Declaration of Independence / The Beatles / Apple

-338 BC

Philip II defeats Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over Greece and the Aegean Sea.

-216 BC

Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under the command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro in the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.

-1776

The Declaration of Independence was enlarged and signed by 56 members of Congress.

-1790

The first US census was conducted; 3,929,214 people were counted, including 697,624 slaves.

-1832

The Black Hawk War ended when 1,300 Illinois militia defeated Sauk and Fox Indians at the Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin.

-1858

The Government of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown.

-1934

The death of German President Paul von Hindenburg made Chancellor Adolf Hitler the absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Führer, or "Leader."

-1961

The Beatles' first gig was as the house band at Liverpool's Cavern Club.

-1990

Kuwait was invaded by Iraqi forces, marking the beginning of the Gulf War. The Kuwait defense forces were quickly overwhelmed, and those who survived retreated to Saudi Arabia.

-2018

Apple becomes the first public American company to be worth $1 trillion.

-2022

Nancy Pelosi is the first US House Speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting condemnation from the Chinese Communist Party.