On today's date in 1009: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2019: Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 33: Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1604: Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1091: London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1931: American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1590: Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.[citation needed] #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1923: Roy and Walt Disney (pictured) founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 0690: Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2006: An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw occurred off the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaii. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2018: Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, and held captive for 88 days. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1529: The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1773: The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1586: Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1656: The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1792: In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1399: Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1406: Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reached Seoul after having set out from Java four months before. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1773: America's first insane asylum opens. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1748: War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana. #history #grownostr