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On this day

Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

2008

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The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

2004

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The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

1985

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Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

1983

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The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1982

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Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.

1981

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The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

1974

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A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea results in the rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

1973

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A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

1969

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Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".

1967

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TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.

1961

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World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.

1944

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World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1939

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J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.

1939

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The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

1923

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The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

1897

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Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

1894

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The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

1880

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Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

1878

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Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

1873

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Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1870

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American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.

1864

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American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.

1862

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Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.

1859

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Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.

1838

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Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

1836

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The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.

1831

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3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1804

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Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

1774

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The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1772

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Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

1763

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At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.

1715

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English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.

1645

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Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

1644

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Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.

1610

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Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

1604

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Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1532

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The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.

1529

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Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1449

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King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

1355

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Election of pope Gregory X following the death of Clement IV three years prior.

1271

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Election of pope Lucius III following the death of pope Alexander III in the previous month.

1181

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The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

1173

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The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.

1145

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Byzantine general Isaak Komnenos is crowned Byzantine Emperor by patriarch Cerularius at the Hagia Sophia.

1057

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The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.

-396

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On this day

Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

2008

view article

The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

2004

view article

The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

1985

view article

Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

1983

view article

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1982

view article

Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.

1981

view article

The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

1974

view article

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea results in the rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

1973

view article

A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

1969

view article

Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".

1967

view article

TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.

1961

view article

World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.

1944

view article

World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1939

view article

J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.

1939

view article

The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

1923

view article

The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

1897

view article

Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

1894

view article

The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

1880

view article

Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

1878

view article

Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

1873

view article

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1870

view article

American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.

1864

view article

American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.

1862

view article

Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.

1859

view article

Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.

1838

view article

Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

1836

view article

The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.

1831

view article

3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1804

view article

Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

1774

view article

The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1772

view article

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

1763

view article

At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.

1715

view article

English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.

1645

view article

Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

1644

view article

Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.

1610

view article

Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

1604

view article

Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1532

view article

The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.

1529

view article

Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1449

view article

King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

1355

view article

Election of pope Gregory X following the death of Clement IV three years prior.

1271

view article

Election of pope Lucius III following the death of pope Alexander III in the previous month.

1181

view article

The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

1173

view article

The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.

1145

view article

Byzantine general Isaak Komnenos is crowned Byzantine Emperor by patriarch Cerularius at the Hagia Sophia.

1057

view article

The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.

-396

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Ambient CSS v3 – Blender meets CSS

Define a light source, and every shadow, highlight and surface gradient follows from it. Calibrated against Blender raytraces — rendered with box-shadow.

177 points

65 comments

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The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice

195 points

103 comments

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Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos

Weedout is a Safari extension that filters out videos YouTube labels as “Made with AI”.

27 points

9 comments

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My local model setup on an M4 Pro Mac Mini

I run a local LLM server on my M4 Pro Mac mini with 48 GB of RAM.

11 points

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The creator of Jujutsu has joined ERSC

After 15 years at Google, the creator of JJ joins ERSC as CTO.

161 points

130 comments

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I trained a small transformer in 1.5hrs and it beats many LLMs

543 points

146 comments

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Launch HN: Nori Robotics (YC S26) – A low-cost humanoid robot for development

NORI A3 — an affordable bimanual robot for home and office. Made in the US, shipping fall 2026. $1,688.

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Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga

A free interactive map of real filming locations: where films and television series were shot, and where video games are set. Search a title, or search a place.

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Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS

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Hang on to Your Firefox

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Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope

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Sonic Pi

Sonic Pi is a new kind of instrument for a new generation of musicians. It is simple to learn, powerful enough for live performances and free to download.

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How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?

314 points

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Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s

Run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (125B MoE, 104 GB at 4-bit) on Macs with a fraction of that RAM by streaming experts from SSD. MLX + Swift, Ollama-compatible API. - carloslfu/slotstream

127 points

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Path to Astra: critical capabilities and frontier safeguards

Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.

66 points

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AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

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Show HN: HN Match Maker – Matching "Who Wants to Be Hired?" With "Who's Hiring?"

Find your next hire or your next role from Hacker News monthly threads. AI-powered matching between candidates and job postings.

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Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

Our most advanced models for coding and knowledge work. Their research capabilities also offer an early glimpse of how AI models will contribute to scientific progress.

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On this day

Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.

The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea results in the rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".

TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.

World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.

World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop.

The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta.

American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign.

Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.

Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.

Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.

3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

At the age of five, Louis XV becomes king of France in succession to his great-grandfather, King Louis XIV.

English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.

Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

Claudio Monteverdi's musical work Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) is first published, printed in Venice and dedicated to Pope Paul V.

Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, is first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.

Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

Election of pope Gregory X following the death of Clement IV three years prior.

Election of pope Lucius III following the death of pope Alexander III in the previous month.

The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona by the forces of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.

Byzantine general Isaak Komnenos is crowned Byzantine Emperor by patriarch Cerularius at the Hagia Sophia.

The Temple of Juno Regina (Aventine) is dedicated in Rome by Marcus Furius Camillus.

On this day

Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces.

The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.

The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea results in the rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".

TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history.

World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.

World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.