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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1.1.69 | Roman garrison of Mainz uprising |
| 1.1.89 | Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome |
| 1.1.313 | Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction |
| 1.1.404 | Last gladiator competition in Rome |
| 1.1.414 | King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia |
| 1.1.722 | Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord |
| 1.1.990 | Russia adopts Julian calendar |
| 1.1.1430 | Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services |
| 1.1.1438 | Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary |
| 1.1.1494 | Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia |
| 1.1.1502 | Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro |
| 1.1.1504 | "King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta" |
| 1.1.1515 | "Francois, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France" |
| 1.1.1515 | Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria |
| 1.1.1573 | Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem |
| 1.1.1583 | 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders |
| 1.1.1610 | "German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610" |
| 1.1.1622 | Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25) |
| 1.1.1651 | Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland |
| 1.1.1660 | 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary |
| 1.1.1660 | General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London |
| 1.1.1660 | Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York |
| 1.1.1672 | "Jean Racine's ""Bajazet,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 1.1.1673 | Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston |
| 1.1.1675 | Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth |
| 1.1.1689 | Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York |
| 1.1.1700 | Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar |
| 1.1.1700 | Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar |
| 1.1.1701 | "Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom" |
| 1.1.1707 | Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal |
| 1.1.1739 | "J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica" |
| 1.1.1770 | "Date of action in the opera ""Madeleine""" |
| 1.1.1772 | 1st traveller's checks issued (London) |
| 1.1.1776 | Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag |
| 1.1.1785 | """Daily Universal Register"" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue" |
| 1.1.1788 | London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times |
| 1.1.1788 | Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves |
| 1.1.1797 | Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY |
| 1.1.1798 | Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books |
| 1.1.1800 | Dutch East Indies Company dissolves |
| 1.1.1801 | Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom |
| 1.1.1804 | Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) |
| 1.1.1807 | "Curacao is taken by English (until March, 1816)" |
| 1.1.1808 | African Benevolent Society (education) forms |
| 1.1.1808 | Congress prohibits importation of slaves |
| 1.1.1808 | Sierra Leone becomes a British colony |
| 1.1.1809 | Holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid |
| 1.1.1814 | Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub |
| 1.1.1818 | Official reopening of the White House |
| 1.1.1826 | Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies |
| 1.1.1827 | Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java |
| 1.1.1831 | William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal |
| 1.1.1833 | British government demands Falkland islands |
| 1.1.1833 | "Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves" |
| 1.1.1834 | German Tolunie goes into effect |
| 1.1.1838 | 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide |
| 1.1.1840 | "1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City" |
| 1.1.1842 | "1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City" |
| 1.1.1844 | 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) |
| 1.1.1846 | Yucatan declares independence from Mexico |
| 1.1.1847 | Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment |
| 1.1.1847 | Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing |
| 1.1.1848 | Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua |
| 1.1.1851 | City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line |
| 1.1.1852 | "1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City" |
| 1.1.1852 | Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps |
| 1.1.1853 | 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service |
| 1.1.1854 | "Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)" |
| 1.1.1858 | Canada begins using decimal currency system |
| 1.1.1860 | Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies |
| 1.1.1861 | Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City |
| 1.1.1861 | President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful |
| 1.1.1862 | "1st U.S. income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)" |
| 1.1.1862 | "Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry)" |
| 1.1.1863 | "1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr" |
| 1.1.1863 | "Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city" |
| 1.1.1863 | "Battle of Helena, AK" |
| 1.1.1863 | Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln |
| 1.1.1863 | "Franz Schuberts ""Missa Solemnis,"" premieres in Leipzig" |
| 1.1.1871 | Belgium disbands salt tax |
| 1.1.1873 | Origin of Japanese Era |
| 1.1.1874 | New York City annexes the Bronx |
| 1.1.1877 | England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India |
| 1.1.1879 | John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig |
| 1.1.1880 | "Building of Panama Canal, begins" |
| 1.1.1881 | Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes |
| 1.1.1886 | 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California) |
| 1.1.1891 | "French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed" |
| 1.1.1891 | King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies |
| 1.1.1892 | Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants |
| 1.1.1893 | "1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago" |
| 1.1.1893 | Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar |
| 1.1.1894 | Denmark adopts Mid-European time |
| 1.1.1894 | Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic |
| 1.1.1895 | Norway adopts Mid-European time |
| 1.1.1896 | Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays |
| 1.1.1897 | "1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0" |
| 1.1.1897 | Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of NY |
| 1.1.1898 | "d'Annunzio's ""Sogno d'un mattino di primavera,"" premieres in Rome" |
| 1.1.1898 | Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay |
| 1.1.1899 | Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S. (Natl Day) (U.S. occupies till 1902) |
| 1.1.1900 | 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) |
| 1.1.1900 | British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established |
| 1.1.1900 | Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect |
| 1.1.1901 | Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies |
| 1.1.1902 | "1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (University of Mich-49, Sanford-0)" |
| 1.1.1902 | "Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn" |
| 1.1.1904 | Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production |
| 1.1.1905 | 9 hour work day for diamond miners |
| 1.1.1906 | Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory |
| 1.1.1907 | "President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day" |
| 1.1.1908 | "1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square" |
| 1.1.1908 | Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28) |
| 1.1.1909 | Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) |
| 1.1.1910 | Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs |
| 1.1.1911 | Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day |
| 1.1.1911 | South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
| 1.1.1912 | "1st running of SF's famed ""Bay to Breakers"" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)" |
| 1.1.1912 | Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic |
| 1.1.1913 | Post office begins parcel post deliveries |
| 1.1.1914 | "1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)" |
| 1.1.1914 | Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam) |
| 1.1.1914 | Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria |
| 1.1.1915 | "DW Griffith shows ""Clansman"" at a sneak preview" |
| 1.1.1915 | Jews of Laibach Austria expelled |
| 1.1.1916 | 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown) |
| 1.1.1916 | "1st issue of ""Journal of Negro History"" published" |
| 1.1.1918 | Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland |
| 1.1.1919 | Belorussian SSR established |
| 1.1.1922 | "Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road" |
| 1.1.1923 | Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established |
| 1.1.1924 | Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP |
| 1.1.1925 | Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo |
| 1.1.1926 | Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne |
| 1.1.1927 | Communist uprising in West Java |
| 1.1.1927 | Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat |
| 1.1.1928 | "1st U.S. air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio" |
| 1.1.1928 | Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth) |
| 1.1.1929 | Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery |
| 1.1.1930 | Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| 1.1.1930 | Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever |
| 1.1.1932 | Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio |
| 1.1.1932 | Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws |
| 1.1.1934 | Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison |
| 1.1.1934 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective |
| 1.1.1934 | International Telecommunication Union established |
| 1.1.1935 | 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl |
| 1.1.1935 | Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto |
| 1.1.1935 | Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM |
| 1.1.1935 | "President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself ""Ataturk: Father of Turkey""" |
| 1.1.1936 | "1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune" |
| 1.1.1937 | Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua |
| 1.1.1937 | Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain |
| 1.1.1937 | "U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio" |
| 1.1.1941 | Netherlands begins taxing wages |
| 1.1.1941 | Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff |
| 1.1.1942 | "Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16" |
| 1.1.1942 | US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis |
| 1.1.1943 | Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lt-colonel |
| 1.1.1943 | Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown |
| 1.1.1944 | "1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City" |
| 1.1.1944 | "Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football ""Arab Bowl,"" Oran, North Africa" |
| 1.1.1944 | Gen Clark replaces Gen Patton as commander of 7th Army |
| 1.1.1945 | France joins the UN |
| 1.1.1945 | German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels |
| 1.1.1946 | Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
| 1.1.1946 | "ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert" |
| 1.1.1946 | National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic |
| 1.1.1947 | Benelux agress to work related issues |
| 1.1.1947 | Britain nationalizes its coal industry |
| 1.1.1947 | "WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1948 | 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena California) |
| 1.1.1948 | Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India |
| 1.1.1948 | Britain nationalizes its railways |
| 1.1.1948 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective |
| 1.1.1948 | Italy adopts constitution |
| 1.1.1948 | Orissa province accedes to India |
| 1.1.1949 | "KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1949 | "KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1949 | Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand |
| 1.1.1950 | Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China |
| 1.1.1951 | Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines |
| 1.1.1952 | Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet |
| 1.1.1953 | "Ernest Blochs ""Suite Hebraique,"" premieres" |
| 1.1.1953 | "WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 1.1.1954 | "KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1954 | Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts |
| 1.1.1954 | "WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast" |
| 1.1.1954 | Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism |
| 1.1.1955 | Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps |
| 1.1.1955 | "WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins" |
| 1.1.1956 | Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville |
| 1.1.1956 | "KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1956 | "KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1956 | Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK |
| 1.1.1956 | "WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1957 | "Benjamin Britten's ballet ""Prince and the Pauper,"" premieres in London" |
| 1.1.1957 | France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep |
| 1.1.1957 | International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year) |
| 1.1.1958 | BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m |
| 1.1.1958 | European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation |
| 1.1.1958 | "Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White" |
| 1.1.1958 | Treaties establish European Economic Community (Common Market) |
| 1.1.1958 | "WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1959 | Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep |
| 1.1.1959 | Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community |
| 1.1.1959 | Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta |
| 1.1.1960 | "Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents" |
| 1.1.1960 | Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France |
| 1.1.1960 | Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars |
| 1.1.1960 | Montserrat adopts constitution |
| 1.1.1960 | "U.S. census at 179,245,000" |
| 1.1.1961 | Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium |
| 1.1.1961 | Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game |
| 1.1.1961 | "Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)" |
| 1.1.1961 | Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 |
| 1.1.1962 | Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful |
| 1.1.1962 | Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium |
| 1.1.1962 | Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa |
| 1.1.1963 | G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank |
| 1.1.1963 | WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting |
| 1.1.1964 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved |
| 1.1.1964 | "KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1964 | "KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1965 | International Cooperation Year begins |
| 1.1.1965 | Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms |
| 1.1.1966 | 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway |
| 1.1.1966 | "All U.S. cigarette packs have to carry ""Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health""" |
| 1.1.1966 | Milt coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic |
| 1.1.1966 | "Simon and Garfunkel's ""Sounds of Silence"" reaches #1" |
| 1.1.1967 | CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL |
| 1.1.1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots |
| 1.1.1967 | FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different |
| 1.1.1967 | Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game |
| 1.1.1967 | Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game |
| 1.1.1967 | St. Helena adopts constitution |
| 1.1.1967 | Tonga revises constitution |
| 1.1.1967 | "WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1968 | "ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)" |
| 1.1.1968 | Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain |
| 1.1.1968 | Netherlands gets color TV |
| 1.1.1968 | "WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1969 | "Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for ""NOT"" arguing with the referee" |
| 1.1.1970 | Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established |
| 1.1.1970 | "Charles ""Chub"" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League" |
| 1.1.1970 | Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms |
| 1.1.1970 | Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect |
| 1.1.1970 | """The Epoch"" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)" |
| 1.1.1971 | Cigarette advertisements banned on TV |
| 1.1.1972 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 1.1.1972 | """Company"" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances" |
| 1.1.1972 | International Book Year begins |
| 1.1.1972 | "KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 1.1.1972 | """On the Town"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances" |
| 1.1.1972 | """Promises Promises"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances" |
| 1.1.1973 | 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) |
| 1.1.1973 | "Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market" |
| 1.1.1973 | "West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)" |
| 1.1.1974 | "Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin" |
| 1.1.1974 | NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) |
| 1.1.1974 | World Population Year begins |
| 1.1.1975 | "Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime" |
| 1.1.1975 | International Women's Year begins |
| 1.1.1975 | Sweden adopts constitution |
| 1.1.1976 | Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall |
| 1.1.1976 | """Musical Jubilee"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances" |
| 1.1.1976 | NBC replaces the peacock logo |
| 1.1.1976 | Venezuela nationalizes oil fields |
| 1.1.1977 | 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) |
| 1.1.1977 | "Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596" |
| 1.1.1977 | Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 |
| 1.1.1977 | Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl |
| 1.1.1978 | Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 |
| 1.1.1978 | President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 |
| 1.1.1978 | """Your Arm's Too Short..."" closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances" |
| 1.1.1979 | International Year of the Child begins |
| 1.1.1979 | "Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established" |
| 1.1.1979 | US and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations |
| 1.1.1980 | 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63) |
| 1.1.1980 | Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship |
| 1.1.1980 | Chrysler U.K. renamed Talbot |
| 1.1.1980 | International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins |
| 1.1.1980 | Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran |
| 1.1.1980 | Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal |
| 1.1.1980 | Sweden changes order of succession to throne |
| 1.1.1981 | Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title |
| 1.1.1981 | Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community |
| 1.1.1981 | International Year for the Disabled begins |
| 1.1.1981 | Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing |
| 1.1.1981 | Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors |
| 1.1.1982 | "30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry" |
| 1.1.1982 | Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship |
| 1.1.1982 | Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN |
| 1.1.1982 | MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system |
| 1.1.1982 | Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland |
| 1.1.1982 | TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system |
| 1.1.1983 | Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title |
| 1.1.1983 | PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour |
| 1.1.1983 | World Communications Year begins |
| 1.1.1984 | AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies |
| 1.1.1984 | Brunei becomes independent of UK |
| 1.1.1984 | New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents |
| 1.1.1985 | Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live) |
| 1.1.1985 | International Youth Year begins |
| 1.1.1985 | US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) |
| 1.1.1985 | VH-1 made its broadcasting debut |
| 1.1.1986 | Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao |
| 1.1.1986 | Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up |
| 1.1.1986 | International Peace Year begins |
| 1.1.1986 | "Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl" |
| 1.1.1986 | New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00 |
| 1.1.1986 | Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship |
| 1.1.1986 | Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community |
| 1.1.1987 | 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico |
| 1.1.1987 | China's rudimentary civil code in effect |
| 1.1.1987 | International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins |
| 1.1.1988 | Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen |
| 1.1.1988 | Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship |
| 1.1.1988 | Year of the Reader begins |
| 1.1.1989 | Actress Kelly McGillis gets married |
| 1.1.1989 | New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 |
| 1.1.1989 | Year of the Young Reader begins |
| 1.1.1990 | David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City |
| 1.1.1990 | "FCC implements ""SYNDEX"" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs" |
| 1.1.1990 | Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ |
| 1.1.1990 | New York City MTA stops token redemption at subway stations |
| 1.1.1990 | Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV |
| 1.1.1991 | 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. |
| 1.1.1991 | Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak |
| 1.1.1991 | "Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide" |
| 1.1.1992 | Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament |
| 1.1.1992 | Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education |
| 1.1.1992 | Europe breaks down trade barriers |
| 1.1.1992 | International Space Year begins |
| 1.1.1992 | New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 |
| 1.1.1993 | 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone |
| 1.1.1993 | "Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3" |
| 1.1.1993 | Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's MTA |
| 1.1.1993 | Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia |
| 1.1.1993 | "Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession" |
| 1.1.1994 | Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) |
| 1.1.1994 | "Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13" |
| 1.1.1994 | """Flying Karamzov Brothers"" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances" |
| 1.1.1994 | """Grand Night after Singing"" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances" |
| 1.1.1994 | Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant |
| 1.1.1994 | International Year of Family |
| 1.1.1994 | "Jacobs Field opens with ""Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94""" |
| 1.1.1994 | Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29) |
| 1.1.1994 | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect |
| 1.1.1995 | "Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union" |
| 1.1.1995 | Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory |
| 1.1.1995 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil |
| 1.1.1995 | """Glass Menagerie"" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances" |
| 1.1.1995 | International Year of Tolerance |
