On this day... 1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term 1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros) 1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova 1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris 1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau 1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile 1660 General Moncks army reaches London 1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts) 1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants 1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills 1781 Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by the British 1783 Spain recognizes US independence 1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin) 1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland 1823 The opera "Semiramide" is produced (Venice) 1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods 1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY) 1844 Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain" premieres in Paris 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture 1864 Sherman's march through Georgia 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse 1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) 1869 Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in New York NY (Romeo & Juliet) 1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football 1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin 1894 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME 1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 meter (46.8 seconds) 1899 -16º F (-27º C), Minden LA (state record) 1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore 1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa 1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified 1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl" premieres in New York NY 1915 Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal 1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down 1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland 1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed 1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service 1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady" premieres in New York NY 1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) 1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland) 1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin) 1927 Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal
1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam 1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms 1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia" 1933 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington DC 1933 German minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin 1937 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs England 1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time" premieres in New York NY 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours 1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java 1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1945 Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released 1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) 1947 -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record) 1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges 1951 Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time 1951 "Victor Borge Show" debuts on NBC TV 1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo" premieres in New York NY 1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show 1954 Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) 1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot 1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events 1957 Patty Berg win LPGA Havana Golf Open 1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3 1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) 1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs 1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm 1963 Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1964 Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools 1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold 1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) 1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams 1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1965 Geraldine McCullough win Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture 1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US) 1966 1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9) 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix 1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 performances 1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Springs CO (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia) 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6 1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances 1974 Sandra Palmer win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational 1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame 1976 26th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia 1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame 1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test 1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1979 Minnesota Twin trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart 1979 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1979 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1980 Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy 1980 30th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway 1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission 1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR 1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours 1982 Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder 1983 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched 1984 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA 1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances 1985 Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic 1986 President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident 1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twin for Neal Heaton 1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs Pakistan, washed out 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse races 1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation 1991 Meg Mallon win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic 1991 NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 23-21 1992 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs" 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1993 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments 1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA 1993 General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving 1994 "Les Miserables" opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore 1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok 1994 President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam 1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM 1998 Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps 1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals 1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby 1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman 1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain 1998 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
On this day...
1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
1660 General Moncks army reaches London
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)
1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
1781 Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by the British
1783 Spain recognizes US independence
1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1823 The opera "Semiramide" is produced (Venice)
1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods
1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
1844 Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain" premieres in Paris
1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
1864 Sherman's march through Georgia
1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse
1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1869 Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in New York NY (Romeo & Juliet)
1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
1894 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME
1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 meter (46.8 seconds)
1899 -16º F (-27º C), Minden LA (state record)
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore
1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl" premieres in New York NY
1915 Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal
1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down
1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed
1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service
1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady" premieres in New York NY
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
1927 Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal
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1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia"
1933 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington DC
1933 German minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts
1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
1937 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs England
1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time" premieres in New York NY
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released
1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1947 -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record)
1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US
1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
1951 Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time
1951 "Victor Borge Show" debuts on NBC TV
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo" premieres in New York NY
1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
1954 Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events
1957 Patty Berg win LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65
1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1963 Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1964 Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
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1965 Geraldine McCullough win Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)
1966 1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 performances
1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Springs CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
1974 Sandra Palmer win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1976 26th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1979 Minnesota Twin trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1980 30th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1982 Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1983 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1984 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA
1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1985 Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident
1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twin for Neal Heaton
1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs Pakistan, washed out
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse races
1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1991 Meg Mallon win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 23-21
1992 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"
1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1993 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA
1993 General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
1994 "Les Miserables" opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM
1998 Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby
1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
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