TODAY IN HISTORY
August 9, 2000 - 0:0
Wednesday, August 9 --1653 Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp was killed in the battle of Terheijde in the first Anglo-Dutch war. In 1639, he had won a famous victory over a superior Spanish fleet at the battle of the Downs.
1757 In North America, the French under Montcalm captured Fort William Henry from British and colonial troops under Colonel Monro in the Seven Years War.
1792 The French Legislative Assembly ended its session with calls for revolution and without debating the motions for the removal of the king, Louis XVI.
1809 William Barret Travis, Texan lawyer and revolutionary army officer, born.
He commanded Texan forces at the battle of the Alamo and died there on March 6, 1836.
1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepted the crown of France following the abdication of Charles X on August 2.
1842 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Britain was signed. It established the boundary between the United States and Canada from Maine to the Great Lakes.
1896 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist, born. He was best known for his pioneering efforts in researching the development of cognitive functions in children.
1903 Following the death of Pope Leo XIII, Giuseppe Sarto was crowned as Pope Pius X before 70,000 people.
1919 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and librettist, died. He is famous for the single opera "Pagliacci" but never repeated the success with his other works.
1942 Following the passing of a "Quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress, Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others were arrested in Bombay.
1945 The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki; a wide area of the city was reduced to ashes and more than 70,000 people were killed.
1965 Singapore became an independent republic within the Commonwealth after seceding from Malaysia.
1971 British forces in Northern Ireland detained hundreds of people and put them in the Maze Prison, the beginning of an internment without trial policy. Over 20 Irishmen were killed in clashes which followed.
1974 Gerald Ford was sworn in as 38th president of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.
1975 Dimitri Shostakovitch, Russian composer, died.
He wrote 15 symphonies as well as operas, ballets and film and theater scores.
1990 China's first airship, 40 meters (130 feet) long, made its maiden flight over the central province of Hubei.
1998 In Kashmir, separatist Ali Mohamammad Dar, the self-styled deputy supreme commander of the banned Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, was killed in a gunbattle with Indian police.
1757 In North America, the French under Montcalm captured Fort William Henry from British and colonial troops under Colonel Monro in the Seven Years War.
1792 The French Legislative Assembly ended its session with calls for revolution and without debating the motions for the removal of the king, Louis XVI.
1809 William Barret Travis, Texan lawyer and revolutionary army officer, born.
He commanded Texan forces at the battle of the Alamo and died there on March 6, 1836.
1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepted the crown of France following the abdication of Charles X on August 2.
1842 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Britain was signed. It established the boundary between the United States and Canada from Maine to the Great Lakes.
1896 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist, born. He was best known for his pioneering efforts in researching the development of cognitive functions in children.
1903 Following the death of Pope Leo XIII, Giuseppe Sarto was crowned as Pope Pius X before 70,000 people.
1919 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and librettist, died. He is famous for the single opera "Pagliacci" but never repeated the success with his other works.
1942 Following the passing of a "Quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress, Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others were arrested in Bombay.
1945 The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki; a wide area of the city was reduced to ashes and more than 70,000 people were killed.
1965 Singapore became an independent republic within the Commonwealth after seceding from Malaysia.
1971 British forces in Northern Ireland detained hundreds of people and put them in the Maze Prison, the beginning of an internment without trial policy. Over 20 Irishmen were killed in clashes which followed.
1974 Gerald Ford was sworn in as 38th president of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.
1975 Dimitri Shostakovitch, Russian composer, died.
He wrote 15 symphonies as well as operas, ballets and film and theater scores.
1990 China's first airship, 40 meters (130 feet) long, made its maiden flight over the central province of Hubei.
1998 In Kashmir, separatist Ali Mohamammad Dar, the self-styled deputy supreme commander of the banned Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, was killed in a gunbattle with Indian police.