The Battle of Lake Poyang ended when the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeated that of his rival, Chen Youliang. It was one of the largest naval battles in history with 850,000 taking part. (1363)
The first complete English-language Bible, the Matthew Bible, was printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale. (1537)
In Massachusetts, Plymouth Colony’s first law was drafted. (1636)
Peter Stuyvesant established America’s first volunteer firemen. (1648)
Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn died. (1669)
Christian Huygens patented the pocket watch. (1675)
Abraham Lincoln made his first political speech at the Illinois State Fair. (1854)
Edward Leveaux patented automatic player piano. (1881)
Orient Express made its first run linking Turkey to Europe by rail. (1883)
New York City subway opened. 350,000 people rode the 9.1 mile tracks. (1904)
Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mt. Rushmore. (1927)
John Sung, a Chinese student in America, boarded a ship bound for Shanghai intending to evangelize China. He preached the Gospel in China for fifteen years, winning 100,000 converts to Christ. (1927)
World Council of Churches formed, (1948)
United Nations’ permanent New York City headquarters was dedicated. (1949)
Leave It to Beaver debuted on CBS. (1957)
Russian Sputnik became the first satellite in space. (1957)
Paul VI became the first pope to visit the US when he made a speech at the UN exonerating the Jews of blame in the death of Christ. (1965)
US Supreme Court lifted the 1972 ban on the death penalty for convicted murderers. (1976)
Two Egyptian Christians, Ageeb Sami Yacoub and Ameer Sami Yacoub, having refused to pay protection money to Muslims, were bound and murdered in cold blood. (1994)
WikiLeaks was launched. It was created by internet activist and hacker Julian Assange. (2006)
Michael Morton, who spent 25 years in prison for his wife’s murder, was released after DNA evidence implicated another man in the crime. (2011)
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