3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Mayan calendar
523 – St John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 – Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II
1326 – Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria, later known as the Malandanti.
1415 – King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River
1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognizes Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis’s claim to Milan.
1521 – Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire
1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto’s Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Ten bun Hokke Disturbance.
1732 – Voltaire’s “Zaire” premieres in Paris
1784 – British parliament accepts India Act
1814 – Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves
1889 – William Gray patents coin-operated telephone
1892 – US black newspaper “Afro-American” begins publishing from Baltimore
1907 – 1st taxicab in New York City
1913 – Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley, Sheffield, England
1937 – Japanese attack at the beginning of the Battle of Shanghai during Second Sino-Japanese War. Involves nearly 1 million troops
1977 – 1st test glide of space shuttle
1996 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
2014 – Israeli and Palestinian cease fire agreed to on August 8 is extended for another 120 hours to provide time for further negotiations
By Archa Dave
