Tuesday, January 22, 2013

29 May - History and Importance of The Day



International Day of UN Peacekeepers



363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital.
757 - St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1453 - Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire. Start of Ottoman Empire.

1592 - At the Battle of Sacheon, the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repels a Japanese army that outnumbers it nearly 3 to 1.
1660 - The English monarchy was restored with Charles II on the throne after several years of a Commonwealth under Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.
1727 - Peter II (11) becomes Tsar of Russia

1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted
1916 - US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1919 - The Republic of Prekmurje founded
1922 - Ecuador becomes independent
1954 - Pope Pius X issues holy declaration

2001 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.


Birthday

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) the 35th U.S. President.  He was the youngest man ever elected to the presidency and the first Roman Catholic. He was assassinated in Dallas, November 22, 1963.


29 May Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

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