Home Rule Crisis / Medal of Honor / Rolling Stones

-1192

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes the first Kamakura Shogunate and the de facto ruler of Japan.

-1679

King Charles II of Britain ratified the Habeas Corpus Act to give prisoners the right to appeal their imprisonment.

-1790

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was adopted during the French Revolution, placing the Catholic Church under the control of the state..

-1804

Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr, near Weehawken, New Jersey.

-1862

US Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor.

-1863

British forces invaded the Waikato in New Zealand, home of the Māori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the New Zealand Wars between the colonial government and allied Māori tribes on one side and Māori on the other.

-1913

The British Liberals promise the Irish nationalists Home Rule, so 150,000 Ulstermen gather and decide to resist it by force. Civil war appears imminent.

-1943

In one of the biggest tank battles of all time, Russia defeats German forces at Prokhorovka.

-1957

US Surgeon General Leroy Burney links smoking with lung cancer.

-1962

Rolling Stones’ 1st performance (Marquee Club, London).