Maximinus Thrax is proclaimed emperor.

Maximinus Thrax

Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.

Emperor TenmuChrysanthemum ThroneAsuka, YamatoAsuka, Yamato

Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

Michael IV of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden.

Linköping BloodbathMaundy ThursdayLinköping

The Dutch East India Company is established.

Dutch East India Company

Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.

Walter RaleighTower of London

The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.

Great Boston Fire of 1760

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

ElbaNapoleonHundred Days

Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.

Revolutions of 1848 in the German statesMonarchLudwig I of Bavaria

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.

Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's Cabin

The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Republican Party (United States)Ripon, Wisconsin

An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.

EarthquakeMendoza, Argentina

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.

Romen Theatre

Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.

Sung Chiao-jenKuomintang

Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

Albert EinsteinGeneral relativity

The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.

Upper Silesia plebisciteVersailles TreatyWeimar GermanyPoland

The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.

USS Langley (CV-1)United States NavyAircraft carrier

The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.

Arts Club of ChicagoPablo PicassoModern art

Giuseppe Zangara is executed in Florida's electric chair for fatally shooting Anton Cermak in an assassination attempt against President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Giuseppe ZangaraExecution (legal)FloridaElectric chairAnton Cermak

Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.

Reichsführer-SSHeinrich HimmlerDachau concentration campChief of PoliceMunich

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".

World War IIGeneralDouglas MacArthurTerowie, South AustraliaBattle of the Philippines (1942)

With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.

American Federation of MusiciansEugene OrmandyArturo ToscaniniCBSNBC

Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.

FujiyoshidaYamanashi PrefectureHonshū

The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.

United States SenatePeace treaty

Tunisia gains independence from France.

Tunisia

The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.

wiktionary:PrecursorEuropean Space AgencyEuropean Space Research OrganisationJune 141962

The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.

The TroublesProvisional Irish Republican ArmyBelfastNorthern Ireland

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Libby RiddlesIditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

ParaplegicHumanitarianRick HansenCircumnavigationSpinal cord