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ON THIS DAY 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom . 168 BC - Battle of Pydna : Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus , ending the Third Macedonian War. 431 - Council of Ephesus ( 3rd ecumenical council ) opens 816 - Pope Stephen IV , [V ] elected to succeed Leo III 1342 - Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, ( Shire Reckoning ) 1377 - Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England 1476 - Battle at Morat /Murten : Charles the Stout invades Switzerland 1497 - Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath 1533 - Ferdinand of Austria & Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty 1559 - Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted 1593 - Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks . 1596 - Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java 1611 - Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery & never seen again 1633 - Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope ( on Oct 31, 1992 , Vatican admits it was wrong ) 1675 - Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II 1679 - Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde : Duke of Monmouth beats Scots 1740 - King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland 1772 - Somerset v Stewart UK court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law , encourages abolitionist movement 1774 - British parliament accepts Quebec Act 1775 - 1st Continental currency issued ( $ 3, 000 , 000) 1799 - Britain & Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic 1807 - British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 1808 - Zebulon Pike reaches his peak 1812 - Napoleon s Grand Army invades Russia 1812 - Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn the British troops , which results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams 1814 - 1st match at the present Lord s , MCC v Herefordshire 1815 - 2nd abdication of Napoleon ( after Waterloo ) 1825 - British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America. 1832 - John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine 1844 - Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University. 1847 - Doughnut created 1848 - Barnburners ( anti -slavery ) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres 1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris . 1849 - Stephen C Massett opens concert at San Francisco courthouse using only piano in Calif 1851 - Fire destroys part of San Francisco 1864 - Battle of Ream s Station, VA ( Wilson s Raid) 1864 - Skirmish at Culp s ( Kulp s ) House, Georgia 1865 - 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace 1868 - Arkansas re- joins the US 1870 - 1st Boardwalk in America invented 1870 - US Congress creates Department of Justice 1873 - Prince Edward Island joins Canada 1874 - Dr Andrew T Still , discovers the science of osteopathy 1874 - Game of lawn tennis introduced 1875 - Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1, 000 1889 - Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1893 - British fleet under Vice Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut 1900 - In China, practically the whole foreign community in Peking, including many Chinese Christians , retreat to British compounds 1906 - Haakon VII crowned king of Norway 1910 - 1st airship with passengers sets afloat- Zeppelin Deutscheland 1911 - King George V crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Canada, Australia , South Africa, New Zealand , and all his realms and territories beyond the sea . 1915 - BMT , then Brooklyn Rapid Transit , begins subway service 1918 - 32 nd US Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss ( 6- 4 6 -3) 1918 - Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 ( Ivanhoe Illinois ) 1921 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 ,000 m ( 30: 40. 2) 1922 - Herrin massacre, 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin , Illinois . 1925 - Spain & France fight Morocco 1926 - Cardinals pick up 39 -year -old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs 1929 - Mel Ott ( Giants ) homers off Leo Sweetland ( Phillies ) in doubleheader 1930 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader 1931 - RVU , Radio- Volks-University, forms 1932 - NL finally approves players wearing numbers 1933 - German social -democratic party ( SPD ) forbidden 1934 - John Dillinger is informally named America s first Public Enemy Number One 1936 - Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee & survives 1936 - Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US ( Organic Act ) 1937 - Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title 1938 - Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2: 04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium 1939 - Princes ( future Queen) Elizabeth meets future husband Prince Philip of Greece ( Midshipman Mountbatten , RN ) 1940 - France falls to Nazi Germany ; armistice signed , France disarms 1940 - SS rounds up 31 German /Polish /Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands 1941 - Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation 1941 - Finland invades Karelia 1941 - Germany attacks the Soviet Union & occupies the Baltic states 1941 - Germany , Italy & Romania declare war on Soviet Union 1941 - Michael Gerasimov opens grave of Tamerlan Lenk 1941 - The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins . 1941 - Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group . 1942 - Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River , Oregon 1942 - Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II , forms 1943 - WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters 1944 - British 14 th Army frees Imphal Assam 1944 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs GI Bill of Rights ( Servicemen s Readjustment Act ) 1944 - Longest shut out in Phillies history , Phils beat Braves 1- 0 in 15 inn 1944 - Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no -hitter of yr beats Phils, 7 -0 in 5 inn 1944 - Opening day of the Soviet Union s Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre . 1946 - Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 - Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians 1947 - 12 rain in 42 mins ( Holt , MO) 1947 - Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back - to - back no -hitters ( 9th inn) 1949 - Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title 1951 - Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio 1954 - Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1955 - Antonio Segni forms government in Italy 1955 - US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1957 - KC stops using streetcars in it s transit system 1958 - Game in KC between A s & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 1958 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1959 - Along Came Jones by Coasters peaks at # 9 1959 - Class by Chubby Checker peaks at # 38 1959 - Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games 1959 - Most Phillies strike out in a game ( 16 by Sandy Koufax ) 1959 - Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage 1959 - Vanguard SLV- 6 launched for Earth orbit ( failed) 1961 - Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo 1961 - Beatles record Aint She Sweet , Cry for a Shadow , When the Saints Go Marching In, Why , Nobody s Child & My Bonnie , in Hamburg 1962 - 1st test flight of Hoovercraft 1962 - French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed 1963 - Little Stevie Wonder ( 13 ) releases Fingertips 1965 - Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career , v NZ at Lord s 1966 - Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? opens 1968 - Here Come Da Judge by The Buena Vistas peaks at # 88 1969 - Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance 1969 - Cleveland s Cuyahgo River catches fire 1969 - Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic 1970 - President Nixon signs 26th amendment ( voting age lowered to 18 ) 1970 - Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1970 - WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield , OH ( ABC ) suspends broadcasting 1972 - Man of La Mancha opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 140 performances 1973 - Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1973 - George Harrison releases Living in the Material World 1973 - Skylab 2 s astronauts land 1975 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic 1976 - Godspell opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances 1976 - SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk 1977 - Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison 1977 - Walt Disney s Rescuers released 1978 - James Christy s discovery of Pluto s moon Charon announced 1978 - Neo- Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie , Ill 1978 - Pluto s satelite Charon is discovered 1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1979 - Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit 1979 - Pro Football Researchers Association forms ( Canton Ohio) 1980 - Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours 1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1981 - 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 - Iran president Bani Sadr deposed 1981 - John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon 1981 - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon 1982 - Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes 1982 - Pete Rose gets his 3, 772 nd hit , moves past Aaron into 2nd place 1982 - Prince Charles & Princess Diana take son Prince William home from hospital 1982 - Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss , 18, crowned 25th America s Junior Miss 1983 - Monty Python s The Meaning of Life, released in France 1983 - 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle 1983 - NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period 1984 - Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins 1984 - Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins 1984 - Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle ( 8: 39 .30) 1984 - Joseph Luns resigns as secretary -general of NATO 1985 - Grind closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances 1985 - Smuggler s Blues by Glenn Frey peaks at # 12 1986 - Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International 1986 - Pirate Radio Euro Weekend ( Holland ) begins transmitting 1986 - Spain s premier Gonzalez Socialist Party wins elections 1987 - Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets 1990 - Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium 1990 - Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox 1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1990 - Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8 -7 in 15 inns 1991 - I Hate Hamlet closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 perfs 1991 - Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros # 1 at NHL entry draft 1991 - Underwater volcano , Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines 1992 - 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg identified as Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarina Alexandra 1992 - Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free- speech rights 1993 - NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose 1993 - Wilson Pickett plead guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving 1994 - 48 th NBA Championship : Houston Rockets beat NY Knicks , 4 games to 3 1994 - Ken Griffey Jr breaks Ruth s record for most HRs by end of June ( 31 ) 1994 - Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253 1994 - US beats Colombia 2 -1 in 1994 soccerworld cup ( 1 st win since 1950 ) 1996 - 29 th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland wins 11- 6 1996 - Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title 1996 - Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord s on Test cricket debut 1997 - Ernie Els wins golf s Buick Classic 1997 - Nationwide Senior Golf Championship 1997 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International 1997 - World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38 -24 2002 - An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people . 2009 - 2009 Washington Metro subway crash: Two Metro trains collide in Washington , D . C ., USA , killing 9 and injuring over 80 . 2009 - 109 th US Golf Open : Lucas Glover shoots a 276 at Bethpage State Park NY 2011 - After hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California 2012 - Two Baghdad market bombings kill 14 people and injure 106.
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