On This Day in History
| | | | 763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | 1215 English King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor in Surrey, places limits on royal authority and puts in writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law. | | According to legend the Dannebrog fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse in 1219 |
| 1219 According to legend, Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark and the oldest national flag in the world falls from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia and turns the Danes' luck. | 1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force. | 1878 World's first moving pictures caught on camera (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground. | 1940 German troops occupy Paris as French resistance to the German invasion crumbles. | 1991 Climactic eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines, the second-largest volcanic eruption on Earth of the 20th century. | | | | | | Also Sam Giancana, Helen Hunt (61) and Ice Cube (55). | | | | | | | | | Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants' Revolt that rocked England, was stabbed and later beheaded on this day. | |
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