1998
An American college dropout became the first person to be convicted of a hate crime committed in cyberspace.
United States
1983
British civil servant Dennis Nilsen was arrested in London after police discovered the remains of multiple murder victims in drains near his home
Great Britain
1949
The play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller opened on Broadway
United States
1933
The first singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegram Company, New York.
United States
1907
Sir William Howard Russell died 1907 (born 1820). He made his name as a journalist for The Times reporting the Crimean War. He was armed, but did not fight, and was allowed to send uncensored despatches, some of which proved of use to the enemy. He referr
Great Britain
1906
Royal Navy launches the first 'Dreadnought' battleship
Great Britain
1840
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Great Britain
1763
Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War
1758
Death of Thomas Ripley, English architect
Great Britain
1609
Birth of John Suckling, English Cavalier poet, dramatist and lyricist, also credited with inventing the card game cribbage
Great Britain
1567
Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
Great Britain
1355
St Scholastica's Day riot, Oxford – armed clashes between locals and students (Town versus Gown)
Great Britain
1258
The Mongols captured and destroyed Baghdad
Mongolia