| 1.1.1995 | "Last ""Far Side"" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980" |
| 1.1.1995 | Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi |
| 1.1.1995 | """Shadow Box"" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances" |
| 1.1.1995 | """Tuna Christmas"" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances" |
| 1.1.1996 | "After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin" |
| 1.1.1996 | Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) |
| 1.1.1998 | "All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free" |
| 1.1.1998 | Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week |
| 1.1.1998 | "U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733" |
| 1.1.1999 | International Year of Elderly |
| 2.1.69 | "Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor" |
| 2.1.533 | John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 2.1.1235 | Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names |
| 2.1.1492 | Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) |
| 2.1.1570 | Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins |
| 2.1.1585 | Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville |
| 2.1.1602 | "Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish" |
| 2.1.1602 | Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale |
| 2.1.1678 | "Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles ""Adam und Eva""" |
| 2.1.1757 | British troops occupy Calcutta India |
| 2.1.1776 | 1st revolutionary flag displayed |
| 2.1.1776 | Austria ends interregation torture |
| 2.1.1788 | Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution |
| 2.1.1790 | "Mozart's opera ""Cosi fan tutti"" premieres, Vienna" |
| 2.1.1800 | Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave |
| 2.1.1811 | U.S. Sen Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the U.S.) |
| 2.1.1814 | "Lord Byron completes ""The Corsair""" |
| 2.1.1818 | "Lord Byron completes ""Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"" (4th canto)" |
| 2.1.1831 | "Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston" |
| 2.1.1832 | 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens |
| 2.1.1839 | 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) |
| 2.1.1842 | 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn |
| 2.1.1843 | "Wagner's opera ""Der Fliegende Hollander"" premieres, Dresden" |
| 2.1.1861 | Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia |
| 2.1.1861 | South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor |
| 2.1.1863 | Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends |
| 2.1.1870 | Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins |
| 2.1.1871 | King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25 |
| 2.1.1879 | "1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG" |
| 2.1.1879 | "British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die" |
| 2.1.1879 | "Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education" |
| 2.1.1879 | "Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill" |
| 2.1.1881 | "Camille Saint-Saens' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres" |
| 2.1.1882 | "Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust" |
| 2.1.1885 | Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum |
| 2.1.1890 | Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer |
| 2.1.1890 | "Record 19'2"" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny" |
| 2.1.1893 | 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued |
| 2.1.1893 | World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago |
| 2.1.1896 | "Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops)" |
| 2.1.1900 | "E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7"" single-sided records (Montreal)" |
| 2.1.1900 | "Gustave Charpentiers opera ""Louise,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 2.1.1903 | "President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black" |
| 2.1.1905 | "Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine" |
| 2.1.1905 | Japanese troops capture Port Arthur |
| 2.1.1908 | Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa |
| 2.1.1909 | 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50) |
| 2.1.1910 | 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California) |
| 2.1.1911 | "Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000" |
| 2.1.1913 | National Woman's Party forms |
| 2.1.1914 | Philips installs research department in Eindhoven |
| 2.1.1917 | Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank |
| 2.1.1918 | Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes and Mamaux |
| 2.1.1918 | NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down |
| 2.1.1919 | Anti-British uprising in Ireland |
| 2.1.1919 | Lithuania gains independence |
| 2.1.1920 | "10,000 U.S. union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)" |
| 2.1.1921 | "1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh" |
| 2.1.1921 | DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens |
| 2.1.1925 | Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR) |
| 2.1.1929 | US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls |
| 2.1.1932 | Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri |
| 2.1.1933 | Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test |
| 2.1.1933 | Bruins beat Rangers in New York 13-3 |
| 2.1.1933 | Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) |
| 2.1.1933 | US troops leave Nicaragua |
| 2.1.1934 | "1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania" |
| 2.1.1934 | "Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 mins, 29 fours 4 sixes" |
| 2.1.1935 | Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby |
| 2.1.1936 | "1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Mo" |
| 2.1.1936 | "Bradman scores 357 for SA vs. Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours" |
| 2.1.1938 | Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded |
| 2.1.1939 | "Bradman scores 107 SA vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century" |
| 2.1.1942 | "28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace" |
| 2.1.1942 | German troops in Bardia surrender |
| 2.1.1942 | Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines |
| 2.1.1944 | 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) |
| 2.1.1945 | Allied air raid on Neurenberg |
| 2.1.1945 | "Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955" |
| 2.1.1945 | Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion |
| 2.1.1947 | Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali |
| 2.1.1948 | "WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins" |
| 2.1.1949 | "KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.1.1951 | "Philip Barry's ""Second Threshold,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.1.1952 | """Pal Joey"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 542 performances" |
| 2.1.1953 | NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak |
| 2.1.1954 | "Herman Wouks ""Caine Mutiny,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.1.1955 | "1st ""Bob Cummings Show"" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)" |
| 2.1.1956 | Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections |
| 2.1.1958 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY" |
| 2.1.1959 | Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees |
| 2.1.1959 | "U.S.S.R. launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit" |
| 2.1.1960 | 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) |
| 2.1.1960 | John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency |
| 2.1.1960 | "John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years" |
| 2.1.1960 | "Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres" |
| 2.1.1960 | "Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president" |
| 2.1.1961 | "1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16" |
| 2.1.1961 | "Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale" |
| 2.1.1962 | "Nighttime version of ""Password"" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS" |
| 2.1.1964 | Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan |
| 2.1.1964 | Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana |
| 2.1.1965 | New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath |
| 2.1.1965 | Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day |
| 2.1.1965 | "Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters" |
| 2.1.1966 | 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion |
| 2.1.1966 | Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game |
| 2.1.1968 | Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant |
| 2.1.1968 | "KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 2.1.1968 | """Zizi"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances" |
| 2.1.1969 | """Fig Leaves Are Falling"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances" |
| 2.1.1969 | "Lorraine Hansberry's ""To be Young, Gifted and Black,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 2.1.1969 | """Soviet Sport"" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy" |
| 2.1.1970 | "Dutch premiere of musical ""Hair"" in Amsterdam" |
| 2.1.1970 | "U.S. population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)" |
| 2.1.1971 | "A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66" |
| 2.1.1972 | Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game |
| 2.1.1972 | Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars |
| 2.1.1972 | Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game |
| 2.1.1972 | """Rothschilds"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances" |
| 2.1.1974 | 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon |
| 2.1.1974 | Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres |
| 2.1.1975 | U.S. Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species |
| 2.1.1977 | Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing |
| 2.1.1978 | Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey |
| 2.1.1978 | "Rhino Records releases their 1st album ""Wildmania""" |
| 2.1.1979 | 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver |
| 2.1.1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI) |
| 2.1.1979 | Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins |
| 2.1.1980 | 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) |
| 2.1.1981 | Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65) |
| 2.1.1981 | "Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan" |
| 2.1.1982 | 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64) |
| 2.1.1982 | """Camelot"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances" |
| 2.1.1982 | Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins |
| 2.1.1982 | "San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT" |
| 2.1.1983 | """Annie"" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances" |
| 2.1.1983 | Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ |
| 2.1.1983 | "Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing ""Doonesbury""" |
| 2.1.1983 | Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes |
| 2.1.1983 | """Sophisticated Ladies"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 767 performances" |
| 2.1.1984 | "Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century" |
| 2.1.1984 | Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship |
| 2.1.1984 | Riot in Tunis kills over 100 |
| 2.1.1984 | "Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Phila's 1st black mayor" |
| 2.1.1985 | 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter |
| 2.1.1985 | "Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts" |
| 2.1.1985 | Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III |
| 2.1.1985 | "Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score" |
| 2.1.1985 | Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions |
| 2.1.1986 | 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange |
| 2.1.1986 | "New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal" |
| 2.1.1987 | Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ |
| 2.1.1987 | Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis |
| 2.1.1988 | "Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn" |
| 2.1.1988 | Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement |
| 2.1.1989 | Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship |
| 2.1.1989 | UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game |
| 2.1.1990 | "Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)" |
| 2.1.1990 | "Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)" |
| 2.1.1991 | Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll |
| 2.1.1992 | "Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney" |
| 2.1.1993 | """Gypsy Passion"" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 55 performances" |
| 2.1.1994 | """Abe Lincoln in Illinois"" closes at Beaumont New York City after 40 performances" |
| 2.1.1994 | "Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57" |
| 2.1.1994 | """Shakespeare after My Father"" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf" |
| 2.1.1995 | "Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed" |
| 2.1.1995 | "Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21" |
| 2.1.1995 | Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) |
| 2.1.1997 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM |
| 2.1.1998 | Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine |
| 3.1.236 | St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 3.1.269 | St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 3.1.936 | Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII |
| 3.1.1338 | Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent |
| 3.1.1407 | Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht |
| 3.1.1431 | Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop |
| 3.1.1521 | Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church |
| 3.1.1638 | "Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of ""Hostage rights of Aemstel""" |
| 3.1.1638 | "Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens" |
| 3.1.1667 | Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland |
| 3.1.1667 | Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo |
| 3.1.1746 | "Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow," |
| 3.1.1750 | Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth |
| 3.1.1752 | "East Indies invasion ""Geldermalsen"" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed" |
| 3.1.1777 | "Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ" |
| 3.1.1780 | "Danish national anthem ""Kong Kristian...,"" 1st sung" |
| 3.1.1825 | "Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community" |
| 3.1.1831 | "1st U.S. building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn" |
| 3.1.1833 | Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic |
| 3.1.1840 | 1st deep sea sounding |
| 3.1.1847 | California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco |
| 3.1.1852 | 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii |
| 3.1.1861 | Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy |
| 3.1.1861 | "US Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia" |
| 3.1.1862 | Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester |
| 3.1.1865 | Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match |
| 3.1.1868 | Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors |
| 3.1.1870 | "Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883" |
| 3.1.1871 | "Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York" |
| 3.1.1872 | 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office |
| 3.1.1876 | "1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass" |
| 3.1.1888 | "1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C." |
| 3.1.1889 | "Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood" |
| 3.1.1890 | 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin |
| 3.1.1896 | Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid |
| 3.1.1900 | "Gerhart Hauptmanns ""Schluck und Jau,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 3.1.1900 | Perihelion Passage |
| 3.1.1902 | "Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, vs. England at MCG" |
| 3.1.1910 | British miners strike for 8 hour working day |
| 3.1.1911 | US postal savings bank inaugurated |
| 3.1.1912 | "South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free" |
| 3.1.1914 | "Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical ""Sari,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.1.1918 | US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor |
| 3.1.1920 | "Arthur Honegger's ""Chant de Nigamon,"" premieres" |
| 3.1.1920 | "New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000" |
| 3.1.1921 | Turkey makes peace with Armenia |
| 3.1.1922 | 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar |
| 3.1.1924 | British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun |
| 3.1.1925 | Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator |
| 3.1.1926 | Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator |
| 3.1.1929 | 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres |
| 3.1.1929 | Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century |
| 3.1.1931 | Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) |
| 3.1.1938 | March of Dimes established to fight polio |
| 3.1.1939 | Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives |
| 3.1.1940 | "WPG-AM in Atlantic City New Jersey consolidates with WBIL and WOV as ""new"" WOV" |
| 3.1.1941 | Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) |
| 3.1.1941 | Italian counter offensive in Albania |
| 3.1.1941 | "Sergei Rachmaninov's ""Symphonic Dances"" premieres in Philadelphia" |
| 3.1.1942 | American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms |
| 3.1.1943 | 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) |
| 3.1.1943 | Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa |
| 3.1.1945 | "Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab" |
| 3.1.1945 | British Premier Winston Churchill visits France |
| 3.1.1945 | "Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room" |
| 3.1.1945 | Greek General Plastiras forms government |
| 3.1.1945 | "John Patrick's ""Hasty Heart,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.1.1945 | US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa |
| 3.1.1947 | 1st opening session of Congress to be televised |
| 3.1.1947 | William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee |
| 3.1.1948 | Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG |
| 3.1.1949 | """Colgate Theater"" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV" |
| 3.1.1951 | "9 Jewish Kremlin physicians ""exposed"" as British/US agents" |
| 3.1.1951 | Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) |
| 3.1.1952 | "Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38" |
| 3.1.1952 | """Dragnet"" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV" |
| 3.1.1955 | Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama |
| 3.1.1957 | "1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa" |
| 3.1.1958 | Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland |
| 3.1.1958 | Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town |
| 3.1.1959 | Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state |
| 3.1.1961 | Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor |
| 3.1.1961 | US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| 3.1.1962 | Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome |
| 3.1.1962 | Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro |
| 3.1.1963 | "WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 3.1.1964 | "Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing ""She Loves You""" |
| 3.1.1966 | "Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE" |
| 3.1.1967 | Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion |
| 3.1.1967 | """Tonight Show"" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes" |
| 3.1.1967 | "WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 3.1.1969 | "John Lennon's ""2 Virgins"" album declared pornographic in NJ" |
| 3.1.1969 | "Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress" |
| 3.1.1970 | """Jimmy"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances" |
| 3.1.1970 | """Mame"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances" |
| 3.1.1970 | Marxist government takes over in Congo |
| 3.1.1970 | "WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 3.1.1971 | Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game |
| 3.1.1971 | Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game |
| 3.1.1971 | """President's Daughter"" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances" |
| 3.1.1973 | George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million |
| 3.1.1974 | Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain |
| 3.1.1974 | Burma accepts its constitution |
| 3.1.1974 | Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London |
| 3.1.1974 | "Miguel Pinero's ""Short Eyes,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 3.1.1974 | New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager |
| 3.1.1976 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 3.1.1977 | Apple Computers incorporated |
| 3.1.1977 | Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) |
| 3.1.1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win |
| 3.1.1980 | Gold hits record $634 an ounce |
| 3.1.1981 | 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) |
| 3.1.1981 | "Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr" |
| 3.1.1981 | Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG |
| 3.1.1981 | Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) |
| 3.1.1983 | "Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota" |
| 3.1.1984 | Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson |
| 3.1.1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings |
| 3.1.1985 | "Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews" |
| 3.1.1987 | """Oh Coward!"" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances" |
| 3.1.1987 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin |
| 3.1.1987 | Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City |
| 3.1.1987 | """Smile"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 48 performances" |
| 3.1.1988 | "Israel orders 9 Palestinian ""instigators"" deported from W Beirut" |
| 3.1.1988 | Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century |
| 3.1.1989 | Jim and Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) |
| 3.1.1989 | Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement |
| 3.1.1990 | Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities |
| 3.1.1991 | Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years |
| 3.1.1991 | LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders |
| 3.1.1992 | 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter |
| 3.1.1992 | "Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney" |
| 3.1.1993 | """Catskills on Broadway"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances" |
| 3.1.1993 | """Christmas Carol"" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances" |
| 3.1.1993 | Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months |
| 3.1.1993 | """Lost in Yonkers"" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances" |
| 3.1.1993 | """Secret Garden"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances" |
| 3.1.1993 | """Tommy Tune Tonite!"" closes at Gershwin New York City after 10 performances" |
| 3.1.1994 | 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt |
| 3.1.1994 | "35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field" |
| 3.1.1994 | """Gray's Anatomy"" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances" |
| 3.1.1994 | "Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed" |
| 3.1.1997 | Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV |
| 3.1.1997 | Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare |
| 3.1.1997 | Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0 |
| 3.1.1998 | Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke |
| 3.1.1998 | """Side Show,"" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances" |
| 4.1.274 | St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 4.1.871 | Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army |
| 4.1.1357 | Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty |
| 4.1.1493 | Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage |
| 4.1.1519 | 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz) |
