Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.

Battle of Antioch (218)Roman legionElagabalusMacrinusChalcedon

Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina.

MuhammadProphetMedina

Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.

LindisfarneNorse activity in the British Isles

Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.

Edward the Confessor

Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning his crusade.

Richard IAcre, Israel

Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.

Richard le ScropeArchbishop of YorkThomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of NorfolkEarl of NorfolkYork

American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.

American Revolutionary WarBattle of Trois-Rivières

Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

LakiVolcanoIcelandFamine

James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.

James MadisonUnited States Bill of Rights

Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.

Maximilien RobespierreFrench RevolutionCult of the Supreme Being

A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.

Pitcairn IslandsHMS BountyNorfolk Island

American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

American Civil WarTennesseeUnion (American Civil War)

American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.

Battle of Cross KeysConfederate States of AmericaStonewall JacksonArmy of Northern VirginiaGeorge B. McClellan

Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).

Franz Joseph I of AustriaKing of HungaryAusgleich

Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.

Herman HollerithPatentPunched cardCalculator

Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.

Theodore RooseveltAntiquities ActPublic land

Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.

Carl LaemmleUniversal Studios

A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.

Solar eclipse of June 8, 1918Baker City, Oregon

Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").

Second Northern ExpeditionNational Revolutionary ArmyPeking

Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

Margaret BondfieldSecretary of State for EmploymentCabinet of the United Kingdom

World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.

World War IIOperation AlphabetNarvikNorwegian Campaign

World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.

Allies of World War IISyria-Lebanon CampaignVichy FranceLevant

World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

Japanese submarine I-21Newcastle, New South Wales

Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

Helen KellerDorothy ParkerDanny KayeFredric MarchJohn Garfield

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.

George OrwellNineteen Eighty-Four

An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.

1953 Flint-Beecher tornadoBeecher, Michigan

The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C. cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

Supreme Court of the United States

The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

USS Barbero (SS-317)United States Postal ServiceMissile Mail

An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.

F-104 StarfighterXB-70 ValkyrieEdwards Air Force BaseJoseph A. WalkerNASA

Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

Topeka, KansasFujita scale