – Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was published.
1883 – The United States adopted Standard Time Zones, initiated by the railroads to simplify train schedules.
1928 – Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie,” the first synchronized sound cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse, premiered.
1978 – The Jonestown Massacre occurred in Guyana, resulting in the deaths of over 900 members of the Peoples Temple.
1991 – The Croatian city of Vukovar fell to the Yugoslav People’s Army after an 87-day siege during the Croatian War of Independence.
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