0648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
0402 Battle at Pollentia Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten
0610 Lailat-ul Qadar, the night the koran descended to Earth
0774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
1106 Fire in Venice
1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este
1634 Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaçao"
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by John of Riebeeck
1663 King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
1664 France & Saksen sign alliance
1672 France declares war on Netherlands
1712 Slave revolt in New York
1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
1724 Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
1727 Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
1757 English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr
1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York NY
1815 English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed
1830 Joseph Smith & 5 others organize Mormon church in Seneca County, New York
1841 Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo IL
1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality
1849 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophète", premieres in Paris France
1859 US recognizes Liberal government in México's War of the Reform
1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
1866 G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) is established
1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
1883 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Speckled Band" (BG)
1886 City of Vancouver British Columbia Canada incorporated
1886 Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
1889 George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
1890 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
1893 Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in St Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history)
1893 Mormon temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
1896 1st modern Olympic games begin in Athens Greece; American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in modern history
1900 James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1903 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
1906 1st animated cartoon copyrighted
1909 1st credit union established in US
1909 North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1920 French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
1924 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
1924 Italian fascists receive 65% of vote of parliament
1924 Völkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern
1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
1926 Stanley Cup Montréal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1
1930 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1931 1st Scottsboro (Alabama) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
1931 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
1936 Tornado kills 203 & injures 1,800 in Gainesville GA
1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
1939 US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Islands (Pacific)
1939 Great Britain & Poland sign military pact
1941 Italian-held Addis Ababa capitulates to British & Ethiopian forces
1941 8th Golf Masters Championship Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
1941 Beginning of 3 day bombardment of Belgrade (17,000 die)
1941 British General Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
1943 British & US offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazi's
1945 Coevorden freed from Nazi's
1945 Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
1947 11th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 281
1947 1st Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Dean Acheson
1952 16th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286
1954 Montréal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit Red Wings
1954 TV Dinner is 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1955 "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Yemen failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1956 Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
1957 NYC ends trolley car service
1957 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
1958 Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-the Masters
1959 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win
1964 Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1965 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite
1966 Mihir Sen swims the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government
1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
1968 Gunpowder stock at a sporting-goods store explodes, killing 43 (Virginia)
1968 HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio TX
1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1973 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1973 Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number
1973 US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn
1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
1975 Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction CO
1975 Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capital 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson)
1975 "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 performances
1975 "The Night That Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 performances
1976 1st quadraphonic movie track "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning & 193 to win Ranji Trophy
1979 Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1980 Post It Notes are introduced
1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
1982 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Semifinals- Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)- Challenger 5 is launched; 1st time 11 people in space
1985 Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1985 Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under General Swarreddahab
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hours
1986 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
1987 Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
1988 New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
1988 North pole explorer Matthew Henson buried next to Robert Peary in Arlington
1989 Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
1991 New York-New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1992 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0
1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
1992 Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship
1992 Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Duke beats Michigan 71-51
1992 Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
1992 Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
1992 US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
1993 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
1993 Florida Marlins 1st loss ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers)
1994 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
1994 Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
1994 Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs Wade) resigns
1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition Gil Morgan wins
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
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