| 4.1.1570 | "Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, ""because he is a Jew""" |
| 4.1.1642 | King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament |
| 4.1.1717 | "Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance" |
| 4.1.1725 | Benjamin Franklin arrives in London |
| 4.1.1754 | "Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)" |
| 4.1.1762 | England declares war on Spain and Naples |
| 4.1.1780 | "Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ" |
| 4.1.1781 | Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) |
| 4.1.1790 | President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address |
| 4.1.1843 | "Gaetano Donizetti's opera ""Don Pasquale,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 4.1.1843 | Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens |
| 4.1.1861 | President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession |
| 4.1.1861 | "US Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama" |
| 4.1.1862 | "Battle of Helena, AK" |
| 4.1.1862 | Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath |
| 4.1.1863 | 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY |
| 4.1.1881 | "Johannes Brahms' ""Academic Festival Overture"" premieres, Breslau" |
| 4.1.1883 | Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms |
| 4.1.1884 | Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario) |
| 4.1.1885 | "Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)" |
| 4.1.1887 | Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF) |
| 4.1.1893 | US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy |
| 4.1.1894 | France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia |
| 4.1.1896 | "AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City" |
| 4.1.1896 | "Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state" |
| 4.1.1898 | "1st installment of William Dean Howell's ""Life and Letters"" appears" |
| 4.1.1902 | Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG |
| 4.1.1904 | "Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1" |
| 4.1.1904 | Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US |
| 4.1.1906 | "South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win" |
| 4.1.1907 | "George Bernard Shaw's ""Don Juan in Hell,"" premieres in London" |
| 4.1.1912 | "Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr" |
| 4.1.1915 | "1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho" |
| 4.1.1915 | Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops |
| 4.1.1920 | "1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes" |
| 4.1.1920 | Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits |
| 4.1.1921 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Diff'rent,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 4.1.1923 | "Lenin's ""Political Testament"" calls for removal of Stalin" |
| 4.1.1923 | "1st broadcast of ""Barn Dance Show"" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas)" |
| 4.1.1925 | "French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. ""Every day in every way I am getting better and better""" |
| 4.1.1926 | Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator |
| 4.1.1932 | Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG |
| 4.1.1932 | British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru |
| 4.1.1932 | State of siege proclaimed in Honduras |
| 4.1.1934 | "1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's ""Willem of Orange,"" premieres" |
| 4.1.1935 | "Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of ""The Intimate Revue""" |
| 4.1.1935 | Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established |
| 4.1.1936 | Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade |
| 4.1.1936 | Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa |
| 4.1.1939 | Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a U.S. graduate school |
| 4.1.1939 | Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration |
| 4.1.1941 | "Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet" |
| 4.1.1941 | "Sergey Rachmaninov's ""Symphonie Dances,"" premieres in Philadelphia" |
| 4.1.1942 | NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 |
| 4.1.1942 | Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida |
| 4.1.1942 | Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame |
| 4.1.1943 | "Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, ""Joseph and His Brothers""" |
| 4.1.1944 | Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in U.S. State Department |
| 4.1.1945 | Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam |
| 4.1.1945 | US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack |
| 4.1.1947 | """Park Avenue"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances" |
| 4.1.1947 | """Show Boat"" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances" |
| 4.1.1948 | Burma declares independence from UK |
| 4.1.1951 | "During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul" |
| 4.1.1953 | "KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 4.1.1954 | Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville |
| 4.1.1954 | "Soap Opera ""The Brighter Day"" premieres" |
| 4.1.1957 | """Blondie"" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)" |
| 4.1.1957 | "Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000" |
| 4.1.1958 | Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up |
| 4.1.1959 | Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity |
| 4.1.1960 | European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm |
| 4.1.1961 | Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants |
| 4.1.1962 | 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City) |
| 4.1.1963 | Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon |
| 4.1.1965 | "Lyndon Baines Johnson's ""Great Society"" State of the Union Address" |
| 4.1.1966 | Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test |
| 4.1.1966 | "WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 4.1.1968 | Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas |
| 4.1.1968 | Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million |
| 4.1.1969 | """Fig Leaves Are Falling"" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 4 performances" |
| 4.1.1969 | France begins arms embargo against Israel |
| 4.1.1970 | Beatles last recording session at EMI studios |
| 4.1.1970 | Kansas City Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game |
| 4.1.1970 | Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game |
| 4.1.1970 | "New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used" |
| 4.1.1970 | Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary |
| 4.1.1971 | Congressional Black Caucus organizes |
| 4.1.1971 | Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is |
| 4.1.1971 | Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated |
| 4.1.1974 | Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee |
| 4.1.1975 | Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) |
| 4.1.1975 | """Good News"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances" |
| 4.1.1975 | """Gypsy"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances" |
| 4.1.1975 | "Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica" |
| 4.1.1975 | Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 |
| 4.1.1975 | """Over Here"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances" |
| 4.1.1976 | """Candide"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances" |
| 4.1.1976 | """Home Sweet Homer"" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City" |
| 4.1.1977 | Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play |
| 4.1.1980 | President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics |
| 4.1.1981 | 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63) |
| 4.1.1981 | "British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the ""Yorkshire Ripper""" |
| 4.1.1981 | """Frankenstein"" opens and closes on Broadway" |
| 4.1.1981 | """Peter Pan"" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances" |
| 4.1.1982 | ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network |
| 4.1.1982 | "Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's ""Today Show""" |
| 4.1.1982 | Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show |
| 4.1.1982 | Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm |
| 4.1.1983 | U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft |
| 4.1.1984 | Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game |
| 4.1.1984 | """Night Court"" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV" |
| 4.1.1986 | "David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide" |
| 4.1.1986 | NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots |
| 4.1.1987 | 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md |
| 4.1.1989 | Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion |
| 4.1.1989 | U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean |
| 4.1.1989 | VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president |
| 4.1.1991 | AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable |
| 4.1.1991 | "Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal" |
| 4.1.1991 | Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th |
| 4.1.1991 | Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland |
| 4.1.1992 | "8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)" |
| 4.1.1993 | "7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)" |
| 4.1.1994 | "10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)" |
| 4.1.1995 | Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House |
| 4.1.1996 | """Father"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances" |
| 4.1.1998 | """Funny Thing Happened,"" closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform" |
| 4.1.1998 | """Ivanov,"" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances" |
| 4.1.1998 | """Triumph of Love,"" closes at Royale Theater New York City" |
| 5.1.1349 | Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand |
| 5.1.1438 | Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara |
| 5.1.1463 | French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris |
| 5.1.1477 | "Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed" |
| 5.1.1500 | Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan |
| 5.1.1531 | Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry |
| 5.1.1554 | Great fire in Eindhoven Neth |
| 5.1.1593 | William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe |
| 5.1.1638 | Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues |
| 5.1.1649 | "Francesco Cavalli's opera ""Giasone,"" premieres in Venice" |
| 5.1.1675 | Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg |
| 5.1.1709 | Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans |
| 5.1.1717 | Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles |
| 5.1.1719 | Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact |
| 5.1.1757 | Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens |
| 5.1.1776 | Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution |
| 5.1.1781 | "British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va" |
| 5.1.1800 | "1st Swedenborgian temple in U.S. holds 1st service, Baltimore" |
| 5.1.1804 | Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement |
| 5.1.1809 | Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France |
| 5.1.1822 | Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire |
| 5.1.1828 | 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) |
| 5.1.1834 | Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell |
| 5.1.1836 | "Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo" |
| 5.1.1840 | "Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date" |
| 5.1.1841 | James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf |
| 5.1.1850 | California Exchange opens |
| 5.1.1854 | Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die |
| 5.1.1859 | "1st steamboat sails, Red River" |
| 5.1.1861 | 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter |
| 5.1.1861 | Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay |
| 5.1.1875 | Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris |
| 5.1.1875 | "President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi" |
| 5.1.1887 | 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University |
| 5.1.1888 | Dutch Heidemaatschappij established |
| 5.1.1892 | 1st successful auroral photograph made |
| 5.1.1895 | "French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent" |
| 5.1.1895 | "Henry James' play ""Guy Domville"" opens in London" |
| 5.1.1895 | Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days |
| 5.1.1896 | German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays |
| 5.1.1896 | "Isaac Albeniz' opera ""Pepita Jiminez,"" premieres in Barcelona" |
| 5.1.1899 | Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton |
| 5.1.1903 | San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use |
| 5.1.1904 | "-34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)" |
| 5.1.1904 | "-42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)" |
| 5.1.1904 | "England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68" |
| 5.1.1905 | "Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara" |
| 5.1.1905 | National Association of Audubon Society incorporates |
| 5.1.1909 | Colombia recognizes Panama's independence |
| 5.1.1911 | Portuguese expel Jesuits |
| 5.1.1911 | SF has it's 1st air meet |
| 5.1.1912 | 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria) |
| 5.1.1914 | Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day |
| 5.1.1916 | Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro |
| 5.1.1918 | British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace |
| 5.1.1919 | National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party |
| 5.1.1919 | Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege |
| 5.1.1920 | Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees |
| 5.1.1920 | New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth |
| 5.1.1925 | "French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings" |
| 5.1.1925 | "James Gleason and Richard Tabers ""Is zat so?,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.1.1925 | "Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA" |
| 5.1.1925 | "Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office" |
| 5.1.1926 | James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day and $5 daily minimum wage |
| 5.1.1927 | Fox Studios exhibits Movietone |
| 5.1.1927 | Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox |
| 5.1.1929 | Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia |
| 5.1.1930 | "Mao Tse-tung writes ""A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire""" |
| 5.1.1931 | 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League |
| 5.1.1933 | "Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side" |
| 5.1.1934 | Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) |
| 5.1.1934 | National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball |
| 5.1.1937 | Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt |
| 5.1.1937 | Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) |
| 5.1.1940 | "FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal" |
| 5.1.1940 | Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia |
| 5.1.1941 | British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia |
| 5.1.1942 | 55 German tanks reach North-Africa |
| 5.1.1943 | Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II |
| 5.1.1943 | "William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces" |
| 5.1.1945 | "Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon ""Odor-able Kitty""" |
| 5.1.1945 | "Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam" |
| 5.1.1946 | """Show Boat"" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances" |
| 5.1.1949 | General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra |
| 5.1.1949 | "President Harry S Truman labels his administration the ""Fair Deal""" |
| 5.1.1950 | "Carson McCuller's ""Member of the Wedding,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.1.1951 | Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open |
| 5.1.1952 | Flying Enterprise sinks |
| 5.1.1953 | Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea |
| 5.1.1953 | "Samuel Beckett's ""En Attendant Godot,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 5.1.1955 | "KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast" |
| 5.1.1956 | "Elvis Presley records ""Heartbreak Hotel""" |
| 5.1.1957 | Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants |
| 5.1.1957 | Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East |
| 5.1.1959 | """Bozo the Clown"" live children's show premieres on TV" |
| 5.1.1959 | "Buddy Holly releases his last record ""It Doesn't Matter""" |
| 5.1.1960 | "Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating" |
| 5.1.1961 | US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| 5.1.1962 | "Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce ""My Bonnie"" and ""The Saints""" |
| 5.1.1963 | """Camelot"" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances" |
| 5.1.1963 | """Carnival!"" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances" |
| 5.1.1963 | San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game |
| 5.1.1964 | Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel |
| 5.1.1964 | San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship |
| 5.1.1967 | "KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins" |
| 5.1.1968 | Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law |
| 5.1.1968 | Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia |
| 5.1.1969 | Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro |
| 5.1.1969 | """Maggie Flynn"" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances" |
| 5.1.1969 | "Neville Williams' ""Chronology of the Expanding World"" completed" |
| 5.1.1969 | U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) |
| 5.1.1970 | "23,000 Belgian mine workers strike" |
| 5.1.1970 | "KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 5.1.1970 | "Soap Opera ""All My Children,"" premieres on ABC" |
| 5.1.1971 | "1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG" |
| 5.1.1971 | "Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak" |
| 5.1.1971 | "US heavyweight ""Sonny"" Liston's (36) corpse found" |
| 5.1.1972 | "Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)" |
| 5.1.1972 | NASA announces development of space shuttle |
| 5.1.1972 | New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents |
| 5.1.1972 | President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle |
| 5.1.1972 | West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed |
| 5.1.1973 | Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel |
| 5.1.1973 | Netherlands recognizes German DR |
| 5.1.1974 | "Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in ""Oh, Brother""" |
| 5.1.1975 | "14 die when British freighter ""Lake Illawarra"" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks" |
| 5.1.1975 | "Charlie Smalls' ""Wiz,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 5.1.1975 | Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days |
| 5.1.1975 | """Wiz"" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances" |
| 5.1.1976 | "Cambodia is renamed ""Democratic Kampuchea""" |
| 5.1.1976 | Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies |
| 5.1.1976 | MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS |
| 5.1.1977 | Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament |
| 5.1.1981 | "British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of ""Yorkshire Ripper"" murders of 13 women" |
| 5.1.1981 | """Nightline"" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins" |
| 5.1.1982 | Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation |
| 5.1.1984 | "Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws" |
| 5.1.1984 | Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings |
| 5.1.1985 | Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot |
| 5.1.1985 | Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission |
| 5.1.1987 | "Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ" |
| 5.1.1989 | 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test |
| 5.1.1989 | "Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990" |
| 5.1.1990 | J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL |
| 5.1.1991 | Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title |
| 5.1.1991 | Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts |
| 5.1.1991 | """Oh, Kay!"" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances" |
| 5.1.1992 | """6 Degrees of Separation"" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf" |
| 5.1.1992 | """Crucible"" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 32 performances" |
| 5.1.1992 | """On Borrowed Time"" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 99 performances" |
| 5.1.1992 | """Peter Pan"" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances" |
| 5.1.1992 | Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt |
| 5.1.1993 | Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG |
| 5.1.1993 | Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident |
| 5.1.1993 | Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame |
| 5.1.1994 | Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) |
| 5.1.1994 | Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71) |
| 5.1.1994 | Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71) |
| 5.1.1995 | AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl |
| 5.1.1995 | "Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed" |
| 5.1.1996 | Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement |
| 5.1.1996 | Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba |
| 5.1.1997 | """Juan Darien-Carnival Mass"" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City" |
| 5.1.1997 | """Love Thy Neighbor,"" closes at Booth Theater New York City" |
| 5.1.1997 | """Show Boat,"" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City" |
| 5.1.1998 | Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario |
| 5.1.1998 | Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid |
| 6.1.1066 | King Harald of England crowned |
| 6.1.1099 | Henry V crowned German king |
| 6.1.1227 | Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre |
| 6.1.1352 | French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star |
| 6.1.1453 | Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria |
| 6.1.1496 | "Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi" |
| 6.1.1497 | Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) |
| 6.1.1535 | City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro |
| 6.1.1540 | "King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves" |
| 6.1.1579 | Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras |
| 6.1.1622 | Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide |
| 6.1.1639 | Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed |
| 6.1.1663 | Great earthquake in New England |
| 6.1.1681 | 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) |
| 6.1.1690 | Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king |
| 6.1.1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow |
| 6.1.1759 | George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis |
| 6.1.1773 | Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom |
| 6.1.1781 | Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) |
| 6.1.1784 | Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople |
| 6.1.1832 | New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) |
| 6.1.1838 | Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph |
| 6.1.1839 | "2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as ""Big Wind""" |
| 6.1.1842 | "4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India" |
| 6.1.1857 | "Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn" |
| 6.1.1861 | Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola |
| 6.1.1861 | "New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S" |
| 6.1.1873 | "Pope Pius IX encyclical ""On the Church in Armenia""" |
| 6.1.1873 | U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal |
| 6.1.1880 | Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm |
| 6.1.1883 | Ontario Rugby Football Union forms |
| 6.1.1893 | Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast |
| 6.1.1896 | "1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden" |
| 6.1.1896 | Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony |
| 6.1.1898 | "1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake" |
| 6.1.1900 | "Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured" |
