1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres
1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities
1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1989 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63
1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1983 President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire"
1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations Gen Assembly address, "evil empire" speech
1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m
1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1974 Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women
1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire
1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day"
1949 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
1949 Christine Belford, Amityville, New York, actress, Banacek, Empire, 90210
1948 Ron Vawter, Latham, New York, actor, Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister
1945 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building
1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die
1945 British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day
1940 Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1937 Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back
1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City)
1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City
1927 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1926 Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian
1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
1922 Ottoman Empire abolished
1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1921 Richard Egan, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna
1921 Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire
1920 British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
1918 Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire
1918 David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada
1917 Order of British Empire inaugurated
1915 Roland Barthes, French literary critic, L'Empire des Signer
1914 Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize
1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back
1911 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
1909 Anne Seymour, born in England, actress, Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show
1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1906 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world
1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station
1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
1897 Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire
1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid
1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1871 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck
1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1861 Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire, 1918-22
1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire
1829 Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople
1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence
1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India
1725 Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India
1719 Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire
1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire
1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire
1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire
1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies
876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies
809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44
636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire
476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies
418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
311 Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire
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