Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
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1945
A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado…
A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1898
The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
1775
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1565
Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle…
Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1405
Birth of Pope Pius II
Born: Pope Pius II (died 1464).
707
Death of Pope John VII
Died: Pope John VII (born 650).
33
Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by…
Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
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