History Hop Tags - Recorded

1457

Battle of Megiddo (15thC BC) between Egyptian Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account .

240

1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

66-01-26

5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

141-03-20

6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

218-05-17

7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

295-04-20

8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

374-02-16

9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

451-06-24

10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

512-06-29

A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.

607-03-13

12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

760-05-22

14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

781-07-31

The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).

837-02-27

15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

996-11-01

First recorded use of modern name for Austria in the 'Ostarrîchi Document'

1066-03-23

18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1145-04-22

19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1287-12-14

During St. Lucia's Flood in Northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50,000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history

1333-11-04

Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.

1456-06-09

23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1492-11-15

Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco

1497-03-09

Nicolaus Copernicus' 1st recorded astronomical observation

1540-02-09

The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)

1541-03-18

Hernando de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi River)

1556-01-23

Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China

1569-01-11

1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral

1600-02-19

The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

1611-04-20

First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London recorded by Simon Forman

1635-08-15

1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony

1638-06-01

1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass

1638-06-25

Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies

1643-07-05

1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)

1657-09-24

First autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in Maryland

1667-08-27

Earliest recorded hurricane in North America (Jamestown Virginia)

1672-06-25

1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass

1673-02-20

1st recorded wine auction held (London)

1681-01-06

1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)

1707-12-16

Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.

1717-12-05

Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop "Margaret" and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock, prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock would later provide the first recorded of Blackbeard's appearance, with specific reference to his "very black beard", providing the source for his name

1719-12-11

1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in north American colonies (New England)

1743-08-10

Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated

1759-03-13

27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1773-10-14

The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.

1778-08-26

The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.

1786-10-15

Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC

1804-04-05

High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.

1805-06-05

1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)

1824-11-02

Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Andrew Jackson beats J Q Adams

1833-11-12

The great Leonid Meteor shower was recorded

1839-03-23

1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)

1840-01-01

1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC

1858-09-10

John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)

1868-05-31

Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris

1868-09-14

Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)

1874-05-16

1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg, Mass)

1875-03-03

1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)

1875-05-12

1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0

1879-05-30

92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May

1885-09-12

Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set

1886-08-31

1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die

1896-05-14

Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10°F /-23°C at Climax, Colorado)

1901-10-26

First recorded use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris

1906-01-31

Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter

1910-03-24

83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

1910-04-20

Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km

1911-11-27

Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US

1913-07-10

Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.

1916-02-05

Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co

1917-02-26

1st jazz records recorded - "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," and "Livery Stable Blues" by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company

1917-05-30

Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Original Dixieland Jass Band first recorded

1924-06-09

"Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton

1925-04-24

88°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

1926-11-12

The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers

1929-02-06

Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"

1930-09-12

Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR

1930-11-25

690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito, Japan)

1932-02-11

73°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February

1933-02-06

Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in North Pacific hurricane by USS Ramapo

1934-04-12

Second highest ever wind spped of 372 km/h (231 mph) recorded on Mt Washington

1937-10-13

A recorded trace of snow in Central Park, NYC

1938-12-08

Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif

1939-10-20

"All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch

1940-02-17

Crew of the British destroyer Cossack board German Altmark in Jøssingfjord, Norway, and realised 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass.

1941-07-16

100°F (38°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash

1941-07-27

103°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1942-02-19

Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"

1942-09-29

32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept

1946-10-06

90°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct

1947-04-08

Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed

1948-03-12

-5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

1948-08-27

102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August

1949-01-11

Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles

1950-01-25

73°F (23°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January

1950-11-01

82°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov

1951-03-27

Frank Sinatra recorded "I'm a Fool to Want You"

1953-09-01

101°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept

1958-12-18

1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower

1961-01-02

Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14°F recorded atop Haleakale

1961-01-04

Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants

1964-04-01

10°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

1966-05-10

25°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May

1966-10-09

Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"

1967-02-03

"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix

1968-07-03

41°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July

1969-09-08

2nd US Tennis Open: Rod Laver wins, completing his 2nd grand slam. The men's singles final also featured the smallest recorded session of 3,708 due to rain.

1970-11-12

Cyclone Bhola makes landfall, deadliest tropical cyclone recorded kills up to 500,000 in East Pakistan (modern Bangladesh),

1971-03-13

Live at Fillmore East recorded

1972-06-11

31°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June

1974-10-30

California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)

1975-06-02

First recorded snowfall in London in June

1977-07-08

Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)

1979-08-30

1st recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun (energy=1 million hydrogen bombs)

1979-10-10

Recorded trace of snow in Central Park NYC

1979-10-12

The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.

1982-03-06

Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)

1982-08-29

38°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August

1982-12-03

77°F highest December temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio

1983-07-22

-128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)

1985-01-28

Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars)

1988-06-25

104°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June

1988-07-17

Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)

1988-10-31

19°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct

1989-06-16

Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)

1989-07-20

93°F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona

1989-12-25

Japanese scientist achieve -271.8°C, coldest temp ever recorded

1994-01-19

-20°F (-29°C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio

1995-12-30

The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.

1996-04-10

Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia

2001-12-19

A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.

2003-08-10

The highest temperature ever recorded in the UK - 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent . It is the first time the UK has recorded a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

2003-11-04

The most powerful solar flare as observed by satellite instrumentation is recorded.

2013-11-08

At least 6,000 people are killed after Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm recorded at landfall, makes landfall in the Philippines

2061-07-28

31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

2134-03-27

32nd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1883-08-19

Leonid Kulik, Tartu Estonia, Russian Minerologist who led the first research expedition to study the Tunguska meteor site, the largest impact event in recorded history

1906-04-08

Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)

1950-03-04

Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)