Months - Notable Historical Events
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Months - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
44 |
The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months. |
BC AD | |
69-01-15 |
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. |
73-04-16 |
Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Jewish Revolt. |
1270-10-30 |
The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis. |
1294-12-13 |
Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. |
1422-08-31 |
Henry VI, becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. |
1543-09-09 |
Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling. |
1573-07-13 |
Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army |
1585-08-17 |
Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma |
1620-11-09 |
After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod) |
1708-09-11 |
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power. |
1834-11-14 |
William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months |
1846-05-13 |
US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins |
1857-05-26 |
US slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow 3 months after US courts ruled against them. |
1861-08-05 |
Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years |
1881-06-12 |
The USS Jeannette, under the command of George Washington De Long, is crushed by Arctic ice after 21 months of ice-bound drifting |
1881-06-13 |
The USS Jeannette, under the command of George Washington De Long, sinks in the Arctic circle following 21 months of drifting after becoming trapped in the ice |
1895-09-24 |
1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) |
1897-09-11 |
After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom. |
1900-05-20 |
2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) |
1900-10-28 |
After over 5 months second Olympic games in Paris, France, close |
1902-01-30 |
Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea |
1902-04-08 |
Russia and China sign the Convention of Evacuation under which Russia agrees to evacuate Manchuria within 18 months |
1905-01-16 |
Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months |
1905-01-29 |
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia, unsettled by the rising violence and protest, enacts reforms to improve the conditions of workers; these changes will do little to stop disorder throughout Russia in ensuing months |
1905-11-11 |
High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass supprt |
1909-09-06 |
Word received that Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier |
1914-01-20 |
The first group of Transvaal Indian women satyagrahis are released from Pietermaritzburg Prison in South Africa after three months imprisonment |
1914-04-21 |
US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months |
1914-06-13 |
Eleftherios Venizelos annouces that Greece intends to annex Chios and Mytilene, two large islands off the Turkish coast; Greece and Turkey have been heading towards conflict for months over claims to Aegean islands |
1914-12-31 |
As the year ends, the world finds itself engulfed in a war that would have seemed like and unimaginable nightmare only six months before |
1916-03-15 |
Gen Pershing and 15,000 troops chase Villa into Mexico; they stay 10 for 10 months |
1918-09-04 |
US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months |
1920-02-04 |
1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (lasts 1½ months) |
1920-03-20 |
1st flight from London to South Africa lands (took 1½ months) |
1922-06-13 |
Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops |
1925-06-06 |
Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca is 8 months old) |
1925-11-28 |
NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses & dies 4 months later of TB |
1927-10-28 |
Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia |
1929-07-24 |
NY to SF foot race ends (2½ months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde |
1932-03-01 |
Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12 |
1932-04-19 |
Bonnie Parker is captured in a failed hardware store burglary, and subsequently jailed. A grand jury fails to indict her, however, and she is released a few months later |
1934-02-19 |
US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months |
1941-12-07 |
German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends |
1944-08-03 |
Tommy Brown, just 16 years & 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers |
1945-04-18 |
Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops |
1945-09-10 |
Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated in Fruita, Colorado; he survives for another 18 months before choking to death. |
1946-04-18 |
League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts) |
1950-03-03 |
3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name |
1951-03-06 |
Belgium extends conscription to 24 months |
1954-05-14 |
Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months |
1954-06-16 |
Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months |
1954-11-27 |
Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. |
1958-07-15 |
Pres Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months |
1958-08-02 |
Jordan & Iraq disolve their Arab Federation, after 3 months |
1959-05-10 |
Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement |
1959-08-20 |
Belgium shortens military conscription to 12 months |
1960-01-20 |
Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo |
1970-04-01 |
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bankrupt |
1970-10-21 |
Bernadette Devlin is released from prison having served four months of her six month sentence for riotous behaviour |
1972-10-13 |
Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountains, (passengers eat crash victims to survive, 16 of 45 rescued 2 months later) |
1973-07-31 |
Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later |
1974-01-06 |
In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. |
1974-02-04 |
Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2½ months |
1974-05-22 |
Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later |
1975-02-23 |
In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States. |
1976-09-24 |
Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter |
1977-01-31 |
Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad |
1977-06-22 |
Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison |
1979-06-11 |
Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months |
1979-07-10 |
Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion |
1980-10-06 |
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) sentenced to 3 months inprisonment on assault charges |
1980-12-04 |
2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up |
1981-05-04 |
After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Bobby Sands MP died in the Maze; 9 further hunger strikers die over the next 3 months |
1982-07-16 |
Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud |
1983-07-21 |
Polish government ends 19 months of martial law |
1984-03-27 |
Beginning of "tanker war": over the next 9 months, 44 ships, including Iranian, Iraqi, Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti tankers, are attacked by Iraqi or Iranian warplanes or damaged by mines |
1984-10-24 |
Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere 5 months after it failed |
1984-11-08 |
1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test |
1985-05-29 |
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. |
1986-06-10 |
In South Africa, the three-year-old 'State of Emergency' is renewed for another twelve months, followed by an organized campaign of civil disobedience against it. |
1986-06-29 |
Moses Mayekiso, who was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), is detained for a second time and spends several months in solitary cofinement |
1986-12-19 |
OPEC reaches an accord that would cut production by 7 percent for the first six months of 1987 and would raise prices immediately toward a target world oil price of $18 per barrel |
1986-12-24 |
French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released |
1987-10-20 |
Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail |
1988-08-07 |
Writers guild end their 6 months strike |
1988-10-03 |
Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months) |
1990-04-12 |
James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months |
1990-04-22 |
Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months |
1990-06-11 |
Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress |
1990-07-19 |
Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion |
1991-08-08 |
With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) |
1993-01-03 |
Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months |
1993-06-25 |
Kim Campbell becomes the 19th Prime Minister of Canada (although she would remain in office for less than five months) |
1993-11-15 |
Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher |
1994-01-03 |
Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by President F.W. de Klerk, becomes effective four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994 |
1994-03-23 |
Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail after 4 months & 9 days |
1994-05-07 |
Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen |
1995-03-19 |
Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
1995-05-16 |
Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier |
1996-09-29 |
Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) |
1997-10-31 |
British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life for the death of Matthew Eappen 8½ months (judge changes to time served) |
1997-12-12 |
Fed judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him |
1999-10-31 |
Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. |
2003-03-12 |
Elizabeth Smart, was found after having been missing for 9 months. |
2004-07-17 |
Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators |
2007-12-20 |
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days. |
2008-02-28 |
Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is arrested on corruption charges upon returning to Thailand after months of exile. |
2009-11-30 |
Canada begins its recovery from the recession; economic growth is at 0.4% after 14 months of economic stagnation |
2011-11-23 |
Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity. |
2012-10-06 |
Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, is found guilty of leaking confidential documents and is sentenced to 18 months imprisonment |
2013-05-09 |
Everton Manager David Moyes is announced to become Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United (he only lasted 10 months) |
2014-07-04 |
Rolf Harris is sentenced to 5 years and 9 months for indecently assaulting female minors |
2016-04-28 |
Dennis Hastert, ex-US House speaker, sentenced to 15 months in jail |
2016-08-25 |
Zika virus may linger in babies' blood for months, with unknown effects |
2017-02-17 |
Pakistan Shrine Bombing Kills Scores in Worst Attack in Months |
2017-04-16 |
Former Mexican governor, on the run for six months, captured in Guatemala |
2018-04-25 |
Rapper Meek Mill freed from US jail after months-long campaign |
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Months - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1910-10-20 |
Mikhail Botov, The Twelve Months |
1916-10-24 |
Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank |
1927-03-06 |
Konstantin Chikin, The Twelve Months |
1932-11-03 |
Walter Moulder, Six Months to Mars |
1939-06-27 |
Priscilla Alden, Nine Months |
1940-02-18 |
Charles Robert Jenkins, 39 Years 6 Months 4 Days/Michael Jordan/Rex |
1949-9-01 |
Luminita Gheorghiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1952-11-14 |