| 6.1.1900 | "Maurice Ravel's ""Albaradode Gracioso,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 6.1.1903 | Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam |
| 6.1.1906 | "Maurice Ravel's ""Miroirs,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 6.1.1907 | Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) |
| 6.1.1912 | New Mexico becomes 47th state |
| 6.1.1914 | Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded |
| 6.1.1922 | Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments |
| 6.1.1924 | "Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet ""Les Biches,"" premieres in Monte Carlo" |
| 6.1.1925 | "Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m" |
| 6.1.1926 | Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland |
| 6.1.1927 | U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua |
| 6.1.1928 | Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene) |
| 6.1.1929 | Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia |
| 6.1.1930 | 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed |
| 6.1.1930 | "Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours" |
| 6.1.1936 | "Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)" |
| 6.1.1937 | "Bradman scores 270 Aust vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles" |
| 6.1.1938 | Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx |
| 6.1.1941 | "FDR's ""4 Freedoms"" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear)" |
| 6.1.1942 | "1st around world flight (Pan Am ""Pacific Clipper"")" |
| 6.1.1942 | "Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia" |
| 6.1.1945 | Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY |
| 6.1.1946 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum |
| 6.1.1947 | Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs. England in MCG Test |
| 6.1.1950 | Britain recognizes Communist government of China |
| 6.1.1950 | """Happy as Larry"" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances" |
| 6.1.1951 | Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes |
| 6.1.1951 | """Pardon Our French"" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances" |
| 6.1.1953 | "WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.1.1956 | Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group |
| 6.1.1956 | "KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.1.1957 | Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show |
| 6.1.1957 | Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia |
| 6.1.1958 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings |
| 6.1.1958 | Gibson patents Flying V Guitar |
| 6.1.1958 | "WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.1.1963 | """Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC" |
| 6.1.1963 | """Oliver!"" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances" |
| 6.1.1964 | Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville |
| 6.1.1964 | Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes) |
| 6.1.1965 | "Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling" |
| 6.1.1967 | "2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140" |
| 6.1.1967 | "KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.1.1967 | """Milton Berle Show"" last airs on ABC-TV" |
| 6.1.1968 | "Beatles' ""Magical Mystery Tour,"" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks" |
| 6.1.1968 | Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation |
| 6.1.1968 | Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon |
| 6.1.1969 | "Supremes release ""I'm Livin' In Shame""" |
| 6.1.1969 | "WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 6.1.1971 | Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones |
| 6.1.1971 | Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate |
| 6.1.1972 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
| 6.1.1972 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley |
| 6.1.1972 | Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R. |
| 6.1.1973 | """Schoolhouse Rock,"" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock" |
| 6.1.1974 | """CBS Mystery Theater,"" premieres on radio" |
| 6.1.1974 | England begins 3 day work week during mine strike |
| 6.1.1975 | """AM America,"" premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host" |
| 6.1.1975 | """Wheel Of Fortune,"" debuts on NBC-TV" |
| 6.1.1976 | China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 6.1.1976 | Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million |
| 6.1.1977 | EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols |
| 6.1.1978 | 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp) |
| 6.1.1978 | US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary |
| 6.1.1980 | """1940's Radio Hour"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances" |
| 6.1.1980 | Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India |
| 6.1.1980 | Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat |
| 6.1.1981 | 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals |
| 6.1.1984 | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission |
| 6.1.1984 | "Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee" |
| 6.1.1986 | British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns |
| 6.1.1986 | "Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg" |
| 6.1.1986 | Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland |
| 6.1.1986 | STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem |
| 6.1.1987 | 100th U.S. Congress convenes |
| 6.1.1987 | Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy |
| 6.1.1990 | New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) |
| 6.1.1991 | """Gypsy"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 477 performances" |
| 6.1.1991 | Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala |
| 6.1.1991 | Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) |
| 6.1.1991 | """Real Life With Jane Pauley"" premieres on NBC-TV" |
| 6.1.1992 | New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul |
| 6.1.1992 | "Robert Schenkkan's ""Kentucky Cycle,"" premieres in LA" |
| 6.1.1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG |
| 6.1.1992 | Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings |
| 6.1.1993 | Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones |
| 6.1.1993 | Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a |
| 6.1.1993 | Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews |
| 6.1.1994 | Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88 |
| 6.1.1994 | """Government Inspector"" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances" |
| 6.1.1994 | Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard |
| 6.1.1994 | Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44) |
| 6.1.1994 | Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44) |
| 6.1.1995 | Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939) |
| 6.1.1996 | Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) |
| 6.1.1997 | """It's a Slippery Slope,"" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City" |
| 6.1.1998 | Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach |
| 6.1.1998 | Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 7.1.754 | Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion |
| 7.1.1325 | Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal |
| 7.1.1558 | "Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French" |
| 7.1.1566 | "Antonio ""Michele"" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V" |
| 7.1.1566 | Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V |
| 7.1.1579 | England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland |
| 7.1.1584 | Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire |
| 7.1.1598 | Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I |
| 7.1.1601 | "Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth" |
| 7.1.1608 | "Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia" |
| 7.1.1610 | "Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede" |
| 7.1.1618 | Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor |
| 7.1.1622 | Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg |
| 7.1.1630 | Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno |
| 7.1.1654 | "Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Neth, 1 dies" |
| 7.1.1698 | Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England |
| 7.1.1714 | Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) |
| 7.1.1761 | Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten |
| 7.1.1782 | "1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia" |
| 7.1.1784 | "1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia" |
| 7.1.1785 | 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries) |
| 7.1.1817 | 2nd Bank of U.S. opens |
| 7.1.1822 | 1st printing in Hawaii |
| 7.1.1822 | Liberia colonized by Americans |
| 7.1.1830 | 1st U.S. Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) |
| 7.1.1835 | HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago |
| 7.1.1842 | "Gioacchino Rossini's opera ""Stabat Mater"" premieres in Paris" |
| 7.1.1861 | Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine |
| 7.1.1862 | "Battle of Manassas Junction, VA" |
| 7.1.1862 | "Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV" |
| 7.1.1868 | Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock |
| 7.1.1868 | Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson |
| 7.1.1879 | Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont |
| 7.1.1888 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ""Valley of Fear""" |
| 7.1.1890 | W B Purvis patents fountain pen |
| 7.1.1892 | "Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns" |
| 7.1.1893 | "Hermann Sudermanns ""Heimat,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 7.1.1894 | Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing |
| 7.1.1896 | Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook |
| 7.1.1899 | Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's |
| 7.1.1903 | "Start of Sherlock Holmes ""Adventure of Blanched Soldier""" |
| 7.1.1903 | "Vincent d'Indy's opera ""L'etranger,"" premieres in Brussel" |
| 7.1.1904 | "Marconi Co establishes ""CQD"" as 1st International radio distress signal" |
| 7.1.1907 | "Clyde Fitch' ""Truth,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.1.1908 | England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG |
| 7.1.1910 | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games |
| 7.1.1911 | "1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF" |
| 7.1.1911 | Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam |
| 7.1.1913 | "William M Burton patents a process to ""crack"" petroleum" |
| 7.1.1914 | 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal |
| 7.1.1916 | German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun |
| 7.1.1923 | Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan |
| 7.1.1925 | "Musical ""Big Boy"" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City" |
| 7.1.1927 | Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London |
| 7.1.1927 | "Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill)" |
| 7.1.1929 | 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies |
| 7.1.1929 | """Buck Rogers,"" 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres" |
| 7.1.1929 | """Tarzan,"" one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears" |
| 7.1.1930 | "Edwin Justus Mayer's ""Children of Darkness,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.1.1932 | "1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich" |
| 7.1.1933 | 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands |
| 7.1.1934 | """Flash Gordon"" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts" |
| 7.1.1934 | Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld |
| 7.1.1935 | "Zoe Akins' ""Old Maid,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.1.1936 | "Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)" |
| 7.1.1939 | U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) |
| 7.1.1942 | WW II siege of Bataan starts |
| 7.1.1944 | "Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59" |
| 7.1.1945 | Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen |
| 7.1.1946 | Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union |
| 7.1.1947 | "Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882" |
| 7.1.1948 | US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan |
| 7.1.1949 | 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker |
| 7.1.1950 | "Hank Snow's 1st appearance on ""Grand Ole Opry""" |
| 7.1.1950 | """Happy as Larry"" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 3 performances" |
| 7.1.1950 | "Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)" |
| 7.1.1952 | French Plevin government falls |
| 7.1.1953 | President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb |
| 7.1.1955 | Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) |
| 7.1.1955 | "WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 7.1.1956 | "Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy" |
| 7.1.1958 | "U.S.S.R. shrinks army to 300,000" |
| 7.1.1959 | U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government |
| 7.1.1961 | 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 |
| 7.1.1961 | Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps |
| 7.1.1962 | AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 |
| 7.1.1962 | "Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails" |
| 7.1.1962 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock |
| 7.1.1963 | 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents |
| 7.1.1964 | Bahamas becomes self-governing |
| 7.1.1964 | Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) |
| 7.1.1965 | France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold |
| 7.1.1966 | Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts |
| 7.1.1966 | "Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become NWA champ" |
| 7.1.1967 | """Newlywed Game"" premieres on ABC TV" |
| 7.1.1968 | 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents |
| 7.1.1968 | """GE College Bowl"" quiz show premieres on NBC TV" |
| 7.1.1969 | U.S. Congress doubles president salary |
| 7.1.1970 | "Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by ""Woodstock""" |
| 7.1.1971 | "-40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)" |
| 7.1.1972 | "Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die" |
| 7.1.1972 | "Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice" |
| 7.1.1972 | Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) |
| 7.1.1972 | "William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice" |
| 7.1.1973 | British Darts Organisation founded in North London |
| 7.1.1973 | Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
| 7.1.1973 | Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs. Pakistan Never again |
| 7.1.1973 | """Purlie"" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances" |
| 7.1.1973 | US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize |
| 7.1.1973 | "WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 7.1.1974 | Dutch rations gasoline |
| 7.1.1975 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) |
| 7.1.1975 | "Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical ""Shenandoah,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 7.1.1975 | "Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage" |
| 7.1.1975 | """Shenandoah"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 1050 performances" |
| 7.1.1977 | Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague |
| 7.1.1978 | Angola revises its constitution |
| 7.1.1979 | Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge |
| 7.1.1980 | Minn ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends |
| 7.1.1982 | """Fame"" premieres on NBC TV" |
| 7.1.1982 | Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick |
| 7.1.1983 | Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England |
| 7.1.1983 | Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala |
| 7.1.1985 | Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet |
| 7.1.1985 | KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) |
| 7.1.1985 | """King and I"" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances" |
| 7.1.1985 | "Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame" |
| 7.1.1986 | Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX |
| 7.1.1986 | Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes |
| 7.1.1986 | STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems |
| 7.1.1986 | US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya |
| 7.1.1987 | French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum |
| 7.1.1987 | "Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest" |
| 7.1.1989 | Akhito becomes emperor of Japan |
| 7.1.1989 | Cleve Cavs block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record |
| 7.1.1989 | International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris |
| 7.1.1989 | NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11) |
| 7.1.1990 | Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64 |
| 7.1.1990 | Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far |
| 7.1.1991 | """Nia Peeples Party Machine"" premieres on TV" |
| 7.1.1992 | "AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)" |
| 7.1.1992 | Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan |
| 7.1.1992 | Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| 7.1.1994 | South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs |
| 7.1.1994 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding |
| 7.1.1994 | "United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5" |
| 7.1.1995 | """Christmas Carol"" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances" |
| 7.1.1995 | """Passion"" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 280 performances" |
| 7.1.1996 | "16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000" |
| 7.1.1996 | """Crazy after You"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1622 performances" |
| 7.1.1997 | "Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House" |
| 8.1.624 | Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan |
| 8.1.794 | Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island |
| 8.1.871 | Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army |
| 8.1.1198 | Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III |
| 8.1.1214 | Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France |
| 8.1.1499 | "Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown" |
| 8.1.1558 | French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais |
| 8.1.1598 | Genoa Italy expels Jews |
| 8.1.1598 | Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy |
| 8.1.1656 | "Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)" |
| 8.1.1675 | 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) |
| 8.1.1705 | "Georg F Handels 1st opera ""Almira,"" premieres in Hamburg" |
| 8.1.1716 | "Dutch gang leader ""Sjako"" arrested" |
| 8.1.1745 | "England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance" |
| 8.1.1746 | Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling |
| 8.1.1760 | Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth |
| 8.1.1790 | George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4) |
| 8.1.1798 | "11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed" |
| 8.1.1800 | Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi |
| 8.1.1800 | Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France |
| 8.1.1806 | Cape colony becomes English colony |
| 8.1.1806 | Lewis and Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon |
| 8.1.1811 | Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast |
| 8.1.1815 | Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew |
| 8.1.1830 | Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members |
| 8.1.1833 | "Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established" |
| 8.1.1838 | 1st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes (NJ) |
| 8.1.1838 | "Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out" |
| 8.1.1842 | Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft |
| 8.1.1848 | "Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia" |
| 8.1.1853 | "1st U.S. bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash" |
| 8.1.1856 | "Dr. John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California" |
| 8.1.1857 | "Dion Boucicauly's ""Poor of NY,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.1.1865 | Sen Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower |
| 8.1.1867 | "Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto" |
| 8.1.1870 | "U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins" |
| 8.1.1878 | Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley |
| 8.1.1884 | Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz |
| 8.1.1889 | 1st Computer patented |
| 8.1.1889 | Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine |
| 8.1.1894 | Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire |
| 8.1.1897 | Michael Eagan wins 1st U.S. national amateur handball championship |
| 8.1.1901 | NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes |
| 8.1.1902 | "1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)" |
| 8.1.1904 | Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen |
| 8.1.1913 | Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager |
| 8.1.1917 | Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy |
| 8.1.1918 | Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) |
| 8.1.1918 | President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I |
| 8.1.1923 | Typography strike in Amsterdam |
| 8.1.1925 | "1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas" |
| 8.1.1926 | Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia |
| 8.1.1929 | 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies |
| 8.1.1929 | CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City |
| 8.1.1930 | Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto |
| 8.1.1931 | Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses |
| 8.1.1932 | Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter |
| 8.1.1934 | "Jaap Speyers ""Bluejackets"" premieres in Amsterdam" |
| 8.1.1935 | "Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy" |
| 8.1.1937 | "-50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)" |
| 8.1.1938 | Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings) |
| 8.1.1940 | "Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar)" |
| 8.1.1941 | British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns |
| 8.1.1945 | """Youth for Christ"" organizes" |
| 8.1.1947 | Gen George Marshall becomes Secretary of State |
| 8.1.1947 | Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game |
| 8.1.1948 | Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason |
| 8.1.1949 | """Make Mine Manhattan"" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances" |
| 8.1.1949 | """My Romance"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 95 performances" |
| 8.1.1949 | """Small Wonder"" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances" |
| 8.1.1951 | "Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda" |
| 8.1.1952 | Jordan adopts constitution |
| 8.1.1953 | Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts) |
| 8.1.1953 | Rene Mayer forms French government |
| 8.1.1954 | "Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, ""Casual Love"" and ""I'll Never Stand in Your Way""" |
| 8.1.1955 | Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt |
| 8.1.1955 | Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak |
| 8.1.1955 | Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open |
| 8.1.1955 | "WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 8.1.1956 | "Elvis Presley's ""Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog,"" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)" |
| 8.1.1956 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken |
| 8.1.1958 | Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana |
| 8.1.1959 | Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic |
| 8.1.1961 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters |
| 8.1.1962 | "Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)" |
| 8.1.1962 | "Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th" |
| 8.1.1963 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga" |
| 8.1.1963 | """Mona Lisa,"" on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art" |
| 8.1.1964 | European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan |
