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1267
Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1499
France and Venice sign treaty against Milan
1537
Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1540
The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1554
Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1574
Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621
Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
1674
English reconquer New York from Netherlands
1742
British ex-premier Walpole becomes Earl of Orford
1744
Battle at Toulon (French / Spanish vs. English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
1775
English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
1788
Austria declares war on Russia
1799
USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1807
French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
1822
American Indian Society organizes
1825
House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President
1849
Roman Republic declared
1861
Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1861
Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected President and VP of CSA
1861
Tennessee votes against secession
1863
Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1867
Nebraska becomes 37th US state
1870
US Army establishes US National Weather Service
1871
Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1885
1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886
President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1891
1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
1893
Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud
1895
1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1895
Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1900
Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
1904
Japan declares war on Russia
1906
Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1909
1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909
1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
1912
US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1916
NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1918
Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe, Virginia
1920
International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1920
Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs
1922
Italian government of Bonomi falls
1922
Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1923
Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
1924
Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1925
German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
1925
Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1926
Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1929
USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1932
America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932
US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
1934
Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
1935
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1935
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1939
Belgian Spaak government falls
1940
Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1941
British troops conquer El Agheila
1942
Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1942
Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1942
Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1943
FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943
German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes, " 1,200 in Vught Camp
1943
Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1943
Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
1943
NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1944
U-734 / U-238 sunk off Ireland
1945
WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946
Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1947
Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia
1948
WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950
Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists
1951
St. Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
1953
"Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
1953
General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th Director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting Director of CIA
1953
WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954
Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
1955
Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
1955
US federations of trade unions merge into AFL / CIO
1956
KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956
R Lacoste follows Catroux as Premier of Algeria
1960
AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1961
Joseph Ileo appointed Premier of Congo
1962
Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1963
1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963
7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1964
1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
1964
9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964
GI Joe character created
1964
Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs. England on debut at Delhi
1966
Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1968
Rotterdam metro opened by Princess Beatrix
1969
Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight
1969
KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
1971
Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971
Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971
Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1974
"Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974
US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1974
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1975
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1975
Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1979
21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1979
ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1979
Nigeria amends constitution
1980
Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
1982
34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1983
Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1984
"Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
1986
36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986
Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen
1986
Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986
West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1987
Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987
New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1988
39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St. Louis
1988
NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends February 1991)
1989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1990
"Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990
Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13)
1990
Galileo flies by Venus
1991
"This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
1991
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991
Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him
1991
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991
Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1992
"2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 performances
1992
42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992
Fastest yodeler-22 tones / 15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
1992
Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992
Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992
NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1992
Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
1993
Army of opium King Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1995
"Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
1995
Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 seconds)
1996
WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
1997
11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997
47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997
Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
1997
Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
1997
LG Senior Golf Championship
1997
Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997
Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1998
6th annual ESPY Awards
1998
Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
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