Anne François, Nine Months |
1953-9-09 |
Marioara Sterian, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1954-02-28 |
Doru Ana, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1954-07-22 |
Geo Dobre, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1957-06-09 |
Tony Eugene Stewart, Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem |
1958-09-10 |
Chris Columbus, writer/director (Mrs Doubtfire, Nine Months) |
1960-09-09 |
Hugh Grant, London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral, 9 Months) |
1961-08-04 |
Ion Sapdaru, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1966-06-01 |
Lenny Mesi, 2 Years, 11 Months and 8 Days |
1966-08-23 |
Janet Wilder, Nine Months |
1968-04-27 |
Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1969-06-25 |
Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1969-10-23 |
Razvan Radulescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1969-9-11 |
Dana Bunescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1971-11-22 |
Jim Frederick, 39 Years 6 Months 4 Days/Michael Jordan/Rex |
1972-07-22 |
Oleg Mutu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1974-08-12 |
Ion Grosu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1976-01-01 |
Marq Piocos, Four Months Until Fight Day |
1976-01-25 |
Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1976-02-10 |
Kim Croscup, Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! |
1978-04-01 |
Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1978-07-29 |
Madalina Ghitescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1978-12-05 |
Maria Murgu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1978-12-24 |
Kyle McKeown, Space Zombies: 13 Months of Brain-Spinning Mayhem! |
1981-01-16 |
Joey Simmrin, Nine Months |
1982-10-16 |
Tim Wijbenga, 12 Months in 1 Day |
1984-01-18 |
Seung-hui Cho, Snapshot: Six Months of the Korean American Male |
1984-04-21 |
Alexandru Potocean, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
1988-12-20 |
Sara Gordon, 2 Months, $2 Million |
Months - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1924-03-19 |
American poet e.e. (Edward Estlin) Cummings marries first wife Elaine Orr. The marriage lasts less than 9 months. |
2005-12-12 |
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) for the reason of fraud after 4 months of marriage |
Months - Notable Divorces
Months - Divorces
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1942-12-28 |
Actress Janet Leigh (14) divorces childhood sweetheart John Kenneth Carlisle (18) 4 months after getting married |
1976-10-31 |
NBA legend Larry Bird (19) divorces highschool sweetheart Janet Condra only 11 months after getting married |
1982-04-23 |
Professional boxer George Foreman (33) divorces Sharon Goodson after 7 months of marriage |
1985-01-07 |
Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) divorces fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21) only 4 months after getting married |
1989-06-15 |
Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married |
1997-01-27 |
"Wall Street" actor Charlie Sheen (31) divorces model Donna Peele after nearly 5 months of getting married |
1997-06-25 |
"Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly (33) divorces actor-comedian Jim Carrey (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 months of marriage |
2002-11-25 |
Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (38) divorces "Princess of Rock and Roll" Lisa Marie Presley (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 months of marriage |
2004-04-27 |
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry files for divorce from her second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet, six months after the couple separated |
2004-11-09 |
Hotel heiress and fashion model Nicky Hilton (21) divorces businessman Todd Andrew Meister (33) due to bi-coastal relationship after nearly 3 months of marriage |
2006-04-20 |
Actor-writer Charlie Shanian (39) divorces former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Tori Spelling (32) only 15 months after their lavish $1-million wedding |
2006-06-16 |
Lady Victoria White (43) divorces legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (76) due to irreconcilable differences only 10 months after getting married |
2006-11-27 |
"Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (39) divorces singer Kid Rock (36) due to irreconcilable differences only 4 months after getting married |
2006-12-29 |
One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush (24) divorces actor Chad Michael Murray (25) for the reason of fraud after 5 months of marriage |
2008-02-22 |
"Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (40) divorces Rick Salomon (39) due to irreconcilable differences only 2 months after getting married |
2008-10-10 |
Actor and comedian Chris Kattan (37) divorces model Sunshine Tutt (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 months of marriage |
2015-10-30 |
Imran Khan Divorces Second Wife Reham Khan After 10 Months Of Marriage |
Months - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
69-12-22 |
Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome |
1885-11-25 |
Thomas A Hendricks, 21st VP, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office |
1958-08-28 |
Nikolay Voinov, The Twelve Months |
1967-06-24 |
Walter Moulder, Six Months to Mars |
1976-12-16 |
George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies |
1988-02-06 |
Faina Epifanova, The Twelve Months |
1994-03-27 |
Konstantin Chikin, The Twelve Months |
1994-06-09 |
Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months |
1995-12-19 |
Janet Wilder, Nine Months |
2003-08-15 |
Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank |
2007-04-16 |
Seung-hui Cho, Snapshot: Six Months of the Korean American Male |
2007-08-24 |
Priscilla Alden, Nine Months |
2014-07-31 |
Jim Frederick, 39 Years 6 Months 4 Days/Michael Jordan/Rex |
