Todays History

The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.

The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.

Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.

French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.

Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned “Queen of Scots” in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

South Africa declares war on Germany.