Gene Wolff. On this date 1260 - The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War. 1531 - Bavaria joins Schmalkaldische Union 1593 - Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez. 1648 - Treaty of Westphalia ends The Thirty Years War in the Holy Roman Empire 1648 - Switzerlands independence recognized in the Treaty of Westphalia 1656 - Treaty of Vilnius: Russia & Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1795 - 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia & Russia 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. 1818 - Felix Mendelssohn, 9, performs his 1st public concert (Berlin) 1836 - A Phillips patents match 1851 - William Lassell discovers Ariel & Umbriel, satellites of Uranus 1856 - Constitution of South Australia adopted 1857 - Worlds 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England 1861 - 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) 1861 - West Virginia seceded from Virginia 1881 - Levi P Morton, US ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty 1882 - Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis 1885 - Johann Strauss opera Zigeunerbaron, premieres in Vienna 1889 - Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League 1901 - 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor) 1903 - 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1) 1903 - George Sutton becomes billard champ 1904 - 1st NY subway opens 1908 - Billy Murray hits the charts with Take Me Outto the Ball Game 1911 - Robert Scotts expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole 1911 - Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. 1913 - Joe Tinker fired as Cin Reds manager 1922 - Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1924 - Nobel prize for fysiologie/medicine awarded to W Einthoven 1926 - Harry Houdinis last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. 1929 - Black Thursday, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1929 - Ruby Vallees Fleishmann Hour begins broadcasting on NBC radio 1931 - George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ dedicated, opens the next day 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion 1932 - British government signs trade treaty with USSR 1933 - Langston Hughes Mulatto, premieres in NYC 1938 - US forbids child labor in factories 1939 - Benny Goodman records Lets Dance 1939 - Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up 1939 - Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) 1940 - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 - Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 - Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants 1942 - 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry 1943 - Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting 1944 - US air raid on Jap battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 - US capt David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Jap planes in Gulf of Leyte 1945 - Charter of United Nations of force became 1945 - UN charter comes into 1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. 1947 - Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) 1948 - Bernard M Baruch introduces term Cold War 1948 - WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 - Jan de Hartogs 4 Poster, premieres in NYC 1951 - United Nation publishes its 1st postage stamps 1953 - KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 - Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam 1956 - Margaret Towner becomes first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) 1956 - AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1957 - Cin Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City 1957 - The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. 1958 - USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1961 - Evening with Yves Montand opens at John Golden NYC for 55 perfs 1962 - In Cuban missile crisis, the US blockade of Cuba begins 1963 - 110 in the Shade opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 330 perfs 1963 - KRO shows 1st Bonanza 1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1964 - Cambridge Circus closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 perfs 1964 - 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan 1964 - Khalid Billy Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut v Australia 1965 - Benjamin Brittens Voices for Today, premieres 1968 - Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail 1970 - Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970 - Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile 1971 - Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds) 1971 - Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21 1973 - John Lennon sues US government to admit FBI is tapping his phone 1973 - Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1974 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers) 1976 - 1st Jewish film & TV festival 1976 - 6th NYC Womens Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11 1976 - 7th NYC Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10 1976 - Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as Chinas party leader 1978 - Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto 1978 - NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders 1979 - Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy 1979 - Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 - John Lennon releases (Just Like) Starting Over in UK 1981 - Pablo Picassos 1937 painting Guernica goes on display in Madrid Spain to celebrate the centenary of the artists birth 1982 - Rock n Roll!: The 1st... opens at St James Theater NYC for 9 perfs 1982 - 12th NYC Womens Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14 1982 - 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29 1984 - 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested 1984 - Intelsat 5 re-enters Earths atmosphere 5 months after it failed 1984 - Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1987 - Borks supreme court nomination rejected by senate 1988 - NY Islanders & NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires 1988 - Traveling Wilburys Volume One is released 1989 - After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played 1989 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 - Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud 1990 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1991 - Dancing at Lughnasa opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 421 perfs 1991 - Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders 1992 - Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series 1995 - Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) 1996 - Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) 1997 - Marv Albert sentenced in assault case 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission 2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial
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