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1818: Battle of Maipú.Chile's independence movement, led by José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins, won a decisive victory over Spain in the Battle of Maipú, which left 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead on this day in 1818.More events on this day2000:Mori Yoshiro of the Liberal-Democratic Party became prime minister of Japan, replacing Obuchi Keizo, who had suffered a stroke earlier in the month and subsequently died. |
1994:American grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, leader of the band Nirvana, committed suicide. |
1984:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain as the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association. |
1856:American educator and reformer Booker T. Washington was born in Virginia. |
1621:The Mayflower departed for England after having deposited 102 Pilgrims at what became the American colony of Plymouth (Massachusetts). |
1614:Powhatan Indian Pocahontas married Virginia planter and colonial official John Rolfe. |
1588:English philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes, best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract, was born. |
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