| 8.1.1964 | "President Lyndon B Johnson declares ""War on Poverty""" |
| 8.1.1965 | Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass) |
| 8.1.1965 | Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History |
| 8.1.1966 | "Beatles' ""Rubber Soul,"" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks" |
| 8.1.1966 | "Beatles' ""We Can Work It Out,"" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks" |
| 8.1.1966 | Georges Pompidou appointed French premier |
| 8.1.1966 | "Who and the Kinks perform on the last ""Shindig"" TV show on ABC" |
| 8.1.1968 | Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV |
| 8.1.1971 | "29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California" |
| 8.1.1971 | "Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established" |
| 8.1.1972 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow" |
| 8.1.1972 | NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall |
| 8.1.1973 | "Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG" |
| 8.1.1973 | Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris |
| 8.1.1973 | """Tricks"" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 8 performances" |
| 8.1.1973 | U.S.S.R. launches Luna 21 for Moon landing |
| 8.1.1974 | "E Wilson Jr's musical ""Let My People Come,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 8.1.1974 | Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London |
| 8.1.1974 | Loch Ness Monster photographed |
| 8.1.1974 | Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York |
| 8.1.1975 | "Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison" |
| 8.1.1976 | Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles |
| 8.1.1978 | Israeli government votes to 'strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai |
| 8.1.1979 | 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up |
| 8.1.1979 | Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord |
| 8.1.1979 | Today Show gets a new theme song |
| 8.1.1979 | Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh |
| 8.1.1980 | Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0 |
| 8.1.1980 | NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports |
| 8.1.1981 | India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia |
| 8.1.1981 | """Pirates of Penzance"" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 772 performances" |
| 8.1.1981 | Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner) |
| 8.1.1982 | AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies |
| 8.1.1982 | Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee |
| 8.1.1982 | Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM |
| 8.1.1984 | NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams |
| 8.1.1984 | Washington Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1 |
| 8.1.1985 | Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet |
| 8.1.1986 | Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year |
| 8.1.1987 | "Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)" |
| 8.1.1987 | Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games |
| 8.1.1988 | "9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit" |
| 8.1.1988 | Dow Jones down 140.58 points |
| 8.1.1988 | Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator |
| 8.1.1988 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas |
| 8.1.1989 | """42nd Street"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances" |
| 8.1.1989 | "Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die" |
| 8.1.1989 | Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons |
| 8.1.1989 | """Starlight Express"" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 761 performances" |
| 8.1.1991 | """Davis Rules,"" with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV" |
| 8.1.1991 | "Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame" |
| 8.1.1991 | Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try |
| 8.1.1991 | Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36) |
| 8.1.1992 | George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap |
| 8.1.1993 | "Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point" |
| 8.1.1993 | Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale |
| 8.1.1993 | "NBC offers ""Tonight Show"" to David Letterman" |
| 8.1.1994 | Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60) |
| 8.1.1994 | "Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit" |
| 8.1.1994 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis |
| 8.1.1995 | "15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000" |
| 8.1.1995 | """Guys and Dolls"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1143 performances" |
| 8.1.1995 | Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| 8.1.1996 | Blizzard buries eastern U.S. causing at least 50 deaths |
| 8.1.1996 | For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 8.1.1998 | New York Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position |
| 8.1.1998 | Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas |
| 8.1.1998 | Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer |
| 8.1.1998 | World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life |
| 9.1.1296 | Earl Floris V signs accord with French king |
| 9.1.1317 | "Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France" |
| 9.1.1349 | "700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses" |
| 9.1.1428 | Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid |
| 9.1.1464 | 1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands |
| 9.1.1493 | 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus) |
| 9.1.1522 | Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI) |
| 9.1.1558 | "Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland" |
| 9.1.1570 | Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod |
| 9.1.1718 | France declares war on Spain |
| 9.1.1760 | Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat |
| 9.1.1788 | Connecticut becomes 5th state |
| 9.1.1792 | Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Jassy |
| 9.1.1793 | 1st hot-air balloon flight in the U.S. lifts off in Phila |
| 9.1.1793 | Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery |
| 9.1.1793 | Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America |
| 9.1.1799 | Income Tax introduced in UK |
| 9.1.1811 | 1st Women's Golf Tournament held |
| 9.1.1812 | Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon |
| 9.1.1834 | "HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port San Julian, Patagonia" |
| 9.1.1839 | Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science |
| 9.1.1839 | Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) |
| 9.1.1847 | 1st San Francisco newspaper published (California Star) |
| 9.1.1848 | 1st commercial bank in San Francisco established |
| 9.1.1848 | People's uprising in Palermo Sicily |
| 9.1.1854 | Astor Library opens in New York City |
| 9.1.1855 | "Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies" |
| 9.1.1857 | 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon California |
| 9.1.1861 | "1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC" |
| 9.1.1861 | Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede |
| 9.1.1866 | Fisk University establishes |
| 9.1.1879 | Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson |
| 9.1.1879 | Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas |
| 9.1.1880 | 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days |
| 9.1.1894 | """Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze"" released in movie theaters" |
| 9.1.1894 | "Georges Feydeau's ""Un la Patte,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 9.1.1901 | NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605 |
| 9.1.1903 | "2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY" |
| 9.1.1903 | Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace |
| 9.1.1903 | "Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees)" |
| 9.1.1903 | "Wind Cave National Park, SD established" |
| 9.1.1905 | Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops |
| 9.1.1908 | Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium |
| 9.1.1908 | "Muir Woods National Monument, California established" |
| 9.1.1909 | Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees 23' south |
| 9.1.1912 | U.S. Marines invade Honduras |
| 9.1.1915 | "Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF" |
| 9.1.1922 | KQV-AM in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions |
| 9.1.1922 | Rotterdam metal strike ends |
| 9.1.1923 | "Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain" |
| 9.1.1925 | German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption |
| 9.1.1927 | "Dmitri Shostakovitch' Octet opus 11, premieres in Moscow" |
| 9.1.1927 | "Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died" |
| 9.1.1928 | "Eugene O'Neill's ""Marco Millions,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.1.1929 | "BG DeSylva and Lew Brown's musical ""Follow Thru,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.1.1929 | "KDB-AM in Santa Barbara, California begins radio transmissions" |
| 9.1.1930 | Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game |
| 9.1.1933 | Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction |
| 9.1.1936 | "Noel Coward's ""Astonished Heart,"" premieres in London" |
| 9.1.1936 | Semi-automatic rifles adopted by U.S. army |
| 9.1.1937 | Italian regime bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians |
| 9.1.1937 | "Maxwell Anderson's ""High Tor"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.1.1940 | 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium |
| 9.1.1940 | "J Thurber and E Nugent's ""Male Animal,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 9.1.1941 | "6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania" |
| 9.1.1941 | Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane |
| 9.1.1942 | Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 9.1.1942 | US Joint Chiefs of Staff created |
| 9.1.1943 | Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars |
| 9.1.1945 | US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines |
| 9.1.1946 | """Would-Be Gentleman"" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 77 performances" |
| 9.1.1947 | "Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF" |
| 9.1.1947 | """Street Scene"" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 148 performances" |
| 9.1.1948 | "Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston" |
| 9.1.1951 | "Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an ""X"" rating, premieres" |
| 9.1.1951 | Washington Capitals NBA club folds |
| 9.1.1952 | Belgian Pholien government resigns |
| 9.1.1952 | Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title |
| 9.1.1952 | Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty |
| 9.1.1953 | "Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game" |
| 9.1.1953 | "Korean ferryboat ""Chang Tyong-Ho"" sank off Pusan killing 249" |
| 9.1.1954 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams |
| 9.1.1954 | "-87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)" |
| 9.1.1954 | "Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game" |
| 9.1.1956 | "Abigail Van Buren's ""Dear Abby"" column 1st appears in newspapers" |
| 9.1.1956 | Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan |
| 9.1.1957 | British premier Anthony Eden resigns |
| 9.1.1957 | Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR |
| 9.1.1957 | "Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper ""Truth""" |
| 9.1.1957 | Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR |
| 9.1.1957 | Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR |
| 9.1.1958 | "In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54" |
| 9.1.1959 | "Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die" |
| 9.1.1959 | "Pat O'Connor beats Dick Hutton in St. Louis, to become NWA champ" |
| 9.1.1959 | """Rawhide"" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV" |
| 9.1.1960 | "Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins" |
| 9.1.1961 | "Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory" |
| 9.1.1962 | "Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ" |
| 9.1.1962 | NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks |
| 9.1.1962 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 9.1.1963 | "Mao Tse-tung writes his poem ""Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo""" |
| 9.1.1964 | Anti-US rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone |
| 9.1.1965 | """Beatles' '65"" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks" |
| 9.1.1966 | Polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism |
| 9.1.1967 | Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond |
| 9.1.1967 | "NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name ""Saints""" |
| 9.1.1968 | 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana |
| 9.1.1968 | Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon |
| 9.1.1969 | Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England |
| 9.1.1970 | Constitution of Singapore enacted |
| 9.1.1971 | """Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen"" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf" |
| 9.1.1972 | Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake |
| 9.1.1972 | Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
| 9.1.1972 | Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire |
| 9.1.1973 | "Luna 21 launched, to Moon" |
| 9.1.1975 | 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike |
| 9.1.1975 | Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes |
| 9.1.1976 | Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot |
| 9.1.1976 | "CW McCall CB song ""Convoy"" hit #1 on the country music charts" |
| 9.1.1976 | "Ringo releases ""Oh My My"" in UK" |
| 9.1.1977 | """Porgy and Bess"" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances" |
| 9.1.1977 | "Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR" |
| 9.1.1978 | Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established |
| 9.1.1979 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin |
| 9.1.1979 | High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws |
| 9.1.1979 | "K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's ""Let's Get Small"" for being in ""bad taste""" |
| 9.1.1979 | Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses |
| 9.1.1980 | "63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia" |
| 9.1.1981 | Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal |
| 9.1.1982 | 5.9 earthquake in New England and Canada; 1st since 1855 |
| 9.1.1982 | Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game |
| 9.1.1983 | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands |
| 9.1.1984 | Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession |
| 9.1.1984 | EAA moves operations to Oshkosh |
| 9.1.1984 | "John Lennon releases ""Nobody Told Me""" |
| 9.1.1985 | Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out |
| 9.1.1986 | New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 9.1.1987 | "Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed" |
| 9.1.1987 | New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect |
| 9.1.1987 | Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass |
| 9.1.1988 | "August Wilson's ""Piano Lesson,"" premieres in Boston" |
| 9.1.1988 | English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli |
| 9.1.1988 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
| 9.1.1989 | Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 9.1.1989 | """Pat Sajak Show"" premieres on CBS" |
| 9.1.1990 | 64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit |
| 9.1.1990 | Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 |
| 9.1.1990 | Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 9.1.1990 | Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses |
| 9.1.1991 | Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis |
| 9.1.1991 | Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame |
| 9.1.1991 | Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games |
| 9.1.1993 | Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) |
| 9.1.1994 | "14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000" |
| 9.1.1994 | Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts) |
| 9.1.1994 | Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points) |
| 9.1.1995 | Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight |
| 9.1.1995 | Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport |
| 9.1.1997 | Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital |
| 9.1.1998 | Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title |
| 9.1.1998 | Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 mins |
| 9.1.1998 | Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned |
| 9.1.1998 | Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever |
| 10.1.69 | Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar |
| 10.1.236 | St. Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 10.1.1072 | Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo |
| 10.1.1356 | German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree |
| 10.1.1429 | Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain |
| 10.1.1430 | Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal |
| 10.1.1430 | Order of the Guilder forms |
| 10.1.1514 | "Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished" |
| 10.1.1550 | "1st sitting of ""Vurige Chamber"" in Paris" |
| 10.1.1642 | King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford |
| 10.1.1663 | King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company |
| 10.1.1731 | Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza |
| 10.1.1776 | """Common Sense"" by Thomas Paine, published" |
| 10.1.1799 | "Friedrich von Schiller's ""Die Piccolomini,"" premieres in Weimar" |
| 10.1.1806 | Dutch in Capetown surrender to British |
| 10.1.1808 | Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies |
| 10.1.1810 | French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine |
| 10.1.1811 | Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes |
| 10.1.1833 | "Felix Mendelssohn's ""Die erste Walpurgisnacht,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 10.1.1839 | Tea from India 1st arrives in UK |
| 10.1.1840 | Penny Post mail system is starts |
| 10.1.1845 | Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding |
| 10.1.1853 | "Charles Reade's ""Gold,"" premieres in London" |
| 10.1.1861 | Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US |
| 10.1.1861 | Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops |
| 10.1.1861 | US forts and property seized by Mississippi |
| 10.1.1862 | "Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek)" |
| 10.1.1862 | "Battle of Romney, WV" |
| 10.1.1863 | 1st underground railway opens in London |
| 10.1.1863 | General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark |
| 10.1.1863 | January-uprising begins in Poland |
| 10.1.1863 | London's 1st subway opens |
| 10.1.1870 | Georgia legislature reconvenes |
| 10.1.1870 | John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil |
| 10.1.1878 | U.S. Senate proposes female suffrage |
| 10.1.1883 | "Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt" |
| 10.1.1889 | Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France |
| 10.1.1890 | "Edward Macdowell's ""Lancelot and Elaine,"" premieres" |
| 10.1.1890 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae |
| 10.1.1893 | "Richard Drigo's ballet ""Magic Flute"" premieres, St. Petersburg" |
| 10.1.1897 | "Henrik Ibsen's ""John Gabriel Borkman,"" premieres in Helsingfors" |
| 10.1.1897 | "Vincent d'Indy's ""Istar"" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels" |
| 10.1.1900 | Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reach Capetown |
| 10.1.1901 | Oil discovered in Texas |
| 10.1.1902 | "Alphons Diepenbrock's ""Te Deum"" premieres (Amsterdam)" |
| 10.1.1910 | "1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA" |
| 10.1.1910 | Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St. New York City |
| 10.1.1911 | "1st photo in U.S. taken from an airplane, San Diego" |
| 10.1.1911 | Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified) |
| 10.1.1911 | "Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214" |
| 10.1.1912 | Caillaux government in France resigns |
| 10.1.1912 | "World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York)" |
| 10.1.1914 | "1st edition of Hague's Post under San Francisco van Oss, published" |
| 10.1.1914 | Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo |
| 10.1.1916 | Russian offensive in Kaukasus |
| 10.1.1920 | League of Nations established |
| 10.1.1920 | Mont Canadiens (14) and Tor St. Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals |
| 10.1.1920 | Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce |
| 10.1.1923 | Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany) |
| 10.1.1923 | Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel |
| 10.1.1925 | France-Saarland forms |
| 10.1.1925 | "Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation's 2nd woman governor" |
| 10.1.1927 | Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres |
| 10.1.1928 | "G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical ""Rosalie,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.1.1928 | Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky |
| 10.1.1929 | "Elmer Rice's ""Street Scene,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.1.1930 | "Commencement of NZ's 1st Test, vs. England Christchurch" |
| 10.1.1930 | Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. NZ Christchurch |
| 10.1.1930 | Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted |
| 10.1.1931 | "Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak" |
| 10.1.1932 | """Mickey Mouse"" and ""Silly Symphony"" comics syndicated" |
| 10.1.1932 | """Pete the Tramp"" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts" |
| 10.1.1935 | Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks |
| 10.1.1938 | Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall |
| 10.1.1938 | "Jean Anouilh's ""La Sauvage,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 10.1.1938 | "Paul Vincent Carroll's ""White Seed,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.1.1939 | Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg |
| 10.1.1941 | "Joseph Kesselring's ""Arsenic and Old Lace,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 10.1.1941 | Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews |
| 10.1.1942 | "Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies" |
| 10.1.1943 | "1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco" |
| 10.1.1943 | Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad |
| 10.1.1944 | "1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila" |
| 10.1.1944 | "British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma" |
| 10.1.1945 | Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer |
| 10.1.1945 | LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close |
| 10.1.1945 | No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame |
| 10.1.1946 | U.N. General Assembly meets for 1st time in London |
| 10.1.1946 | "U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ" |
| 10.1.1947 | British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel |
| 10.1.1947 | """Finian's Rainbow"" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 725 performances" |
| 10.1.1947 | "Greek steamer ""Himara"" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard" |
| 10.1.1948 | """Call Me Mister"" closes at National Theater New York City after 734 performances" |
| 10.1.1949 | "1st Jewish family show ""Goldbergs"" premieres on CBS" |
| 10.1.1949 | RCA introduces 45 RPM record |
| 10.1.1951 | 1st jet passenger trip made |
| 10.1.1951 | U.N. headquarters opens in Manhattan NY |
| 10.1.1952 | "Jean Anouilh's ""La valse des toreadors,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 10.1.1953 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish |
| 10.1.1953 | """My Darlin' Aida"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances" |
| 10.1.1953 | NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 27-7 |
| 10.1.1954 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden |
| 10.1.1956 | "Elvis records ""Heartbreak Hotel""" |
| 10.1.1957 | Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain |
| 10.1.1957 | "Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates" |
| 10.1.1958 | "Jerry Lee Lewis' ""Great Balls of Fire"" reaches #1" |
| 10.1.1960 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz |
