28 dec. 1170 - Assassination inside Canterbury Cathedral of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church. 1503 - Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France 1539 - St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning 1541 - Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu 1558 - Charles V, German Emperor, buried 1705 - Prosper Jolyots Idomenée, premieres in Paris 1708 - Great Alliance occupies Gent 1778 - British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1782 - 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1786 - French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked 1812 - The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle. 1813 - British burn Buffalo, NY during War of 1812 1835 - The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. 1837 - Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo 1837 - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1841 - King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon 1845 - Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union 1848 - Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polks administration) 1851 - 1st American Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) chapter opened in Boston Massachusetts. 1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants 1857 - Franz Liszts Die Hunnenschlacht premieres in Weimar 1860 - The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1862 - Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General William T. Sherman 1862 - Bowling ball invented 1864 - Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball 1867 - 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY 1876 - 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) 1890 - US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD 1891 - Edison patents transmission of signals electrically (radio) 1895 - Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg 1899 - British fleet seizes German Imperial Mail Steamer Bundesrath accused of carrying contraband 1900 - General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia 1903 - French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari 1906 - Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906) 1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1911 - Proclamation restores Dei Gratia from Canadas coins 1911 - SF Symphony formed 1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China. 1911 - Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty. 1913 - 1st movie serial Adventures of Kathlyn premieres in Chicago 1920 - The Netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations 1920 - Yugoslav government bans communist party 1921 - Mackenzie King elected and sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister of Canada 1922 - Dutch Constitution proclaimed 1922 - Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage 1926 - Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras work on the index 1926 - Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 & 230) by an innings 656 runs 1929 - Police arrest Sukarno & 100s PNI-leaders 1930 - Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1931 - Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1931 - Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW 1933 - Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds 1934 - 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (Madison Square Garden) 1934 - Federico Garcia Lorcas Yerma premieres in Madrid 1934 - Japan renounces Wash Naval Treaty of 1922 & London Treaty of 1930 1937 - 2nd Irish constitution comes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 - Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 1937 - Pan Am starts service between San Francisco and Auckland, New Zealand 1938 - Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1939 - First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber prototype 1940 - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II) 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14 1944 - Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle sentenced to death 1944 - Gen Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles 1947 - Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine 1948 - Rape of Lucretia opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 23 performances 1948 - Canada recognizes Israel 1948 - US State Dept announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1949 - 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) 1949 - Hungary nationalized its industries 1951 - Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal 1952 - 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY) 1954 - Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being 1955 - Barbra Streisands 1st recording Youll Never Know at age 13 1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game 1957 - Singers Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas 1958 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game 1958 - TV soap Young Dr Malone debuts 1959 - Saul Levitts Andersonville Trial premieres in NYC 1962 - Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 8 days 1963 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) 1965 - Thunderball premieres in US 1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1965 - Supremes release My World is Empty Without You 1965 - 54th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Sydney (4-1) 1966 - Pirate Radio Phoenix, 1st transmission (Worcester, Mass) 1967 - Star Treks Trouble With Tribbles 1st airs 1967 - Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus 1968 - Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game 1968 - Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes 1968 - NY Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game 1969 - NY Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause 1972 - Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101 1972 - Life magazine ceases publication 1972 - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson & Max Walker v Pakistan at MCG 1972 - President of Sinn Féin Ruairi O Bradaigh is arrested and held under new legislation in Republic of Ireland 1974 - Murray Schisgals All Over Town premieres in NYC 1975 - 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC 1977 - Ronald Ribmans Cold Storage premieres in NYC 1978 - Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government 1978 - Spain constitution goes into effect 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG 1979 - Red Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1980 - Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A 1982 - Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica 1982 - Coach Paul Bear Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins) 1983 - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* v WI 1983 - Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG 1983 - US announced withdrawal from UNESCO 1984 - 5th United Negro College Fund 1984 - Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period 1984 - Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1988 - Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1988 - Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes 1989 - Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBCs Today show 1989 - Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1989 - Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP 1989 - Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees. 1991 - Christmas Carol closes at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC after 14 perfs 1991 - 12th United Negro College Fund 1991 - Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei 1992 - Gov Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr killer) clemency 1993 - Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment 1993 - Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed) 1994 - B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1994 - Bangladesh government of Zia resigns 1994 - Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down 1994 - Shane Warne takes a hat- trick v England at cricket MCG 1996 - Dreams & Nightmares closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC 1996 - Skylight closes at Royale Theater NYC after 1996 - Taking Sides closes at Atkinson Theater NYC 1997 - Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30 1997 - Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu 1997 - Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1997 - Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China 1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million. 2001 - Mesa Redonda shopping center fire, Lima, Peru, at least 291 killed. 2007 - Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TD pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0. 2012 - 200 people are executed by the Syrian army in Homs 2012 - 21 security personnel are killed by Pakistani Taliban near Peshawar 2012 - 5 people are killed in a Tupolev Tu-204 plane crash in Moscow 2013 - The volcano, Chaparrastique, erupts in El Salvador 2013 - 16 people are killed and 40 are wounded by a suicide bomb attack at Volgograd-1 railway station, Russia
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