Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Battle of LevounionPechenegsList of Byzantine emperorsAlexios I Komnenos

Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal.

Battle of the Vikhra RiverPrincipality of SmolenskGrand Duchy of Lithuania

Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

Joan of ArcSiege of Orléans

Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

Gran CanariaCanary IslandsKingdom of Castile

Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.

Swedish War of LiberationBattle of Västerås

James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

James CookAustraliaBotany Bay

American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Fort RoyalMartinique

Charles Darwin during the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle, ascended the Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana on 17 August 1834, his visit being commemorated by a memorial plaque.[1]

Charles DarwinSecond voyage of HMS BeagleCerro La Campana

American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

American Civil WarMarylandMaryland House of DelegatesUnion (American Civil War)

American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.

Capture of New OrleansDavid Farragut

Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

Theta XiRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAmerican Civil War

A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

Frank SlideFrank, AlbertaDistrict of Alberta

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

Parliament of the United KingdomPeople's BudgetRedistribution of wealth

Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.

Tsinghua UniversityMainland China

World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

World War I6th Indian DivisionOttoman EmpireSiege of Kut

Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.

Easter RisingDublin

World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

World War IINancy WakeFrench ResistanceGestapoMaquis (World War II)

World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

Nazi GermanyAllies of World War II

World War II: Start of Operation Manna.

Operations Manna and Chowhound

World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

Captain-class frigateFrigate

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.

FührerbunkerAdolf HitlerEva BraunAdmiralKarl Dönitz

Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

Dachau concentration camp

The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.

Fornovo di TaroBrazilian Expeditionary Force

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.

International Military Tribunal for the Far EastPrime Minister of JapanHideki TojoWar crime

Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

TibetCentral People's Government of the People's Republic of ChinaSeventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet

The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

3D televisionSpace Patrol (1950 TV series)American Broadcasting CompanyKECA-TV

Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.

PakistanSpace and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

Muhammad AliBoxing

The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Hair (musical)HippieCounterculture of the 1960sSexual revolutionBiltmore Theatre

Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

Vietnam WarSouth VietnamCambodian CampaignCambodiaViet Cong