| 10.1.1962 | "4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru" |
| 10.1.1962 | "Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500" |
| 10.1.1964 | Battles between moslems and hindus in Calcutta |
| 10.1.1964 | Panama severs diplomatic relations with U.S. |
| 10.1.1964 | "US version of ""That Was The Week That Was,"" premieres" |
| 10.1.1965 | Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory |
| 10.1.1965 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14 |
| 10.1.1965 | "WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 10.1.1966 | India and Pakistan sign peace accord |
| 10.1.1966 | Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War |
| 10.1.1967 | Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven |
| 10.1.1967 | "Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black" |
| 10.1.1967 | Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia |
| 10.1.1967 | PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network |
| 10.1.1967 | Princess Margret marries Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven |
| 10.1.1968 | """Great Balls of Fire"" reaches #1" |
| 10.1.1968 | U.S. Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho |
| 10.1.1969 | Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam |
| 10.1.1969 | U.S.S.R.'s Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus |
| 10.1.1970 | Preview Center Opens |
| 10.1.1971 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur |
| 10.1.1971 | """Light, Lively and Yiddish"" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 87 performances" |
| 10.1.1972 | "Los Angeles Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104" |
| 10.1.1972 | "Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan" |
| 10.1.1972 | "Triple album set ""Concert for Bangladesh"" released in UK" |
| 10.1.1973 | "Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die" |
| 10.1.1977 | 20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom |
| 10.1.1978 | "Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched" |
| 10.1.1979 | 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks |
| 10.1.1979 | Entertainer of the Year Awards |
| 10.1.1980 | "Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL" |
| 10.1.1980 | "Last broadcast of ""Rockford Files"" on NBC" |
| 10.1.1981 | "El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens ""general offensive""" |
| 10.1.1981 | "John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m" |
| 10.1.1982 | -17 degrees F (27.2 degrees C) in Braemar Grampian (equals U.K. record) |
| 10.1.1982 | Bengals beat Chargers in -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C) to win AFC championship |
| 10.1.1982 | Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31) |
| 10.1.1983 | NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver |
| 10.1.1984 | Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested |
| 10.1.1984 | "Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die" |
| 10.1.1984 | "Clara Peller 1st asks, ""Where's the Beef?""" |
| 10.1.1984 | "Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame" |
| 10.1.1984 | U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years |
| 10.1.1985 | Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua |
| 10.1.1986 | Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US |
| 10.1.1986 | STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy |
| 10.1.1988 | """Don't Get God Started"" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances" |
| 10.1.1990 | China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) |
| 10.1.1990 | """Les Miserables,"" opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore" |
| 10.1.1990 | NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players |
| 10.1.1991 | Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans |
| 10.1.1991 | U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis |
| 10.1.1992 | 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards |
| 10.1.1993 | Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA) |
| 10.1.1993 | """My Favorite Year"" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 37 performances" |
| 10.1.1993 | """Sea Gull"" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances" |
| 10.1.1994 | Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal |
| 10.1.1994 | Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs |
| 10.1.1995 | """Late Late Show"" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM" |
| 10.1.1996 | Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners |
| 10.1.1996 | Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins |
| 10.1.1997 | 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 |
| 10.1.1997 | "4,000th episode of ""Entertainment Tonight""" |
| 10.1.1997 | Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits |
| 10.1.1997 | "Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map" |
| 10.1.1997 | """Rehersal,"" closes at Criterion Theater New York City" |
| 10.1.1997 | Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua |
| 10.1.1998 | 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) |
| 11.1.314 | St. Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 11.1.532 | Nika-revolt against Justianus and Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople |
| 11.1.1158 | Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king |
| 11.1.1558 | Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm |
| 11.1.1569 | 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral |
| 11.1.1571 | Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion |
| 11.1.1599 | "Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat" |
| 11.1.1642 | Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society |
| 11.1.1693 | "Mt. Etna erupts, Sicily" |
| 11.1.1709 | "Colley Cibber's ""Rival Fools,"" premieres in London" |
| 11.1.1753 | Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord |
| 11.1.1759 | "1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia" |
| 11.1.1765 | "Frisia bans Voltaires ""Traite sur la tolerance""" |
| 11.1.1774 | Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog |
| 11.1.1775 | Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) |
| 11.1.1785 | Continental Congress convenes in New York City |
| 11.1.1787 | "Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel" |
| 11.1.1790 | Statisten and Vonckisten unite as Belgium |
| 11.1.1803 | Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La |
| 11.1.1805 | Michigan Territory organizes |
| 11.1.1813 | 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21) |
| 11.1.1839 | Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die |
| 11.1.1861 | Alabama becomes 4th state to secede |
| 11.1.1861 | Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform |
| 11.1.1863 | Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras |
| 11.1.1863 | "Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Arkansas" |
| 11.1.1864 | Charing Cross Station opens in London |
| 11.1.1865 | "Battle of Beverly, WV" |
| 11.1.1866 | "Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220" |
| 11.1.1873 | "1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago" |
| 11.1.1879 | Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins |
| 11.1.1885 | "Henrik Ibsen's ""Vildauden,"" premieres in Oslo" |
| 11.1.1892 | Hawaiian Historical Society founded |
| 11.1.1892 | Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl |
| 11.1.1892 | William D McCoy of Indiana appointed U.S. minister to Liberia |
| 11.1.1893 | Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35) |
| 11.1.1897 | M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah) |
| 11.1.1904 | "Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising" |
| 11.1.1913 | 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City) |
| 11.1.1913 | Bread and Roses Strike begins |
| 11.1.1915 | "Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000" |
| 11.1.1916 | French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu |
| 11.1.1917 | "Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse's ""Have a Heart,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.1.1919 | 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed |
| 11.1.1919 | Romania annexes Transylvania |
| 11.1.1920 | French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die |
| 11.1.1922 | "Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)" |
| 11.1.1923 | 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters) |
| 11.1.1923 | French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations |
| 11.1.1925 | Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State |
| 11.1.1927 | "Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City" |
| 11.1.1935 | "Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course)" |
| 11.1.1936 | Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives |
| 11.1.1938 | Bradman scores a second innings 113 vs. Qld after a ton in the 1st |
| 11.1.1938 | Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a U.S. national bank |
| 11.1.1940 | Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad |
| 11.1.1941 | Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton |
| 11.1.1942 | "-23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)" |
| 11.1.1942 | "Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya" |
| 11.1.1943 | US and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China |
| 11.1.1944 | Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established |
| 11.1.1946 | "Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila" |
| 11.1.1946 | Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator |
| 11.1.1949 | Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles |
| 11.1.1952 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore |
| 11.1.1953 | J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club |
| 11.1.1954 | 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) |
| 11.1.1959 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke |
| 11.1.1959 | "Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record" |
| 11.1.1959 | Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open |
| 11.1.1959 | NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21 |
| 11.1.1960 | Chad declares independence from France |
| 11.1.1960 | Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts |
| 11.1.1961 | Racial riot at University of Georgia |
| 11.1.1962 | "Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die" |
| 11.1.1963 | "1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA" |
| 11.1.1963 | "Beatles release ""Please Please Me"" and ""Ask Me Why""" |
| 11.1.1964 | 1st government report warning smoking may be hazardous to one's health |
| 11.1.1964 | "Beatles ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" is #80 in U.S. (Cashbox)" |
| 11.1.1964 | Panama ends diplomatic relations with U.S. |
| 11.1.1964 | """She Loves Me"" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 302 performances" |
| 11.1.1964 | US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous |
| 11.1.1966 | 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain |
| 11.1.1966 | """Daktari"" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV" |
| 11.1.1967 | Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission |
| 11.1.1968 | Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) |
| 11.1.1969 | """Hooked on a Feeling"" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5" |
| 11.1.1969 | Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts |
| 11.1.1970 | "Superbowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB" |
| 11.1.1971 | "1st ""Quickie"" Divorce granted in UK" |
| 11.1.1971 | "Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves" |
| 11.1.1972 | Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president and sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier |
| 11.1.1972 | East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh |
| 11.1.1973 | American League adopts designated hitter rule |
| 11.1.1973 | Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106 |
| 11.1.1973 | Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Washington D.C. |
| 11.1.1974 | "ABC airs final episode of ""Love, American Style""" |
| 11.1.1975 | Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 |
| 11.1.1976 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka |
| 11.1.1976 | Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions |
| 11.1.1976 | "Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves" |
| 11.1.1976 | """Pacific Overtures"" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances" |
| 11.1.1976 | "Stephen Sondheim's musical ""Pacific Overtures,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 11.1.1976 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill |
| 11.1.1977 | Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow |
| 11.1.1977 | Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner |
| 11.1.1977 | "France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics" |
| 11.1.1978 | Gov Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building |
| 11.1.1978 | Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link) |
| 11.1.1979 | """Grand Tour"" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances" |
| 11.1.1980 | Debut of Pretenders |
| 11.1.1981 | "Brit team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)" |
| 11.1.1981 | Palau adopts constitution |
| 11.1.1981 | """Tintypes"" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 93 performances" |
| 11.1.1982 | Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F |
| 11.1.1982 | Honduras adopts constitution |
| 11.1.1983 | Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time |
| 11.1.1984 | "Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game" |
| 11.1.1984 | STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 11.1.1984 | Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family |
| 11.1.1986 | 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) |
| 11.1.1987 | "Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)" |
| 11.1.1988 | "Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI vs. India, Madras" |
| 11.1.1988 | U.S.S.R. announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics |
| 11.1.1989 | "140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)" |
| 11.1.1989 | "Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet" |
| 11.1.1989 | Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school |
| 11.1.1990 | "200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence" |
| 11.1.1990 | Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 |
| 11.1.1990 | Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229) |
| 11.1.1990 | Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight |
| 11.1.1991 | "Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd" |
| 11.1.1991 | Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq |
| 11.1.1991 | Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title |
| 11.1.1991 | Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence |
| 11.1.1992 | Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation |
| 11.1.1992 | Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa |
| 11.1.1992 | U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi. |
| 11.1.1993 | Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo New York (WKBW) |
| 11.1.1993 | Independent President candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics |
| 11.1.1994 | Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy |
| 11.1.1994 | Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA |
| 11.1.1995 | 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) |
| 11.1.1995 | Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise |
| 11.1.1995 | "DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives" |
| 11.1.1995 | NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike |
| 11.1.1996 | "Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space" |
| 11.1.1997 | 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins |
| 11.1.1997 | Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International |
| 11.1.1997 | Telstar 401 Satellite Fails |
| 11.1.1998 | "24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win" |
| 11.1.1998 | AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21 |
| 11.1.1998 | NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10 |
| 11.1.1998 | """Proposals,"" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 76 performances" |
| 11.1.1998 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan |
| 12.1.1493 | Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily |
| 12.1.1552 | "Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed" |
| 12.1.1583 | Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583) |
| 12.1.1598 | Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso |
| 12.1.1684 | French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon |
| 12.1.1701 | Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar |
| 12.1.1701 | Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar |
| 12.1.1723 | "Handel's opera ""Ottone"" premieres, London" |
| 12.1.1755 | Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University |
| 12.1.1773 | 1st U.S. public museum established (Charlestown SC) |
| 12.1.1777 | Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California |
| 12.1.1806 | French evacuate Vienna |
| 12.1.1807 | "Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die" |
| 12.1.1809 | British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814) |
| 12.1.1812 | "1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez" |
| 12.1.1816 | France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever |
| 12.1.1820 | Royal Astronomical Society founded in England |
| 12.1.1836 | "Battle of Wetumka, Florida" |
| 12.1.1836 | HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia |
| 12.1.1839 | "Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn" |
| 12.1.1842 | Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles |
| 12.1.1861 | FL state troops demand surrender of Ft. Pickens |
| 12.1.1863 | "President Davis delivers his ""State of Confederacy"" address" |
| 12.1.1865 | Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC |
| 12.1.1867 | "Leo Tolstoy's ""Smert Ioonna Groznogo,"" premieres in St. Petersburg" |
| 12.1.1879 | British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand |
| 12.1.1896 | "1st X-ray photo in U.S. (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC)" |
| 12.1.1900 | Freeland Colony founded in US |
| 12.1.1903 | "Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam" |
| 12.1.1903 | "Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170" |
| 12.1.1904 | Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison |
| 12.1.1906 | 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 |
| 12.1.1906 | Football rules committee legalizes forward pass |
| 12.1.1907 | Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal |
| 12.1.1912 | "-47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record)" |
| 12.1.1915 | House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote |
| 12.1.1916 | Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific |
| 12.1.1918 | Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4 |
| 12.1.1920 | "Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to" |
| 12.1.1921 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball |
| 12.1.1924 | History of Science Society organized at Boston |
| 12.1.1925 | "John Howard Lawson's ""Processional,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.1.1928 | "Philip Barry and Elmer Rice's ""Cock Robin,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.1.1929 | "Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana" |
| 12.1.1930 | NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game |
| 12.1.1932 | France's Laval government falls |
| 12.1.1932 | Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark) |
| 12.1.1932 | "Philip Barry's ""Animal Kingdom,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 12.1.1933 | U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines |
| 12.1.1933 | "Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies" |
| 12.1.1937 | Plow for laying submarine cable patented |
| 12.1.1942 | British troops reconquer Sollum |
| 12.1.1942 | Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender |
| 12.1.1942 | National War Labor Board created |
| 12.1.1943 | Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal) |
| 12.1.1944 | Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh |
| 12.1.1944 | Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd |
| 12.1.1945 | German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge |
| 12.1.1945 | US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea |
| 12.1.1946 | "Edouardo de Filippo's ""Questi Fantasmi!,"" premieres in Rome" |
| 12.1.1946 | NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA |
| 12.1.1946 | """Polonaise"" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 113 performances" |
| 12.1.1948 | 1st Supermarket in U.K. opens |
| 12.1.1948 | Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast |
| 12.1.1948 | U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) |
| 12.1.1949 | """Arthur Godfrey and His Friends"" premieres on CBS TV" |
| 12.1.1949 | Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter |
| 12.1.1950 | "Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die" |
| 12.1.1950 | "U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage" |
| 12.1.1951 | Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 12.1.1952 | NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 30-13 |
| 12.1.1952 | University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student |
| 12.1.1953 | "9 ""Jewish"" physicians arrested for ""terrorist activities"" in Moscow" |
| 12.1.1954 | Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115 |
| 12.1.1954 | Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ parliament |
| 12.1.1957 | Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded |
| 12.1.1958 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
| 12.1.1958 | NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring |
| 12.1.1958 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7 |
| 12.1.1958 | "Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points" |
| 12.1.1959 | "KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 12.1.1960 | Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt vs. England |
| 12.1.1960 | "Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points" |
| 12.1.1961 | """Show Girl"" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 100 performances" |
| 12.1.1961 | U.N. genocide pact goes into effect |
| 12.1.1963 | """Go Away Little Girl"" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1" |
| 12.1.1963 | Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England |
| 12.1.1964 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17 |
| 12.1.1964 | "Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence" |
| 12.1.1965 | At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada |
| 12.1.1965 | """Hullabaloo"" premieres on NBC-TV" |
| 12.1.1966 | 12 day New York City transit strike ends |
| 12.1.1966 | """Batman"" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV" |
| 12.1.1966 | Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends |
| 12.1.1966 | "Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics" |
| 12.1.1967 | "Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali" |
| 12.1.1968 | Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd |
| 12.1.1968 | "Nighttime version of ""Hollywood Squares"" premieres on NBC TV" |
| 12.1.1969 | """Golden Rainbow"" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 355 performances" |
| 12.1.1969 | "Superbowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, New York Jets, QB" |
| 12.1.1970 | "Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria" |
| 12.1.1970 | Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage |
| 12.1.1971 | """All in the Family"" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV" |
| 12.1.1971 | Congressional Black Caucus organizes |
| 12.1.1971 | "Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger" |
| 12.1.1971 | """Soon"" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 3 performances" |
| 12.1.1972 | Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) |
| 12.1.1974 | """Joker"" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1" |
| 12.1.1974 | "Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as ""Islamic Arab Republic""" |
| 12.1.1975 | Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates |
| 12.1.1975 | "Superbowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB" |
