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WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?
Overview of historic events that happened on
in history:
649 : St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
767 : Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II
1054 : Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported
1294 : Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
1295 : Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant
1436 : German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
1450 : Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster
1596 : English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
1626 : Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
1643 : 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1687 : Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
1750 : Slave revolt on Curacao
1791 : Jose Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
1808 : Battle of Buenos Aires
1809 : -6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles
1811 : Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
1814 : Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1830 : France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
1832 : HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
1834 : Provisional government forms in Oregon Country
1841 : Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency
1843 : Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil govt in Oregon Country
1859 : Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands
1861 : Battle of Carthage, MO - US Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist
1863 : Battle of Jackson, MS & Battle of Birdsong Ferry, MS
1864 : Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
1865 : Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
1865 : Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
1871 : Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins
1884 : German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
1884 : US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act
1891 : Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD
1900 : Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
1902 : Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1904 : Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn
1913 : Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
1914 : Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, & win World Series
1914 : Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
1919 : 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97)
1919 : Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1922 : 1st general election in Netherlands
1922 : Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
1922 : Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win
1924 : Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil
1929 : 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
1929 : WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down
1930 : 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
1932 : Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
1933 : German party Catholic Center disbands
1935 : "1st ""Hawaii Calls"" radio program is broadcast"
1935 : 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony & Al Cuccunello
1935 : Chicago Cubs are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant
1935 : FDR signs National Labor Relations Act
1936 : 120øF (49øC), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record)
1937 : 117øF (47øC), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1937 : Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game & 2 in 2nd game
1937 : Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
1937 : Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain
1938 : Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle
1940 : Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
1941 : German occupiers disband political parties
1942 : 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11
1942 : Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada
1943 : Battle of Gulf of Kula
1943 : Battle of Koersk, USSR begins (6,000 tanks)
1943 : Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye
1943 : US invasion fleet (96 ships) sails to Sicily
1944 : Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1945 : Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1946 : Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show
1947 : """Barefoot Boy with Cheek"" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 perfs"
1947 : 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
1947 : Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
1948 : Britain's National Health Service Act begins
1949 : NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
1950 : Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
1951 : Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7« games (Giants will win pennant)
1951 : Dr William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ)
1952 : """Of Thee I Sing"" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances"
1952 : 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
1953 : Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1953 : WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
1954 : B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
1954 : Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
1955 : English harbor strike ends
1956 : France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
1957 : 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62)
1957 : Tom Graveney scores 258 v West Indies at Trent Bridge
1958 : 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62)
1958 : J Pengel forms govt/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1959 : Ben-Gurion's Israeli govt resigns
1959 : Indonesia restores constitution
1959 : "Jack Gelber's ""Connection,"" premieres in NYC"
1960 : Mongolia adopts constitution
1961 : 80 die in collisions in Algiers
1961 : KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 : St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs & a double
1962 : 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
1962 : Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1962 : Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers
1963 : "1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon ""From Me to You"" at #87"
1966 : NYC transit fare rises from 15› to 20›
1966 : National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting
1966 : Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy
1967 : Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
1968 : """Manifest of 1000 words"" published in Prague"
1968 : 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62)
1968 : John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce
1968 : Phila 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to LA Lakers
1969 : 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
1969 : Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
1970 : 25th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1970 : Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
1971 : 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1971 : "Simon Gray's ""Butley,"" premieres in London"
1972 : Pierre Messmer appointed French premier
1973 : """Live & Let Die,"" James Bond film premieres"
1973 : Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps
1973 : Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda
1973 : Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
1973 : "Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D ""Dickie"" Bird v NZ at Leeds"
1974 : 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
1975 : 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64)
1975 : Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1977 : Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power
1978 : Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
1978 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 : 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76)
1980 : 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86)
1981 : 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
1981 : Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections
1981 : Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ã from memory
1981 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 : Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
1982 : ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay
1983 : France invades Algeria
1983 : NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
1983 : Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
1984 : "Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old ""exclusionary rule""-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials"
1985 : 117øF (47øC), St George, Utah (state rec) (103ø spread, UT 1985)
1985 : Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections
1985 : Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1986 : 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63)
1986 : Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74)
1986 : "Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon reopens Statue of Liberty"
1986 : Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished
1987 : 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75)
1987 : A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 HRs before All Star break
1987 : Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1988 : Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93
1989 : Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
1989 : Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
1989 : Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
1989 : South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
1989 : Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
1990 : Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals
1991 : Colorado Rockies & Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1991 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 : Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
1992 : 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64)
1992 : Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1992 : Sixto Dur n Ballen elected president of Ecuador
1993 : A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
1993 : Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villager in East Turkey
1993 : Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
1994 : Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma
1994 : US changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
1995 : Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st US to win Henley Regatta
1996 : A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels
1996 : NY Yank John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves
1997 : 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
1997 : NY Yanks withdraw Kenny Rogers & Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre
1998 : 53rd US Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
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