Date | Event |
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680 |
3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens |
921 |
Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other |
1492 |
The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. |
1512 |
Medici's discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence |
1519 |
University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther |
1558 |
French King Henri II occupies Calais |
1631 |
Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler |
1637 |
Anne Hutchinson tried in Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic |
1651 |
King Louis XIV of France (13) declared of full age |
1659 |
Peace of Pyreneeen: French King Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV |
1665 |
1st edition of "London Gazette" |
1667 |
Jean Racines "Andromaque," premieres in Paris |
1722 |
Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premieres in London |
1733 |
France & Spain sign the Treaty of the Escorial (the first 'Pacte de Famille' between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain) |
1747 |
Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap |
1775 |
Lord Dunmore promises freedom to male slaves who join British army |
1786 |
The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society. |
1794 |
French troops conquer Nijmegen |
1805 |
Lewis and Clark sight Pacific Ocean |
1811 |
Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison defeats the Native Americans of the Tecumesh Confederation |
1814 |
1st sitting of States-general in Hague |
1820 |
James Monroe re-elected US president |
1824 |
St Petersburg flood |
1831 |
State of Gran Colombia disbands |
1837 |
In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy shot dead (age 34) by pro-slavery mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. |
1848 |
General Zachary Taylor elected as 12th President of US |
1861 |
Battle of Belmont, MO |
1861 |
Battle of Port Royal Bay, SC (Ft Walker, Ft Beauregard) |
1863 |
Battle of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, VA |
1864 |
2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes |
1872 |
Cargo ship Mary Celeste sails from Staten Island for Genoa; mysteriously found abandoned 4 weeks later. |
1873 |
Alexander Mackenzie becomes the second Prime Minister of Canada, succeeding John A. Macdonald |
1874 |
1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by Thomas Nast |
1875 |
Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa |
1876 |
Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to receive a PhD from a US college (Yale) |
1876 |
Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College |
1876 |
Pres Rutherford B. Hayes & Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) |
1885 |
Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie |
1893 |
US State Colorado accepts female suffrage |
1900 |
Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses. |
1900 |
In Canada, the Liberal Government led by Wilfrid Laurier retains its majority |
1901 |
A French fleet seizes the customs house on the Turkish-ruled island of Mytilene after Turks refuse to settle France's indemnity claims for losses suffered by French subjects in 1896 |
1907 |
Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico |
1907 |
Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins |
1907 |
Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University. |
1908 |
Dutch capture Venezuelan navy |
1909 |
Knights of St Peter Claver founded in Mobile, Alabama; Ladies Auxiliary formed in 1922 |
1910 |
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. |
1912 |
The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. |
1914 |
Japanese attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai |
1914 |
The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published. |
1914 |
The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. |
1915 |
An Austrian submarine sinks the Italian liner 'Ancona' without warning; 27 Americans are among the 272 who lose their lives |
1916 |
Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns Tsar of uprising |
1916 |
Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected to Congress as its first woman Representative |
1916 |
Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected US President |
1917 |
British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks |
1917 |
October Revolution (Oct 25 OS) in Russia, Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power, capture the Winter Palace, overthrowing Provisional Government |
1918 |
Robert Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets |
1918 |
United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed |
1918 |
Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Misteriya Buff" premieres in Petrograd |
1918 |
The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year. |
1918 |
Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria. |
1919 |
US police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers |
1921 |
Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool" premieres in NYC |
1925 |
Italians liberal-national party joins fascist |
1929 |
NYC Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building |
1931 |
Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Zedong |
1932 |
1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio |
1932 |
Bradman scores 238 NSW v Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours |
1933 |
Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports |
1933 |
Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City. |
1934 |
Arthur L Mitchell, becomes first black Democratic US congressman (Illnois) |
1935 |
23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 |
1936 |
Battle of Madrid begins |
1940 |
Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago |
1940 |
Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash |
1941 |
British air attacks on Berlin, Mannheim & Ruhrgebied |
1942 |
First US president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French |
1942 |
Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km) |
1943 |
Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL |
1944 |
FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) |
1944 |
Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die |
1946 |
"Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 54 performances |
1949 |
King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament |
1950 |
Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti" premieres in Milan |
1950 |
French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta |
1951 |
Constitution of Jordan passes |
1953 |
WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
US spy plane shot down North of Japan |
1954 |
Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3 |
1955 |
Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas |
1957 |
Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year |
1957 |
WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast |
1957 |
Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. |
1959 |
13th Ryder Cup: US wins 8½-3½ at Eldorado Golf Club (Indian Wells, California) |
1960 |
KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting |
1961 |
France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria |
1962 |
Richard Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more after losing election for Governor of California |
1962 |
Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie |
1963 |
Carole Joan Crawford, 20, wins Miss World |
1963 |
NY Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP |
1963 |
Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days. |
1964 |
NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966 |
1965 |
Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open |
1966 |
Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah" premieres in NYC |
1966 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1966 |
Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US |
1967 |
Carl B Stokes elected first black mayor of a major US city - Cleveland, Ohio |
1967 |
LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
1967 |
Richard G Hatcher elected mayor of Gary, Indiana |
1967 |
St Louis Cards Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP |
1967 |
Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon |
1968 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
1969 |
John & Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK |
1970 |
"Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances |
1970 |
Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida |
1972 |
Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D) |
1973 |
NJ becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league |
1973 |
US & Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links |
1974 |
63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) |
1975 |
Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland |
1976 |
"Gone With the Wind" televised |
1978 |
Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP |
1978 |
CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past |
1979 |
Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award |
1981 |
France performs nuclear test |
1982 |
"Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin NYC after 69 perfs |
1982 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1982 |
Turkey adopts constitution |
1983 |
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal |
1983 |
Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries |
1984 |
STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds |
1985 |
Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice |
1987 |
Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba |
1988 |
MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) |
1988 |
Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde |
1989 |
Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year |
1989 |
Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va) |
1989 |
NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman) |
1990 |
"Little Night Music" closes at New York State NYC after 11 perfs |
1990 |
"Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 126 performances |
1990 |
Cleve Indian Sandy Alomar Jr wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously |
1990 |
Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland |
1991 |
"Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 12 performances |
1991 |
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box NYC |
1991 |
1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 |
1991 |
Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers |
1992 |
1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105 |
1993 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
1995 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM |
1995 |
Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) |
1996 |
"3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC |
1996 |
NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times |
1996 |
Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra |
1997 |
"Bean" opens in US |
2000 |
Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case. |
2000 |
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. |
2000 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady. |
2001 |
The supersonic commercial aircraft Concorde resumes flying after a 15-month hiatus. |
2001 |
35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith wins |
2002 |
Iran bans advertising of United States products. |
2004 |
War in Iraq: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. |
2007 |
Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people. |
2007 |
41st Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins |
2012 |
48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala |
2012 |
Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage |
2015 |
Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile |
2015 |
Leaders of China and Taiwan hold first talks since bitter 1949 split |
2016 |
China, in Rare Step, Moves to Bar Pro-Independence Hong Kong Lawmakers From Taking Office |
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