Today in history

List of things that happened today in history at netogram.com

Do you remember what happened yesterday? And what about today, last week? Do you recall what you did 1 year, 11 days and 5 hours ago? I don't, but I'm always busy and... that's another story. For one reason or the other, human kind has always been interested in stuff that happened in the past. On the other hand I should also mention that 'if you want to know the future, ... look at the past'. True words indeed. If you have been running around on this planet long enough, as I did actually, you will soon enough realise that history keeps repeating (like Shirley sang). But it's true, history does repeats itself. We're in war somewhere, an attack occured somehere, there has been some flooding, a Tsunami and a nuclear disaster. It's always the same stories and the same images, except that the places change. And as a matter of fact, not always!

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY...

Overview of historic events that happened on in history:

1194 : Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000

1508 : Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned

1586 : Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth

1600 : Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time near Prague

1620 : Prince Bethlen G bor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II

1657 : Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

1697 : 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia

1699 : 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow

1782 : British garrison surrenders to French & Spanish fleet

1783 : Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)

1787 : 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London

1787 : Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails

1789 : 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as Pres & VP

1794 : French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery

1797 : Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000

1803 : "William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama ""Voice of Nature"""

1822 : Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa

1824 : J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public

1846 : Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west

1847 : 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland

1849 : University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students

1854 : "Alvan Bovay proposes name ""Republican Party,"" Ripon, Wisc"

1855 : Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela

1861 : Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy

1864 : 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax

1864 : Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1865 : Hawaiian Board of Education formed

1865 : Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army

1866 : Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible

1875 : Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belg

1880 : "Steele MacKay's ""Hazel Kirke,"" premieres in NYC"

1887 : Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads

1895 : 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago

1899 : Revolt against US occupation of Philippines

1903 : Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 & 1 tie

1904 : "John Millington Synges ""Well of Saints,"" premieres in Dublin"

1913 : Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim

1913 : National Institute of Arts & Letters founded

1914 : US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law

1915 : Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary

1917 : Belgium Council of Flanders established

1919 : City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown

1920 : 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months)

1922 : WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions

1924 : 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France

1924 : "George Kelly's ""Show-Off,"" premieres in NYC"

1926 : Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany

1927 : KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions

1929 : Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide

1930 : 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans

1931 : National League adopts a deader baseball

1932 : 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY

1932 : Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria

1933 : "-Feb 10] Crew of Dutch ""7 Provinces"" mutiny after pay cuts"

1933 : German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press

1936 : 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)

1937 : Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games

1938 : """Our Town,"" by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway"

1938 : Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts

1939 : Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort

1941 : British tanks occupy Maus Libya

1941 : Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin

1941 : United Service Organization (USO) founded

1942 : Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US general wounded in action in WW II

1943 : "Bertolt Brecht's ""Der gute Mensch von Sezuan,"" premieres in Zurich"

1944 : "Jean Anouilh's ""Antigone,"" premieres in Paris"

1944 : US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein

1945 : FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta

1946 : "Garson Kanin's ""Born Yesterday,"" premieres in NYC"

1948 : Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK

1949 : Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia

1951 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer

1951 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button

1952 : 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)

1956 : AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training

1957 : 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)

1958 : """Oh, Captain!"" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 192 performances"

1958 : Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950

1959 : Israel begins exporting copper ore

1960 : BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member

1960 : Giants move their offices to Candlestick Park

1960 : "Lionel Bart's musical ""Fings ain't wot they used t'be,"" premieres"

1961 : "Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit probable Venus probe failure"

1962 : """Gay Life"" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances"

1962 : Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game

1962 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles

1962 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt

1964 : Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax

1964 : FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City

1965 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1966 : "All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan) kills 133"

1967 : """Wild Thing"" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby"

1967 : US launches Lunar Orbiter 3

1968 : """Golden Rainbow"" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances"

1968 : Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball

1969 : 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost

1969 : Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general cousel to Apple

1969 : John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders

1969 : "Lonnie Elder's ""Ceremonies in Dark Old Men,"" premieres in NYC"

1969 : Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO

1970 : """Charles Aznavour"" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances"

1970 : """Gantry"" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance"

1970 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1971 : Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)

1971 : Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks

1971 : British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt

1971 : Govt exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil

1971 : National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC

1972 : 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria

1972 : Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported

1973 : """No, No Nanette"" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances"

1973 : Islanders & Sabres had a penalty free game

1973 : Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec)

1973 : Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled

1974 : Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands

1974 : Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2« months

1974 : Gas rationing ends in Netherlands

1974 : Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army

1976 : 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria

1976 : 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras

1976 : Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency

1976 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1977 : 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver

1977 : Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt)

1977 : "Fleetwood Mac's ""Rumours"" released"

1977 : "Wings release ""Maybe I'm Amazed"""

1979 : """Co-Ed Fever,"" TV Comedy, debut & cancelled that outing on CBS"

1979 : End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 yrs (WSC, SCG)

1979 : Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament

1980 : Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran

1980 : Joanne Carner wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek

1982 : """Pump Boys & Dinettes"" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 perfs"

1982 : Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash

1982 : "Musical ""Pump Boys & Dinettes,"" premieres in NYC"

1982 : Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees

1983 : Jose Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium

1983 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

1984 : """9"" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 739 performances"

1984 : """Backstage Magic"" opens at CommuniCore"

1984 : Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas

1985 : 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture

1985 : Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons

1986 : 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford

1986 : Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane)

1987 : Pres Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress

1987 : Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup

1987 : "Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954"

1988 : Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges

1989 : Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval

1990 : 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo

1990 : Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)

1990 : Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04)

1990 : Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)

1990 : NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21

1990 : Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic

1990 : Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)

1990 : St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship

1991 : Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

1991 : Martin Crowe & Andrew Jones make 467 stand v SL, world record

1991 : US postage raises from 25› to 29›

1993 : Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA

1993 : Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism

1993 : Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror

1994 : 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1994 : 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan

1994 : Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec)

1994 : Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71)

1995 : Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia

1995 : Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)

1995 : Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning

1996 : NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13

1997 : 73 Israelis die when army copters collide

1997 : Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals

1997 : OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson

1997 : Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish

1998 : Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium




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