Date | Event |
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68 |
Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging. |
641 |
Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria |
721 |
Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. |
922 |
French republic chooses Robert I, King of France |
1075 |
Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German King Henry IV beats Saksen |
1310 |
Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy. |
1456 |
23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
1525 |
Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch |
1529 |
Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons |
1531 |
Pope Clemens VII & Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V |
1534 |
Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River |
1549 |
Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England |
1549 |
England enforces Act of Supremacy |
1572 |
Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland |
1628 |
1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass |
1650 |
The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas. |
1720 |
Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm |
1732 |
Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe |
1742 |
Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia |
1752 |
French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India |
1772 |
1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion |
1772 |
1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI |
1784 |
John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions |
1789 |
Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island |
1790 |
1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" |
1802 |
US Academy at West Point founded |
1815 |
End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set. |
1822 |
Charles Graham patents false teeth |
1851 |
SF Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time) |
1856 |
500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. |
1860 |
1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens |
1862 |
Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp |
1863 |
Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford) |
1864 |
Battle of Big Shanty, GA |
1864 |
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha) |
1865 |
Battle of Grand Gulf, MS |
1868 |
1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California |
1869 |
Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila) |
1870 |
Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud |
1873 |
Alexandra Palace burnt down, after being open for only 16 days. |
1877 |
11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46 |
1883 |
17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5 |
1887 |
21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5 |
1888 |
22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25 |
1890 |
Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago |
1891 |
Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti |
1892 |
26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12 |
1898 |
China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years |
1899 |
james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
1900 |
In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege. |
1901 |
NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13 |
1902 |
1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila) |
1906 |
Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3 |
1908 |
Kind Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia |
1909 |
Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the USA, driving a Maxwell automobile 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days with three non-driving female companions. |
1910 |
A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland) |
1914 |
Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits |
1915 |
William Jennings Bryan quits as US Secretary of State |
1915 |
US President Wilson sends the second Lusitania note to Germany demanding reparations and prevention of 'recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare'; Wilson refuses to recognize the 'war zone' that Germany has proclaimed around the British Isles |
1919 |
General steel strike in France |
1919 |
Red Army captures Ufa |
1922 |
First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University. |
1923 |
55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Zev wins in 2:19 |
1923 |
Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans |
1923 |
Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown |
1924 |
"Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton |
1928 |
60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2 |
1928 |
Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane |
1929 |
Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free |
1930 |
Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4) |
1930 |
Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone. |
1931 |
1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (Robert Goddard) |
1931 |
1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon |
1933 |
Spanish president Zamora takes power |
1933 |
Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager |
1934 |
1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released |
1934 |
38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA |
1934 |
66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 |
1935 |
Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China. |
1936 |
Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA |
1940 |
44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH |
1940 |
General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill |
1940 |
Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II |
1941 |
Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 |
1941 |
Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio |
1942 |
Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government |
1942 |
German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe |
1942 |
Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler's order was given to "teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility". |
1943 |
"Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized |
1944 |
Russian offensive in Carelia |
1945 |
"Gruesome Twosome" premieres in USA |
1945 |
-10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo |
1945 |
71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07 |
1945 |
Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him |
1946 |
19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque, Iowa) |
1946 |
66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest |
1946 |
Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand |
1946 |
Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
1946 |
NY Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader |
1948 |
WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US |
1951 |
"Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV |
1953 |
"Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV |
1953 |
South African premier Malan visits Netherlands |
1953 |
Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless) |
1954 |
Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings |
1955 |
100°F - Hottest day in Seattle, Washington |
1955 |
Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge |
1956 |
Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed |
1957 |
Anthony Eden resigns as British PM |
1957 |
First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain). |
1958 |
"Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 |
1958 |
HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. |
1959 |
1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct) |
1960 |
ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract |
1960 |
Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600 |
1961 |
Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox |
1962 |
"Bill of Hare" premieres in USA |
1962 |
94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8 |
1962 |
Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC |
1963 |
1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0 |
1963 |
Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open |
1963 |
Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show" |
1963 |
Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game |
1963 |
Equal Pay Act enacted |
1963 |
Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY |
1964 |
Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament |
1965 |
Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6 |
1966 |
5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 |
1967 |
Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six |
1967 |
Israeli troops reach Suez Canal |
1967 |
Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl |
1968 |
38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) |
1968 |
38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) |
1968 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational |
1968 |
Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms |
1969 |
Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems |
1969 |
Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice |
1970 |
Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Ongania |
1970 |
Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University |
1970 |
Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice |
1971 |
Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan |
1971 |
Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold |
1972 |
14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237 |
1972 |
1st all-nite grad parties |
1972 |
Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia |
1972 |
In a show of support for Iraq, OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq from increasing production elsewhere |
1973 |
105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years |
1974 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic |
1974 |
Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert |
1975 |
107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2 |
1975 |
Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla) |
1975 |
UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time |
1975 |
Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" |
1977 |
50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist |
1977 |
Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks |
1978 |
Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London |
1978 |
Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1978 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood |
1979 |
111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6 |
1979 |
49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) |
1979 |
Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes |
1979 |
Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time |
1979 |
Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome |
1980 |
14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn |
1980 |
Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine |
1980 |
Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM |
1980 |
Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth |
1982 |
General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala |
1982 |
Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley |
1983 |
56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim |
1983 |
Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election |
1983 |
Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia |
1984 |
"Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres |
1984 |
116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2 |
1984 |
54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) |
1984 |
Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times" |
1984 |
Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland |
1984 |
Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts |
1984 |
NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509 |
1984 |
Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD |
1984 |
Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater |
1985 |
39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 |
1985 |
55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) |
1985 |
Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
1985 |
American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon |
1985 |
Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France |
1985 |
USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus |
1986 |
20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn |
1986 |
Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 |
1986 |
Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points |
1986 |
Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol |
1988 |
"Bloodsport (1987)" premieres in Germany |
1988 |
Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK |
1989 |
"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" premieres in USA |
1989 |
Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football |
1989 |
Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals |
1989 |
Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 |
1990 |
122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2 |
1990 |
60th French Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6 6-4) |
1990 |
Czechoslovakia beats USA 5-1 insoccer World Cup |
1990 |
Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games |
1990 |
Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed |
1990 |
Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage |
1991 |
61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) |
1991 |
9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus |
1991 |
Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI |
1991 |
Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic |
1991 |
WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0 |
1993 |
"Amantes" (1991) premieres in France |
1993 |
"Body Snatchers" (1993) premieres in France |
1993 |
"Ce que femme veut" (1993) premieres in France |
1993 |
"Passion Fish" (1992) premieres in France |
1993 |
"Tout capour ca!" (1993) premieres in France |
1993 |
"What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) premieres |
1993 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1 |
1993 |
Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale |
1994 |
"Hudsucker Proxy" premieres in Germany |
1994 |
5.6 earthquake strikes southern Mexico |
1994 |
Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) |
1995 |
Brady Bunch Movie (1995) premieres in UK |
1995 |
Congo (1995) premieres in USA |
1995 |
Dumb & Dumber (1994) premieres in Sweden |
1995 |
Killer (1994) premieres in UK |
1995 |
Kiss of Death (1995) premieres in UK |
1995 |
Man of the House (1995) premieres in UK |
1995 |
Neak Sre (1993) premieres in UK |
1995 |
Party Girl (1995) premieres in USA |
1995 |
Smoke (1995) premieres in USA |
1995 |
Wigstock The Movie (1994) premieres in USA |
1996 |
66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) |
1996 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
1996 |
Sunday League cricket game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 |
1997 |
British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires |
1997 |
Detroit Tigers baseball team bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning |
1999 |
Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty. |
2001 |
133rd Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins in 2:26.80 |
2002 |
48th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak |
2007 |
139th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Rags To Riches wins in 2:28.74 |
2009 |
Brazil officially enters recession |
2010 |
44th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins |
2010 |
Hungary leaves the recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures |
2010 |
Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009 |
2012 |
It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks |
2012 |
Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down 300 houses |
2013 |
67th Tony Awards: Kinky Boots & Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike win |
2013 |
Rafael Nadel defeats David Ferrer to win his eighth French Open title |
2013 |
59th LPGA Championship won by Inbee Park |
2016 |
Israel revokes Ramadan permits for Palestinians after attack |
2016 |
Tel Aviv market attack leaves 3 dead |
2016 |
Nike 'will continue to partner' with Maria Sharapova despite ban |
2016 |
Yellowstone National Park: Man dies after falling into hot spring |
2016 |
Tennis star Sharapova given two year ban for failed drugs test |
2018 |
Warriors complete sweep of Cavs for third NBA title in four years |
2018 |
Warriors' Durant named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player |
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