| (753 BCE) Rome is founded
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According to tradition, orphaned twins Romulus and Remus establish what will become one of the world’s great cities. Legend holds that the twins had been saved from starvation by a she-wolf who’d found them abandoned in a cave on Palatine Hill. This area will eventually become Rome’s center.. |
| (1836) Texas wins independence at Battle of San Jacinto
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| The Texas Revolution ends as General Sam Houston and his Texian Army soundly defeat the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna in a surprise attack. The Battle of San Jacinto lasts just 18 minutes, and will lead to the independence of the Republic of Texas.. |
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| (1918) Fabled and feared WWI flying ace ‘The Red Baron’ shot down
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Although hit in the chest with a fatal bullet during an aerial dogfight, 25-year-old German fighter pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen, famed for his unmatched run of 80 combat victories, lands his plane near the French village of Vaux-sur-Somme, and utters “kaputt” before dying in the cockpit. . |
| (1962) World’s Fair opens in Seattle
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| A festival that embraces all the promise of the 21st century, the Century 21 Expo, aka the Seattle World’s Fair, opens with the motto ‘Living in the Space Age.’ Over 10 million will attend, marveling at the towering Space Needle and sci-fi-styled Monorail. . |
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