CoM Moderators Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: Seljuq Turks led by sultan Alp Arslan beat and capture Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes1545 - Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma1629 - Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate1939 - 1st major league baseball telecast on W2XBS- Cincinnati Reds defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn1967 - Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam1974 - Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 31986 - Robert Chambers, the "Preppie Killer" murders Jennifer Levin in New York City's Central Park, afterwards claimed "rough sex" as motive1995 - Brian Lara completes his 7th Test Cricket century, scoring 179 at The Oval in London1999 - Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds.2017 - Hurricane Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm, National Hurricane Center warns of “multiday rainfall disaster” More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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