Todays History

Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.

The First Hague Convention is signed.

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.

The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.

The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I’s victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.

Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.

The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.