312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. 625 - Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 710 - Saracen invasion of Sardinia. 939 - Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England. 1275 - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. 1523 - English troops occupy Montalidier France 1553 - Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. 1605 - Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk 1627 - English assault on French Il de Ré 1644 - 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies 1651 - English troops occupy Limerick Ireland 1662 - England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1676 - Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1682 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded. 1688 - King James II fires premier Robert Spencer 1702 - English troops plunder St Augustine Florida 1775 - US Navy forms 1787 - Federalist letters start appearing in NY newspapers 1795 - Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi 1806 - The French Army enters in Berlin. 1810 - US annexes West Florida from Spain 1830 - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution) 1838 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated. 1858 - RH Macy & Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 1863 - Dutch railway to Harlingen opens 1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess Mill, Southside Railroad) 1864 - 2nd Battle of Fair Oaks, Va near Richmond 1864 - Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks 1864 - Siege of Petersburg, VA 1867 - Garibaldi marches on Rome 1871 - Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after NY Times exposed his corruption 1884 - Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC 1886 - Musical fantasy Night on Bald Mountain, performed in Russia 1893 - Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Ga & Charleston SC 1896 - 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) 1901 - 1st complete performance of Debussys Nocturnes 1904 - IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy) 1913 - Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country 1914 - British battleship Audacious sunk by mine 1916 - 1st published reference to jazz appears (Variety) 1916 - Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu. 1919 - Axeman of New Orleans claims last victim 1919 - US Congress sign Volstead Act 1920 - League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva 1920 - Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins 1922 - 1st commemoration of Navy Day 1922 - Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws 1924 - Uzbek SSR forms 1924 - The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union. 1925 - Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1927 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen 1931 - Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26 2½ 1933 - Valentin Boreyko, Russia, rower (Oly Gld 1960), (d. 2012) 1935 - SDAP & NVV launchs Plan for Work in Utrect Netherlands 1938 - DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called nylon 1941 - Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 - Nazis directs gypsy ghetto in Belgrade 1942 - 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 - US aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz 1944 - Hertogenbosch & Tilburg freed from nazi occupation 1944 - Tito reaches free Belgrade 1945 - Carib Song closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances 1945 - 1st edition of Elseviers Weekly newspaper (Elseviers Magazine) 1946 - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1947 - You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio 1947 - WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 - Albert Camus Letat de Siege, premieres in Paris 1948 - Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev 1948 - Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS). 1950 - Paul Crestons 3rd Symphony Triumph of St Joan, premieres 1952 - My Darlin Aida opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 perfs 1954 - B O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general in USAF 1954 - Pres Eisenhower offers aid to S Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 - WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 - Walt Disneys 1st TV show, Disneyland, premieres on ABC 1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. 1955 - Argentine peso devalued 1955 - Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows & takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo 1957 - Celal Bayar re-elected president of Turkey 1957 - WOWL TV channel 15 in Florence, AL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 - WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 - Gen Ayub Khan succeeds Iskander Mirza as president of Pakistan 1958 - WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 - Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1960 - AL admits LA & Washington to the league 1960 - Singer Ben E King records Spanish Harlem & Stand By Me 1961 - 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test 1961 - American Basketball League starts play King of England King Charles I Comedian Groucho Marx Animator Walt Disney 1961 - Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become 102nd & 103rd members of UN 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya & Sary Shagan USSR 1962 - Beyond the Fringe opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 673 perfs 1962 - Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 - The plane of Enrico Mattei, Italian industrys most relevant figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances. 1963 - Bob Simpson completes 359 for NSW v Qld at Gabba 1963 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament 1964 - Ben Franklin in Paris opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 perfs 1964 - Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1965 - WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1966 - UN deprives South Africa of Namibia 1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1967 - 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records 1967 - Expo 67 closes in Montreal, Canada 1967 - NLF leaves Peoples Republic of South-Yemen 1968 - 19th Olympic games close at Mexico City, Mexico 1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Golf Invitational 1969 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to John Tinbergen 1969 - Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Naders Raiders 1969 - St Vincent & Grenadines gains associated status with Britain 1970 - Light, Lively & Yiddish opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 87 perfs 1971 - Republic of Congo-Kinshasa becomes Republic of Zaire 1972 - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created 1973 - 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2 1973 - Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6 1974 - Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24) 1975 - Covers of both Time & Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen 1977 - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped 1977 - NASA launches space vehicle S-200 1978 - Begin & Sadat win Nobel Peace prize 1978 - President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill 1979 - Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds 1979 - St Vincent & Grenadines becomes independent of UK (Natl Day) 1979 - Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide 1980 - Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen 1980 - Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph 1981 - Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1981 - The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. 1982 - China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1982 - IBM ROM is capable of EGA graphics 1984 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1984 - Wash States Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing 1985 - 15th NYC Womens Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34 1985 - 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34 1985 - Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions 1985 - Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time 1985 - Hurricane Juan ravages US Gulf states & east coast, 49 die 1985 - KC Royals beat St Louis Cards, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series 1985 - Thieves steal 9 paintings, including 5 Monets & 2 Renoirs 1986 - NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series 1986 - Paul McCartney release Pretty Little Head 1986 - The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. 1987 - Lucas Mangopes Democratic Party wins Bophuthatswana elections 1987 - Peter Shaffers Lettice & Lovage, premieres in London 1987 - South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1988 - ET released to home video (14 million presold) 1988 - Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra 1990 - Michael Feinstein in Concert closes at Golden NYC after 30 perfs 1990 - Horse Racing Breeders Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republics first president. 1991 - Andre Hellers Wonderhouse closes at Broadhurst NYC after 9 perfs 1991 - Homecoming opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 49 performances 1991 - John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic 1991 - Minnesota Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7 1992 - Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies 1992 - Fox is to launch Tuesday night network TV, rescheduled to Decemeber 1992 - Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien 1992 - Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldnt have to watch it blink 1993 - Howard Sterns radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso Texas 1995 - Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns move to Balt is signed 1995 - Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto 1995 - Latvia applies for membership in the European Union. 1996 - US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament 1997 - Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161 1997 - Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 - Microsoft argues it should be free from government interference 1997 - US releases a redesigned $50 bill 1999 - Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members. 2002 - Anaheim Angels defeat San Francisco Giants 4-3 in baseballs World Series championship, MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim 2002 - The ITV Network aired a constant regional service for the last time in England and Wales, but LWT lost its identity completely. All companies (except UTV, Channel, Scottish TV & Grampian TV) formed the national ITV1 with regional references only before regional programmes. 2004 - The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years 2005 - Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers. 2011 - The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese. 2012 - 46 people are killed and 123 injured in Iraq after a series of attacks and bombs 2012 - Thousands demonstrate in Madrid against proposed budget cuts
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