Happy birthday and many happy returns Kaspar Lundsby. It is Teachers Day in El Salvador. In 1593, Ottoman forces were crushingly defeated by the Habsburgs at Sisak (now in Croatia), triggering the Long War. In 1807, The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake in the belief that the latter had deserters from the Royal Navy. In 1941, World War II: As over 4.5 million Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation and establish a new government. In 2009, Citing declining sales due to the emergence of digital photography, the Eastman Kodak Company announced that it would discontinue sales of the Kodachrome reversal film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. Your day teaches much to those who would flog pictures that have died. Those who would run away will be soon under foot. Careful of unleashing your millions unwisely. Enjoy your day. You deserve it. Matches 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending theThird Macedonian War. 1527 – Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia. 1593 – Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks. 1622 – Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War. 1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy. 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America. 1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France. 1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake. 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. 1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America. 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears. 1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice 1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleets commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon. 1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged. 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted. 1907 – The London Undergrounds Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens. 1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. 1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk. 1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Paulines mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movieHeavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case. 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy. 1986 The controversial Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century also by Maradona. Argentina would win 2-1 and go on to win the world cup. 1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. 2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon. Hatches 662 – Rui Zong, Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 716) 1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762) 1713 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (d. 1765) 1864 – Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909) 1897 – Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973) 1901 – Elias Katz, Finnish runner (d. 1947) 1906 – Billy Wilder, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) 1910 – Konrad Zuse, German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995) 1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983) 1932 – June Salter, Australian actress (d. 2001) 1932 – Prunella Scales, English actress 1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (The Highwaymen) 1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist 1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie) 1949 – Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds) 1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel) 1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist 1964 – Dan Brown, American author 1965 – Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter 1970 – Steven Page, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies) 1987 – Lee Min Ho, South Korean actor and singer 1997 – Tami Grende, Indonesian tennis player Despatches 1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225) 1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380) 1699 – Josiah Child, English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630) 1925 – Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849) 1938 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (b. 1876) 1956 – Walter de la Mare, English poet and author (b. 1873) 1965 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902) 1969 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b. 1922) 1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899) 2008 – Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
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