4000 BC – Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only)
1215 – Beijing, under control of Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing
1676 – Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79)
1964 – Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
1997 – Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168
1998 – European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union’s monetary policy
2003 – Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.
2009 – Switzerland officially enters the global recession
2020 – Brazilian death toll passes 30,000 from COVID-19 at 31,199 with 555,383 number of cases confirmed, 2nd only to the US
Film & TV:
1980 – 1st transmission of CNN, the Cable News Network
Music:
1968 – Simon & Garfunkel’s single “Mrs Robinson” from “The Graduate” hits #1 (first rock song to win Grammy for Record of the Year)
Via Britannica / On This Day
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