1779- New York State abolishes slavery
1845- Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1854- Britain and France declare war on Russia during the Crimean War
1866- First ambulance goes into service
1871- San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 pine
1885- US Salvation Army officially organized
1891- First world weightlifting championship won by Edward Lawrence in London, England
1910- The first seaplane takes off from water at Martinque France (Henri Fabre)
1917- Jews expelled from Tel-Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1920- Tomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia
1922- The first microfilm device introduced
1929- Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1939- Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1960- Pope John appoints the first Japanese, African and Filipino cardinals
1960- Scotch whisky factory explodes burying 20 firefighters in Glasgow, Scotland
1962- Military coup in Syria, President Nazim ad-Kudsi flees
1964- First pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1981- France performs nuclear test
1990- Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game
1992- Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1994- Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1994- BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for the first time in United Kingdom
1995- World’s largest bank: Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
2013- 15 students killed and 7 injured after mortar strikes Damascus University
2013- Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service
2014- Russia increases the price of gas to the Ukraine by 80%
2014- 2 cases of Ebola are reported in Liberia among people who travelled to Ghana.
2017- US President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence executive order undoing Obama climate control measures.
2017- World’s largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia.
