Henry V is crowned King of England. Henry V, 16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England…

A Gemini 1 test flight is conducted. Project Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961…

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of…

The Pioneer 11 spacecraft is launched. Pioneer 11 also known as Pioneer G is a 259-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6,…

Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. War of the Pacific, Spanish Guerra del Pacífico, 1879–83, conflict involving Chile,…

NASA launches Apollo 6. Following on the heels of the two very successful Apollo 4 and 5 missions, Apollo 6 was the second all-up unmanned…

Martin Luther King gives his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation…

Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands were first settled by the French – in 1764 Louis Antoine de Bougainville established a settlement there….

Singapore becomes a British crown colony. The Straits Settlements, which comprised Singapore, Malacca and Penang, became a crown colony under direct British control on 1…