19b.......................Historical Events (23/11/2013) 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. 1165 - Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome 1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa. 1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. 1334 - St Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast 1499 - Flemish pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from Tower of London. Invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV 1556 - King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts 1577 - Water Geuzen under capt Slope enter Amsterdam 1584 - English parliament expels Jesuits 1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, written by John Milton is published. 1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life. 1700 - Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI 1705 - Nicholas Rowes Ulysses premieres in London 1744 - English premier John Carteret resigns 1765 - People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay Englands Stamp tax 1783 - Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784) 1832 - French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium 1834 - Hector Berliozs Harold in Italy premieres 1835 - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY) 1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. 1848 - Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston 1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30 (9m) 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob, TN begins 1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1864 - -25] Battle at Balls Ferry Georgia (30 casualties) 1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail. 1868 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process 1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day. 1871 - Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens 1876 - Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1885 - Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united 1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan 1887 - Opera Trumpeter of Säckingen 1st American production (NYC) 1889 - Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco) 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir. 1890 - General elections in Italy. 1892 - Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1892 - P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games 1897 - Andrew J Beard invents jerry coupler, to connect railroad cars 1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love 1899 - Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1903 - Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in Rigoletto 1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners strike. 1904 - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis 1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 1906 - Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1909 - 7.17 (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 1911 - Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital 1912 - Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game 1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico. 1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes 1923 - German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD 1923 - Germanys Stresemann government falls to SPD 1926 - Noel Cowards This Was a Man premieres in NYC 1930 - NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage 1931 - Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague 1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. 1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce 1936 - Life magazine hit newsstands 1936 - The first edition of Life is published. 1937 - Clifford Odets Golden Boy, premieres in NYC 1937 - Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier 1937 - John Steinbecks Of Mice & Men premieres in NYC 1939 - Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star 1940 - 1st edition of illegal The Truth publishes 1940 - Romania signs Driemogendheden pact 1940 - SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire 1941 - German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow 1942 - 3rd & 5th Romanian army corp surrenders 1942 - Coast Guard Womans Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized 1942 - Col-gen Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender 1942 - German 4th & 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad 1942 - Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia 1942 - Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed 1942 - Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don 1942 - Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days 1943 - 1st printing of illegal Warheid 1943 - British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation 1943 - US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese 1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1944 - US 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg 1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends 1946 - Gypsy Lady closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances 1946 - 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6 1946 - French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded. 1947 - French government of Schumann forms 1947 - Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21) 1948 - Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects 1950 - Howard Swansons Short Symphony premieres 1953 - KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 - WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash. 1955 - British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia 1959 - Fiorello! opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances 1960 - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year 1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St 1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched 1962 - Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NLs MVP 1963 - Doctor Who the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England 1963 - Tambourines to Glory closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 perfs 1963 - Horatio Alger Society founded 1963 - JFKs body lay in repose in East Room of White House 1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK) 1964 - Bajour opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances 1964 - Beatles release I Feel Fine & Shes a Woman 1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 1965 - 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern Cal (RB) 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 - Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year 1968 - Noel Cowards Sweet Potato closes at Booth NYC after 36 perfs 1968 - Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson 1970 - KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 - China Peoples Republic seated in UN Security Council 1971 - Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement 1974 - 60 Ethiopia government officials executed 1975 - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8 1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft Myers Golf Classic 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. 1977 - Jesus Christ Superstar opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 perfs 1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1979 - Pink Floyds The Wall released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy 1980 - 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10 1980 - National Black Independent Party forms 1982 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB & mated for STS-6 1982 - FCC drops limits on duration & frequency of TV ads 1982 - NY Islanders & Minn North Stars play to an 8-8 tie 1983 - Soyuz T-9 lands 1983 - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks 1984 - Limited-over intl cricket debut for Wasim Akram, v NZ 1984 - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 & Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1984 - Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45 1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta 1985 - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China 1988 - France performs nuclear test 1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal 1988 - Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 1989 - Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 - Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece 1990 - Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0 1991 - Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies 1991 - Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1991 - Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57) 1991 - Sacramento Kings ends NBAs longest road losing streak at 43 games 1991 - Sams Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols 1991 - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season & 15,031 for career 1992 - Someone Wholl Watch Over Me opens at Booth NYC for 232 perfs 1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold 1993 - Angels in America-Perestroika opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 perfs 1996 - Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World 1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization. 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship 1997 - Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh. 2001 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary. 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections. 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country. 2007 - MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. 2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines 2010 - The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines. 2011 - 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 - JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour All Rights Reserved ™
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