17 october 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration. 532 - Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 733 - Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden King of England Edward III 1346 - Battle of Nevilles Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years. 1387 - Swells convent Windesheim initiated 1404 - Cosma de Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII 1415 - Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office 1448 - Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi were defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II. 1456 - The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia) 1483 - Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain 1556 - Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain 1651 - Future King Charles II flees from England 1660 - Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged. 1691 - New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1720 - Pierre de Marivaux Arlequin Poli Par lAmour, premieres in Paris 1740 - Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia 1777 - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY 1781 - Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown 1787 - Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1797 - Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions & France 1800 - Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England 1806 - Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule. 1808 - Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1814 - London Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine. 1815 - Napoleon arrives in St Helena 1825 - 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris 1829 - Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens 1829 - 1st supposed attack on abandoned German teenager Kaspar Hauser 1831 - Felix Mendelssohns 1st Piano concert in G, premieres 1850 - Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized 1855 - Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1860 - 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park Snr shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club, Scotland 1862 - Battle of Leetown & Thoroughfare Gap, VA 1868 - Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1871 - Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1871 - President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus 1876 - Henry Morton Stanleys reaches Lualaba River 1877 - Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa 1885 - Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season Inventor Thomas Edison 1888 - Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie). 1894 - Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1896 - Anton Tsjechovs Chayka, premieres in St Petersburg 1899 - Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1904 - Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors 1907 - Guglielmo Marconis company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. 1912 - Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey 1916 - Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage 1917 - 1st British bombing of Germany 1918 - De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens 1918 - Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1919 - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created 1920 - Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0 1921 - Belgiums public library law goes into force 1922 - Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London Inventor and Nobel Laureate Guglielmo Marconi 1923 - Catholic University of Nijmegen Neth opens 1927 - Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president 1931 - Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison 1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in US, a refugee from Nazi Germany 1934 - The Aldrich Family premieres on radio 1935 - Pacific Association of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1940 - German occupiers issue identity cards 1941 - 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland 1943 - Liberators sink U-540 & U-631 1945 - Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina 1951 - Egyptian army fires on British troops 1954 - Phila Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash (49-21) 1955 - Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel 1956 - Englands 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1956 - Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein 1957 - Copper & Brass opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances 1957 - Britains Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit the White House 1957 - Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed 1957 - French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 - II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan 1959 - Billy Barnes Revue closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 perfs 1959 - Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1959 - Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks dedicated 1960 - Tenderloin opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 216 performances 1960 - US & Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases 1961 - 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1961 - Battle of Paris-police kill 210 Algerians 1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 - NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisses Le Bateau upside-down It wasnt corrected until December 3rd 1962 - Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship Impressionist Painter Henri Matisse 1963 - Jennie opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances 1964 - Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra 1965 - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever opens in NYC for 280 perfs 1965 - WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 - Hair premieres on Broadway 1967 - Barbra Streisand stars on Belle of 14th Street special on CBS 1967 - Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue 1967 - Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km 1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1969 - NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY 1969 - Plastic Ono Bands Cold Turkey is released in UK 1969 - Soyuz 7 returns to Earth 1970 - Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt 1971 - Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center opens 1971 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic Singer-songwriter & Actress Barbra Streisand 1971 - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series
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