756000 days since | In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. (March 17th, -45) |
756000 days since | Titus Labienus, Roman leader died. (March 17th, -45) |
544000 days since | Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick died. (August 20th, 535) |
194000 days since | Christopher Columbus first sights what is now Puerto Rico. (November 18th, 1493) |
173000 days since | Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) died. (May 18th, 1551) |
148000 days since | Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born. (November 7th, 1619) |
133000 days since | Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592) died. (December 1st, 1660) |
125000 days since | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded. (October 27th, 1682) |
122000 days since | George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624) died. (January 13th, 1691) |
105000 days since | Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813) was born. (July 31th, 1737) |
86000 days since | The United States War Department is established. (August 7th, 1789) |
77000 days since | Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris. (March 30th, 1814) |
77000 days since | Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification. (March 30th, 1814) |
71000 days since | William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911) was born. (September 2nd, 1830) |
69000 days since | The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. (February 23th, 1836) |
58000 days since | The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956. (April 6th, 1866) |
56000 days since | Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936) was born. (September 27th, 1871) |
52000 days since | Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962) was born. (September 9th, 1882) |
50000 days since | Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948) was born. (March 1st, 1888) |
48000 days since | Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967) was born. (August 22th, 1893) |
48000 days since | Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977) was born. (August 22th, 1893) |
47000 days since | The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that separate but equal is constitutional. (May 18th, 1896) |
47000 days since | Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. (May 18th, 1896) |
43000 days since | Pinky Lee, American vaudeville performer (d. 1993) was born. (May 2nd, 1907) |
42000 days since | Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (d. 1989) was born. (January 26th, 1910) |
41000 days since | Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000) was born. (October 22th, 1912) |
38000 days since | Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard was born. (January 8th, 1921) |
37000 days since | Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994) was born. (October 5th, 1923) |
37000 days since | Philip Berrigan, American peace activist (d. 2002) was born. (October 5th, 1923) |
37000 days since | Glynis Johns, British actress was born. (October 5th, 1923) |
37000 days since | Bill Wirtz, longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner (d. 2007) was born. (October 5th, 1923) |
36000 days since | Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate was born. (July 1st, 1926) |
36000 days since | Hans Werner Henze, German composer was born. (July 1st, 1926) |
36000 days since | Carl Hahn, German automotive executive was born. (July 1st, 1926) |
33333 days since | Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. (October 19th, 1933) |
33000 days since | Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969) was born. (September 17th, 1934) |
32000 days since | Erich Ribbeck, German football player/manager was born. (June 13th, 1937) |
31000 days since | Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1994) was born. (March 9th, 1940) |
30000 days since | Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Zegota organization. (December 4th, 1942) |
30000 days since | World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends. (December 4th, 1942) |
30000 days since | Gemma Jones, English actress was born. (December 4th, 1942) |
29000 days since | Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces. (August 30th, 1945) |
29000 days since | Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base. (August 30th, 1945) |
28000 days since | The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. (May 26th, 1948) |
28000 days since | Stevie Nicks, American songwriter was born. (May 26th, 1948) |
28000 days since | Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886) died. (May 26th, 1948) |
27000 days since | Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006) was born. (February 20th, 1951) |
27000 days since | Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was born. (February 20th, 1951) |
27000 days since | Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. 1997) was born. (February 20th, 1951) |
27000 days since | Phil Neal, English footballer was born. (February 20th, 1951) |
26000 days since | Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor was born. (November 16th, 1953) |
25000 days since | Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor was born. (August 12th, 1956) |
25000 days since | Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer was born. (August 12th, 1956) |
23000 days since | Andy Fordham, English darts player was born. (February 2nd, 1962) |
23000 days since | Paul Kilgus, American baseball player was born. (February 2nd, 1962) |
23000 days since | Michael T. Weiss, American actor was born. (February 2nd, 1962) |
22222 days since | In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"). (March 21th, 1964) |
22222 days since | Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi international football star was born. (March 21th, 1964) |
22222 days since | Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist was born. (March 21th, 1964) |
22000 days since | Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the Republic of Tanzania. (October 29th, 1964) |
22000 days since | A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (October 29th, 1964) |
22000 days since | Yasmin Le Bon, British model was born. (October 29th, 1964) |
22000 days since | Eddie McGuire, Australian television presenter was born. (October 29th, 1964) |
21000 days since | Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003) was born. (July 26th, 1967) |
21000 days since | Tim Schafer, American computer game designer was born. (July 26th, 1967) |
20000 days since | The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia. (April 21th, 1970) |
20000 days since | Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and actor was born. (April 21th, 1970) |
20000 days since | Rob Riggle, American comedian was born. (April 21th, 1970) |
20000 days since | Nicole Sullivan, American actress was born. (April 21th, 1970) |
19000 days since | Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. (January 15th, 1973) |
19000 days since | Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer was born. (January 15th, 1973) |
19000 days since | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901) died. (January 15th, 1973) |
19000 days since | Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919) died. (January 15th, 1973) |
18000 days since | Marion Jones, American track and field athlete was born. (October 12th, 1975) |
17000 days since | Rachel Lillis, American actress was born. (July 8th, 1978) |
16000 days since | Aaron Bertram, American musician was born. (April 3rd, 1981) |
16000 days since | Matthew Nash, Australian soccer player was born. (April 3rd, 1981) |
16000 days since | Heath Ramsay, Australian Olympic swimmer was born. (April 3rd, 1981) |
16000 days since | DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player was born. (April 3rd, 1981) |
16000 days since | Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (b. 1899) died. (April 3rd, 1981) |
15000 days since | James Kelly, Australian rules footballer was born. (December 29th, 1983) |
15000 days since | Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer was born. (December 29th, 1983) |
14000 days since | Leah Dizon, American model and singer was born. (September 24th, 1986) |
13000 days since | Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor was born. (June 20th, 1989) |
13000 days since | Terrelle Pryor, American football player was born. (June 20th, 1989) |
12000 days since | Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903) died. (March 16th, 1992) |
12000 days since | Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (b. 1919) died. (March 16th, 1992) |
11111 days since | Gilles Groulx, French-Canadian film director (b. 1931) died. (August 22th, 1994) |
11000 days since | First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya. (December 11th, 1994) |
11000 days since | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900) died. (December 11th, 1994) |
10000 days since | Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion. (September 6th, 1997) |
10000 days since | P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918) died. (September 6th, 1997) |
9000 days since | Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist (b. 1927) died. (June 2nd, 2000) |
9000 days since | Gerald Whitrow, British mathematician (b. 1912) died. (June 2nd, 2000) |
8000 days since | Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church. (February 27th, 2003) |
8000 days since | John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923) died. (February 27th, 2003) |
8000 days since | Fred Rogers, American children's television actor (b. 1928) died. (February 27th, 2003) |
7000 days since | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country. (November 23th, 2005) |
7000 days since | Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910) died. (November 23th, 2005) |
7000 days since | Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919) died. (November 23th, 2005) |
6000 days since | Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948) died. (August 19th, 2008) |
6000 days since | LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961) died. (August 19th, 2008) |