| 12.1.1976 | U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org |
| 12.1.1977 | "Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes" |
| 12.1.1977 | """Ipi Tombi"" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 39 performances" |
| 12.1.1979 | "6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win" |
| 12.1.1979 | "LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham" |
| 12.1.1979 | Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 |
| 12.1.1980 | Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games |
| 12.1.1981 | "-35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)" |
| 12.1.1981 | "Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC" |
| 12.1.1981 | """Dynasty"" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV" |
| 12.1.1983 | Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame |
| 12.1.1983 | NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August |
| 12.1.1986 | 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched |
| 12.1.1986 | Chicago Blackhawks Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period |
| 12.1.1987 | Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training |
| 12.1.1988 | "Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame" |
| 12.1.1989 | "6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)" |
| 12.1.1989 | Idi Amin expelled from Zaire |
| 12.1.1990 | Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln |
| 12.1.1990 | Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) |
| 12.1.1991 | "Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)" |
| 12.1.1991 | Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69) |
| 12.1.1991 | U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq |
| 12.1.1992 | 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards |
| 12.1.1992 | Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round |
| 12.1.1992 | Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished |
| 12.1.1992 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman |
| 12.1.1993 | MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow |
| 12.1.1993 | Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease |
| 12.1.1994 | Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder |
| 12.1.1994 | Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 12.1.1995 | "Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan" |
| 12.1.1995 | "Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA" |
| 12.1.1995 | Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia |
| 12.1.1996 | Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) |
| 12.1.1997 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions |
| 12.1.1997 | HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) |
| 12.1.1997 | Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated |
| 12.1.1997 | "Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space" |
| 12.1.1997 | Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships |
| 13.1.888 | Duke Odo becomes king of West-France |
| 13.1.1099 | Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria |
| 13.1.1547 | Earl Henry Howard of Surrey sentenced to death |
| 13.1.1559 | Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey |
| 13.1.1610 | "Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter" |
| 13.1.1621 | Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) |
| 13.1.1630 | Patent to Plymouth Colony issued |
| 13.1.1673 | "Jean Racine's ""Mithridate,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 13.1.1695 | Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland |
| 13.1.1733 | "James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC" |
| 13.1.1770 | "De Beaumarchais' ""Les Deux Amis,"" premieres in Paris" |
| 13.1.1785 | John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times |
| 13.1.1794 | Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes |
| 13.1.1830 | Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves |
| 13.1.1849 | Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co |
| 13.1.1854 | Anthony Foss patents accordion |
| 13.1.1863 | "Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City" |
| 13.1.1863 | Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet |
| 13.1.1869 | "Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention" |
| 13.1.1869 | National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. |
| 13.1.1873 | P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor |
| 13.1.1874 | "Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried" |
| 13.1.1874 | US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king |
| 13.1.1882 | "Richard Wagner completes his opera ""Parsifal""" |
| 13.1.1883 | Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 |
| 13.1.1883 | "Henrik Ibsen's ""En Folkefiende,"" premieres in Oslo" |
| 13.1.1888 | "National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C." |
| 13.1.1893 | British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) |
| 13.1.1894 | Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops |
| 13.1.1895 | "Oscar Wilde's ""Ideal Husband,"" premieres in London" |
| 13.1.1898 | Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Dreyfus |
| 13.1.1902 | Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1 |
| 13.1.1906 | 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile |
| 13.1.1908 | French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip |
| 13.1.1908 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 games |
| 13.1.1910 | "JM Synge's ""Deirdre of the Sorrows,"" premieres in Dublin" |
| 13.1.1911 | "Gerhart Hauptmann's ""Die Ratten,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 13.1.1911 | Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay |
| 13.1.1911 | "South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide" |
| 13.1.1912 | "-40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)" |
| 13.1.1914 | "IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested ""Girl from Utah"" East-Prussia" |
| 13.1.1915 | "Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800" |
| 13.1.1915 | Winston Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles |
| 13.1.1919 | Dutch Soccer team OSV forms |
| 13.1.1920 | New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly |
| 13.1.1922 | "Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement" |
| 13.1.1922 | Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended |
| 13.1.1922 | WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions |
| 13.1.1924 | Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections |
| 13.1.1927 | US and Mexico battle over oil interests |
| 13.1.1929 | "Humanist Society established, Hollywood California" |
| 13.1.1930 | """Mickey Mouse"" comic strip 1st appears" |
| 13.1.1935 | "Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany" |
| 13.1.1939 | Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco |
| 13.1.1942 | Allied Conference for war trials |
| 13.1.1942 | German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast |
| 13.1.1942 | Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies |
| 13.1.1942 | Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration |
| 13.1.1943 | British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca |
| 13.1.1943 | "Hitler declares ""Total War""" |
| 13.1.1943 | Russian offensive at Don under general Golikov |
| 13.1.1943 | US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal |
| 13.1.1945 | Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow |
| 13.1.1948 | "1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin" |
| 13.1.1949 | """Along 5th Avenue"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances" |
| 13.1.1951 | German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison |
| 13.1.1953 | Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14 |
| 13.1.1953 | "KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, Arizona (CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 13.1.1953 | Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia |
| 13.1.1954 | Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested |
| 13.1.1954 | "WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting" |
| 13.1.1957 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate |
| 13.1.1957 | Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open |
| 13.1.1957 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10 |
| 13.1.1957 | Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee |
| 13.1.1958 | "9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition United Nations for nuclear test ban" |
| 13.1.1958 | "US newspaper ""Daily Worker"" ceases publication" |
| 13.1.1959 | De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts |
| 13.1.1959 | King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence |
| 13.1.1962 | """Do Re Mi"" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 400 performances" |
| 13.1.1962 | Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago |
| 13.1.1963 | AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14 |
| 13.1.1963 | NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20 |
| 13.1.1964 | Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow |
| 13.1.1966 | 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) |
| 13.1.1966 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 13.1.1967 | Coup in Togo |
| 13.1.1967 | Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show |
| 13.1.1968 | Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam |
| 13.1.1968 | """Hallelujah, Baby!"" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 293 performances" |
| 13.1.1968 | """Illya Darling"" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 320 performances" |
| 13.1.1968 | Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) |
| 13.1.1969 | "Beatles release ""Yellow Submarine"" album" |
| 13.1.1971 | """Soon"" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 3 performances" |
| 13.1.1972 | "Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire" |
| 13.1.1973 | Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6) |
| 13.1.1973 | """Tricks"" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 8 performances" |
| 13.1.1974 | "Superbowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston Superbowl MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB" |
| 13.1.1976 | "Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of ""La Traviata""" |
| 13.1.1979 | Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam |
| 13.1.1979 | YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song |
| 13.1.1980 | Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium |
| 13.1.1980 | """King of Schnorrers"" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 63 performances" |
| 13.1.1980 | Togo's constitution becomes effective |
| 13.1.1981 | "Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour" |
| 13.1.1981 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson and Howard Nemerov |
| 13.1.1981 | Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals |
| 13.1.1982 | "Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78" |
| 13.1.1982 | Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame |
| 13.1.1983 | AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition |
| 13.1.1983 | Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out |
| 13.1.1984 | "TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV" |
| 13.1.1985 | 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) |
| 13.1.1985 | 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course |
| 13.1.1985 | Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders |
| 13.1.1985 | "Cerberal Palsy telethon raises $17,1000,000" |
| 13.1.1985 | "Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428" |
| 13.1.1986 | NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams |
| 13.1.1986 | South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents |
| 13.1.1987 | 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each |
| 13.1.1987 | "West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking" |
| 13.1.1988 | LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires |
| 13.1.1988 | "Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities" |
| 13.1.1989 | "Computers across Britain hit by ""Friday the 13th"" virus" |
| 13.1.1989 | """Friday the 13th"" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain" |
| 13.1.1989 | "Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate" |
| 13.1.1989 | Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq |
| 13.1.1989 | """Ryan's Hope"" ends 13 year run on ABC-TV" |
| 13.1.1989 | Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence |
| 13.1.1990 | 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) |
| 13.1.1991 | 12th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 25 awards |
| 13.1.1991 | 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa |
| 13.1.1991 | Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open |
| 13.1.1991 | President Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected |
| 13.1.1991 | "Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die" |
| 13.1.1991 | U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam |
| 13.1.1992 | Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins |
| 13.1.1992 | US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane |
| 13.1.1993 | STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit |
| 13.1.1993 | Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills |
| 13.1.1994 | Italian government of Ciampi resigns |
| 13.1.1994 | "Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan" |
| 13.1.1995 | 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike |
| 13.1.1995 | America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race |
| 13.1.1998 | CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years |
| 13.1.1998 | """Patti LaBelle On Broadway,"" opens at St. James Theater New York City" |
| 14.1.1236 | English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence |
| 14.1.1526 | Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid |
| 14.1.1526 | "Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders" |
| 14.1.1601 | Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome |
| 14.1.1639 | 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford |
| 14.1.1639 | "Rodger Ludlow publishes""Fundamental Orders of Connecticut""" |
| 14.1.1641 | "United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed" |
| 14.1.1659 | Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish |
| 14.1.1690 | "Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany" |
| 14.1.1699 | "Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting ""witches""" |
| 14.1.1717 | "German mob leader ""Sjako"" sentenced to death in Amsterdam" |
| 14.1.1724 | Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne |
| 14.1.1739 | England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo |
| 14.1.1746 | Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow |
| 14.1.1783 | Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England |
| 14.1.1784 | Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris |
| 14.1.1785 | "Mozart completes ""Dissonantenkwartet"" (opus 10)" |
| 14.1.1794 | "Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife" |
| 14.1.1799 | "Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets" |
| 14.1.1799 | King of Naples flees before advancing French armies |
| 14.1.1813 | Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY) |
| 14.1.1814 | King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel |
| 14.1.1847 | Conspiracy in New Mexico against US |
| 14.1.1858 | "French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed" |
| 14.1.1861 | "Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands" |
| 14.1.1863 | Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana |
| 14.1.1864 | "Battle of Cosby Creek, TN" |
| 14.1.1864 | General Sherman begins his march to the South |
| 14.1.1868 | North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh |
| 14.1.1868 | "South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority" |
| 14.1.1873 | """Celluloid"" registered as a trademark" |
| 14.1.1873 | P B S Pinchback elected to Senate |
| 14.1.1874 | I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature |
| 14.1.1878 | U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional |
| 14.1.1897 | "6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed" |
| 14.1.1898 | Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground) |
| 14.1.1900 | "Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Tosca,"" premieres in Rome" |
| 14.1.1905 | "Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical ""Fontana,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 14.1.1908 | Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116) |
| 14.1.1909 | Coop. Far. Central Management forms |
| 14.1.1912 | Raymond Poincare becomes premier of France |
| 14.1.1914 | "Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords" |
| 14.1.1916 | Dutch South Sea dike cracks |
| 14.1.1918 | Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
| 14.1.1919 | "John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge MCQuade buy New York Giants" |
| 14.1.1924 | Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy |
| 14.1.1925 | "Alban Berg's atonale opera ""Wozzeck,"" premieres in Berlin" |
| 14.1.1927 | Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers |
| 14.1.1929 | Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign |
| 14.1.1932 | "1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in U.S. installed, Hialeah" |
| 14.1.1932 | Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race |
| 14.1.1935 | Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use |
| 14.1.1936 | L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America |
| 14.1.1938 | National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) |
| 14.1.1939 | All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends |
| 14.1.1939 | Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica |
| 14.1.1940 | Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers |
| 14.1.1940 | NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7 |
| 14.1.1942 | Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo |
| 14.1.1943 | Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game |
| 14.1.1943 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II |
| 14.1.1943 | Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw |
| 14.1.1944 | Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow |
| 14.1.1946 | 2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed |
| 14.1.1949 | "Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die" |
| 14.1.1950 | """As the Girls Go"" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances" |
| 14.1.1950 | US recalls all consular officials from China |
| 14.1.1951 | "NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27" |
| 14.1.1952 | Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends |
| 14.1.1952 | Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 |
| 14.1.1952 | """Today Show"" premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV" |
| 14.1.1953 | "Vaughan William's ""Sinfonia Antartica,"" premieres in Manchester" |
| 14.1.1953 | "WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.1.1953 | Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) |
| 14.1.1954 | New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe |
| 14.1.1954 | "Sandy Wilson's musical ""Boyfriend,"" premieres in London" |
| 14.1.1955 | "Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Phila" |
| 14.1.1956 | Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad |
| 14.1.1956 | "Little Richard releases ""Tutti Frutti""" |
| 14.1.1960 | "Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded" |
| 14.1.1960 | U.S. Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant |
| 14.1.1961 | Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL |
| 14.1.1962 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 |
| 14.1.1963 | "George C Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states ""segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!""" |
| 14.1.1964 | 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston |
| 14.1.1964 | "Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs. England, 21 maiden overs in a row" |
| 14.1.1964 | Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination |
| 14.1.1966 | David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me) |
| 14.1.1967 | "20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF" |
| 14.1.1967 | Earthquake in Sicily kills 231 |
| 14.1.1967 | New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments |
| 14.1.1967 | "Sonny and Cher release ""Beat Goes On""" |
| 14.1.1968 | "Superbowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB" |
| 14.1.1969 | 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers |
| 14.1.1969 | Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later |
| 14.1.1971 | John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs |
| 14.1.1972 | """Sanford and Son"" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV" |
| 14.1.1972 | "WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.1.1972 | "WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.1.1972 | "WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 14.1.1973 | "Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California" |
| 14.1.1973 | "Superbowl MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S" |
| 14.1.1973 | "Superbowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Red Skins, 14-7 in LA" |
| 14.1.1973 | Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV |
| 14.1.1974 | World Football League founded |
| 14.1.1975 | Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m |
| 14.1.1975 | U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US |
| 14.1.1976 | """Bionic Woman"" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)" |
| 14.1.1976 | Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves |
| 14.1.1978 | "Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)" |
| 14.1.1979 | President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday |
| 14.1.1980 | """Blues Brothers"" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens" |
| 14.1.1980 | "Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec" |
| 14.1.1981 | FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish |
| 14.1.1984 | "Madonna 1st sings ""Holiday"" on American Bandstand" |
| 14.1.1985 | 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees |
| 14.1.1985 | M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert) |
| 14.1.1986 | Constitution of Guatemala takes effect |
| 14.1.1986 | Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954 |
| 14.1.1987 | Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 14.1.1989 | "1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' ""Satanic Verses"" in Bradfort England" |
| 14.1.1989 | 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris |
| 14.1.1989 | Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped |
| 14.1.1989 | """Romance/Romance"" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 297 performances" |
| 14.1.1990 | 11th ACE Cable Awards |
| 14.1.1990 | Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf |
| 14.1.1990 | """Simpsons"" premiered on Fox-TV" |
| 14.1.1991 | """Barbara DeAngelis Show"" premieres on CBS-TV" |
| 14.1.1991 | Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala |
| 14.1.1991 | Valentin Pavlov become new premier of U.S.S.R. |
| 14.1.1993 | """Anna Christie"" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 54 performances" |
| 14.1.1993 | David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS |
| 14.1.1993 | "Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die" |
| 14.1.1994 | Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m) |
| 14.1.1994 | Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas |
| 14.1.1994 | "Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands" |
| 14.1.1995 | "10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo" |
| 14.1.1995 | 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards |
| 14.1.1996 | """Holiday"" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances" |
| 14.1.1996 | Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions |
| 14.1.1996 | """Swinging On a Star"" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances" |
| 14.1.1998 | "100th episode of ""Ellen,"" airs" |
| 14.1.1998 | Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge |
| 15.1.708 | Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later) |
| 15.1.946 | Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted |
| 15.1.1535 | Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church |
| 15.1.1552 | France signs secret treaty with German Protestants |
| 15.1.1562 | 3rd sitting of Council of Trente opens |
| 15.1.1582 | "Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic" |
| 15.1.1586 | Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army |
| 15.1.1752 | Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism |
| 15.1.1754 | Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam |
| 15.1.1759 | "British Museum opens in Montague House, London" |
| 15.1.1762 | Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City |
| 15.1.1777 | People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England |
| 15.1.1780 | Continental Congress establishes court of appeals |
| 15.1.1785 | Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres |
| 15.1.1797 | 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London) |
| 15.1.1831 | "1st U.S. railroad honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Charleston, SC" |
| 15.1.1831 | 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run |
| 15.1.1833 | HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego |
| 15.1.1844 | University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana |
| 15.1.1847 | "1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City" |
| 15.1.1851 | Gen Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera |
| 15.1.1857 | "1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW vs. Vic at The Domain" |
| 15.1.1861 | Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis |
| 15.1.1863 | "1st U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal" |
| 15.1.1865 | "Ft. Fisher, North Carolina falls to Union troops" |
| 15.1.1866 | "Bedrich Smetana's opera ""Branibori vs. Cechach,"" premieres in Prague" |
| 15.1.1870 | "Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly" |
| 15.1.1877 | "U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens" |
| 15.1.1882 | 1st U.S. ski club forms (Berlin NH) |
| 15.1.1886 | "Weekly Herald, 1st Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue" |
| 15.1.1892 | "Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass" |
| 15.1.1895 | "Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record" |
| 15.1.1895 | "French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar" |
| 15.1.1895 | "Tchaikovsky's ballet ""Swan Lake"" premieres, St. Petersburg" |
| 15.1.1896 | "Henry Arthur Jones' ""Michael and his Lost Angel,"" premieres in London" |
| 15.1.1900 | SCNEC soccer team forms |
| 15.1.1905 | Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater |
| 15.1.1907 | 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest |
| 15.1.1907 | "Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them" |
| 15.1.1908 | C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust |
| 15.1.1915 | Japan claims economic control of China |
| 15.1.1915 | "Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical ""Love o' Mike,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 15.1.1919 | "2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21" |
| 15.1.1919 | "Frank Wedekind's ""Die letzten Tage der Menschheit,"" premieres" |
| 15.1.1919 | Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland |
| 15.1.1919 | Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires |
| 15.1.1919 | "W Collison and O Harbach's ""Up in Mabel's Room,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 15.1.1922 | Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier |
| 15.1.1924 | 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms |
| 15.1.1925 | "Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP" |
| 15.1.1930 | George Headley scores century on debut vs. England (made 176) |
| 15.1.1934 | "8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die" |
| 15.1.1934 | "Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)" |
| 15.1.1935 | 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition |
| 15.1.1935 | "Clifford Odets' ""Waiting for Lefty,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 15.1.1936 | "1st all-glass windowless structure in U.S. completed, Toledo, Ohio" |
| 15.1.1936 | Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants |
| 15.1.1936 | Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates |
| 15.1.1939 | "1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field" |
| 15.1.1939 | Municipal Railway and Market St. RR begin service to Transbay Terminal |
| 15.1.1940 | German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church) |
| 15.1.1942 | "Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II" |
| 15.1.1942 | Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II |
| 15.1.1943 | 1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught |
| 15.1.1943 | "World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed" |
| 15.1.1944 | European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany |
| 15.1.1944 | General Eisenhower arrives in England |
| 15.1.1944 | "Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die" |
| 15.1.1945 | Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets |
| 15.1.1945 | """Make Mine Manhattan"" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances" |
| 15.1.1945 | Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp |
| 15.1.1949 | Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin |
| 15.1.1950 | "4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C." |
| 15.1.1951 | """Cloud of Death"" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000" |
| 15.1.1951 | "Supreme Court rule ""clear and present danger"" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest" |
| 15.1.1953 | 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station |
| 15.1.1953 | "GDR Min of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for ""espionage""" |
| 15.1.1955 | "1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum" |
| 15.1.1955 | "D Shostakovitch' ""From Jewish Folk Poetry,"" premieres in Leningrad" |
| 15.1.1955 | U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic |
| 15.1.1956 | Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
| 15.1.1956 | D Shostakovitch appointed honorary member of Academia Santa Cecilia |
| 15.1.1956 | "KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.1.1956 | NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30 |
| 15.1.1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field |
| 15.1.1958 | New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV |
| 15.1.1961 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31 |
| 15.1.1961 | Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open |
| 15.1.1961 | Supremes signed with Motown Records |
| 15.1.1962 | 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) |
| 15.1.1962 | Dutch and Indonesian Navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea |
| 15.1.1964 | Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City |
| 15.1.1964 | Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract |
| 15.1.1965 | "Rock group Who releases 1st album ""I Can't Explain""" |
| 15.1.1965 | Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich forms |
| 15.1.1966 | AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19 |
| 15.1.1966 | NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7 |
| 15.1.1967 | "Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in LA Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB" |
| 15.1.1968 | "KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting" |
| 15.1.1969 | Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean |
| 15.1.1969 | Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union |
| 15.1.1970 | Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's) |
| 15.1.1970 | Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria |
| 15.1.1971 | """Ari"" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 19 performances" |
| 15.1.1971 | Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt |
| 15.1.1971 | "George Harrison releases ""My Sweet Lord""" |
| 15.1.1972 | Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels |
| 15.1.1973 | 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court |
| 15.1.1973 | Gene Shalit joins Today Show panel |
| 15.1.1973 | Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican |
| 15.1.1973 | President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam |
| 15.1.1974 | 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle |
| 15.1.1974 | "Expert panel reports 18 -m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures" |
| 15.1.1974 | """Happy Days"" begins an 11 year run on ABC" |
| 15.1.1975 | Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence |
| 15.1.1975 | Space Mountain opens at Disneyland |
| 15.1.1976 | Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford |
| 15.1.1976 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 15.1.1976 | US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit |
| 15.1.1977 | "Coneheads debut on ""Saturday Night Live""" |
| 15.1.1977 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament |
| 15.1.1978 | "Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE and Randy White, Dallas, DT" |
| 15.1.1978 | Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman |
| 15.1.1980 | "Pam Gems' ""Piaf!,"" premieres in London" |
| 15.1.1981 | Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| 15.1.1981 | """Hill Street Blues"" premieres on NBC-TV" |
| 15.1.1982 | """Forbidden Broadway"" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in New York City" |
| 15.1.1983 | Dutch political party DS'70 disbands |
| 15.1.1983 | "Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard" |
| 15.1.1983 | Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India |
| 15.1.1983 | Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours |
| 15.1.1984 | Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak |
| 15.1.1984 | Schonbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44) |
| 15.1.1985 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery and Fred Chapell |
| 15.1.1985 | Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president |
| 15.1.1985 | Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs. India |
| 15.1.1985 | Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years |
| 15.1.1986 | Living Seas opens at Epcot |
| 15.1.1988 | "Jimmy ""The Greek"" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes" |
| 15.1.1988 | "Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record" |
| 15.1.1988 | Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) vs. WI on Test debut |
| 15.1.1989 | 10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 35 awards |
| 15.1.1989 | """Ain't Misbehavin'"" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 176 performances" |
| 15.1.1989 | Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic |
| 15.1.1989 | Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble |
| 15.1.1989 | "Cerberal Palsy telethon raises $22,600,000" |
| 15.1.1990 | 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds |
| 15.1.1990 | 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins |
| 15.1.1990 | AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch |
| 15.1.1990 | Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent |
| 15.1.1990 | "New York Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106" |
| 15.1.1991 | Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
| 15.1.1991 | UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't) |
| 15.1.1992 | Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia |
| 15.1.1992 | Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with U.S. man |
| 15.1.1992 | Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum |
| 15.1.1993 | "7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die" |
| 15.1.1993 | "Soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" final show on NBC TV" |
| 15.1.1993 | "Top mafia leader Salvatore ""Toto"" Riina arrested in Palermo" |
| 15.1.1994 | "15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10" |
| 15.1.1994 | "Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)" |
| 15.1.1994 | Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist |
| 15.1.1995 | Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion |
| 15.1.1995 | San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship |
| 15.1.1995 | San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship |
| 15.1.1995 | Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 |
| 15.1.1995 | Western Washington begins using new area code 360 |
| 15.1.1997 | "Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin" |
| 15.1.1997 | Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station |
| 15.1.1998 | "NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again" |
| 16.1.1219 | "Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed" |
| 16.1.1325 | "Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade" |
| 16.1.1493 | Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip |
| 16.1.1531 | English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting |
| 16.1.1547 | Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow |
| 16.1.1556 | "Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain" |
| 16.1.1581 | English parliament passes laws against Catholicism |
| 16.1.1756 | England and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster |
| 16.1.1759 | British Museum opens in London |
| 16.1.1765 | Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) |
| 16.1.1776 | Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks |
| 16.1.1777 | Vermont declares independence from NY |
| 16.1.1780 | Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet |
| 16.1.1795 | French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth |
| 16.1.1819 | Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies |
| 16.1.1832 | "Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde" |
| 16.1.1864 | "Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee" |
| 16.1.1865 | Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary |
| 16.1.1865 | "Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die" |
| 16.1.1865 | Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) |
| 16.1.1865 | SF Dramatic Chronicle started |
| 16.1.1868 | "Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit" |
| 16.1.1870 | Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War |
| 16.1.1871 | Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman |
| 16.1.1877 | "Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop" |
| 16.1.1879 | "January record 13"" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996)" |
| 16.1.1883 | Pendleton Act creates basis of U.S. Civil Service system |
| 16.1.1883 | Quebec Rugby Football Union forms |
| 16.1.1887 | "Cliff House damaged when schooner ""Parallel""'s powder cargo explodes" |
| 16.1.1889 | "128 degrees F (53 degrees C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)" |
| 16.1.1897 | "John Dewey's essay ""My Pedagogic Creed"" appears in School Journal" |
| 16.1.1905 | Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months |
| 16.1.1905 | "Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals" |
| 16.1.1906 | Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco) |
| 16.1.1908 | "Pinnacles National Monument, California established" |
| 16.1.1909 | British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole |
| 16.1.1909 | "David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole" |
| 16.1.1911 | Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east |
| 16.1.1913 | British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland |
| 16.1.1914 | Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia |
| 16.1.1915 | Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin |
| 16.1.1919 | Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th |
| 16.1.1920 | "18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933" |
| 16.1.1920 | 1st assembly of League of Nations in Paris |
| 16.1.1920 | Georgia declares independence |
| 16.1.1925 | Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense |
| 16.1.1925 | Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council |
| 16.1.1931 | "Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 mins, 26 fours" |
| 16.1.1933 | Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test |
| 16.1.1936 | 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla |
| 16.1.1936 | Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president |
| 16.1.1936 | Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular |
| 16.1.1938 | Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing |
| 16.1.1939 | "Comic strip ""Superman"" debuts" |
| 16.1.1941 | U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor |
| 16.1.1941 | War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets |
| 16.1.1942 | William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army |
| 16.1.1943 | 1st U.S. air raid on Ambon |
| 16.1.1943 | "-60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)" |
| 16.1.1943 | German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow |
| 16.1.1943 | Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad |
| 16.1.1944 | General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London |
| 16.1.1945 | Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg |
| 16.1.1945 | U.S. 1st and 3rd army meet at Houffalise |
| 16.1.1947 | Vincent Aurial elected president of France |
| 16.1.1948 | 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon |
| 16.1.1949 | "KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast" |
| 16.1.1949 | """Rape of Lucretia"" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 23 performances" |
| 16.1.1949 | "WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast" |
| 16.1.1950 | "Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel" |
| 16.1.1951 | Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi |
| 16.1.1951 | "World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City)" |
| 16.1.1952 | New Dutch bible translation finished |
| 16.1.1952 | "US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary" |
| 16.1.1953 | 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62) |
| 16.1.1953 | 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) |
| 16.1.1953 | Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties |
| 16.1.1953 | "KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting" |
| 16.1.1954 | """South Pacific"" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances" |
| 16.1.1955 | Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
| 16.1.1955 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 |
| 16.1.1956 | Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine |
| 16.1.1957 | 3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round world flights |
| 16.1.1957 | Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England |
| 16.1.1958 | "William Gibson's ""Two for the Seesaw,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.1.1961 | """Conquering Hero"" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 8 performances" |
| 16.1.1961 | Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain |
| 16.1.1962 | "Shooting begins on ""Dr. No""" |
| 16.1.1962 | "Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses ""racial quotas""" |
| 16.1.1963 | Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb |
| 16.1.1963 | "Tennessee Williams' ""Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore,"" premieres" |
| 16.1.1964 | AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville |
| 16.1.1964 | """Hello, Dolly!"" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 2,844 performances" |
| 16.1.1965 | AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14 |
| 16.1.1965 | """Oh What a Lovely War"" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances" |
| 16.1.1965 | """Outer Limits"" last airs on ABC-TV" |
| 16.1.1965 | "Searchers' ""Love Potion #9"" peaks at #3" |
| 16.1.1965 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. |
| 16.1.1966 | Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US |
| 16.1.1966 | Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center |
| 16.1.1967 | 1st black government installed in Bahamas |
| 16.1.1967 | "Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent" |
| 16.1.1968 | 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto |
| 16.1.1968 | "Jay Allen's ""Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,"" premieres in New York City" |
| 16.1.1969 | Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space |
| 16.1.1970 | "AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 "" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed" |
| 16.1.1970 | Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya |
| 16.1.1970 | Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause |
| 16.1.1970 | NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) |
| 16.1.1971 | Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7) |
| 16.1.1972 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ |
| 16.1.1972 | "Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB" |
| 16.1.1973 | "NBC presents 440th and final showing of ""Bonanza""" |
| 16.1.1973 | U.S.S.R.'s Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon |
| 16.1.1974 | """Jaws"" by Peter Benchley is published" |
| 16.1.1974 | "L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon" |
| 16.1.1974 | New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame |
| 16.1.1976 | """Donny and Marie"" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV" |
| 16.1.1976 | "Peter Frampton released platinum live album ""Frampton Comes Alive""" |
| 16.1.1977 | Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders |
| 16.1.1978 | "5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty" |
| 16.1.1978 | Soyuz 27 returns to Earth |
| 16.1.1979 | Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt |
| 16.1.1980 | Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession |
| 16.1.1981 | "Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth" |
| 16.1.1981 | Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg |
| 16.1.1981 | "John Lennon releases ""Woman"" in UK" |
| 16.1.1981 | Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and husband |
| 16.1.1984 | 11th American Music Award: Michael Jackson |
| 16.1.1984 | Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis |
| 16.1.1985 | """Playboy"" announces end of stapling centerfolds" |
| 16.1.1986 | Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam |
| 16.1.1988 | 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins |
| 16.1.1988 | "Jimmy ""the Greek"" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks" |
| 16.1.1988 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix |
| 16.1.1989 | Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague |
| 16.1.1989 | U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars |
| 16.1.1990 | 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering |
| 16.1.1991 | 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins |
| 16.1.1991 | US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time) |
| 16.1.1992 | """2 Shakespearean Actors"" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 29 performances" |
| 16.1.1994 | Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54) |
| 16.1.1995 | UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) |
| 16.1.1997 | "Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG" |
| 17.1.1501 | Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna |
| 17.1.1536 | Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III |
| 17.1.1562 | Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France |
| 17.1.1584 | Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar |
| 17.1.1595 | French king Henri IV declares war on Spain |
| 17.1.1601 | "France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain" |
| 17.1.1656 | Brandenburg and Sweden sign Treaty of Konigsberg |
| 17.1.1718 | "Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53" |
| 17.1.1746 | "Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots" |
| 17.1.1757 | German Diet declares war on Prussia |
| 17.1.1773 | Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S) |
| 17.1.1775 | "9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol" |
| 17.1.1775 | "R B Sheridan's ""Rivals,"" premieres in London" |
| 17.1.1779 | Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery |
| 17.1.1821 | Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas |
| 17.1.1827 | Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander |
| 17.1.1832 | Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies |
| 17.1.1852 | British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) |
| 17.1.1861 | Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!) |
| 17.1.1862 |