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794
Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
1283
Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian / Bull market
1459
Pope Pius II opens Congress of Mantua
1495
1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
1526
Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief
1533
Anna Boleyn crowned Queen of England
1562
Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
1568
Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels
1608
Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-Government
1638
1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
1641
France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
1649
Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
1657
1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
1679
Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
1746
French troops conquer Antwerp
1774
Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed
1789
1st US Congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
1792
Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
1794
English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
1796
Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
1808
1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
1834
HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
1835
6th national black convention (Philadelphia)
1836
Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town
1843
It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio
1843
Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
1845
Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
1855
US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
1861
1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
1861
British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War
1861
Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia
1861
US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1862
2nd / last day of battle at Fair Oaks / 7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties)
1862
Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
1862
Slavery abolished in all US possessions
1864
Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
1866
General Dutch Typographer Union forms
1866
Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft Erie Ontario from US
1868
Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
1869
Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison)
1877
Society of American Artists forms
1877
US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1880
1st pay telephone installed
1880
US census at 50,155,783
1881
Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
1888
California gets its 1st seismograph
1890
US census at 62,622,250
1893
Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
1898
Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha
1900
British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa
1902
Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms
1905
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
1908
John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
1910
SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
1911
1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey
1912
Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1915
1st Zeppelin air raid over England
1916
German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
1917
Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
1918
Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis
1918
White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play
1919
Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
1920
RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
1921
Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1923
New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning
1925
Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consecutive games)
1926
Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland
1930
6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)
1930
6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61)
1930
Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine
1931
Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
1932
Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren
1933
Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard
1935
Driving test and license plates introduced in England
1935
Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
1936
"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
1936
Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
1937
Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0
1937
Prince Konoye becomes Japanese Premier
1938
Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
1939
1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
1939
British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
1939
Retired German Colonel-General Gerd von Runstedt returns to service
1940
Coffee and tea rationed in Holland
1940
General Major Bernard Montgomery returns to London
1940
Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard
1941
12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1941
British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq
1941
Germany bans all Catholic publications
1941
Germany occupies Kreta
1941
New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI
1943
Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die
1943
Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game
1944
Gen Montgomery / Patton / Bradley / Dempsey / Crerar meet in Portsmouth
1944
Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots
1945
WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
1946
78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8
1946
Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse
1947
OPA, which issued WWII rationing coupons, disbands
1947
Photosensitive glass developed
1948
Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire
1949
1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1949
British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
1949
KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
1949
Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
1950
WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
1951
1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
1951
International Cheese treaty signed
1952
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952
Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
1953
KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953
WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
1954
Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2) / 10,000m (28:54.2)
1955
Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
1957
1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1958
Belgian Christian-democrats win parliamentary election
1958
Charles de Gaulle elected Premier of France
1958
Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
1959
2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area
1959
Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1960
WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961
FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
1962
Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962
Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade
1962
USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
1963
"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
1963
Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st Premier of Kenya
1963
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
1965
Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
1966
2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
1966
Joaquin Balaguer elected President of Dominican Republic
1966
Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
1967
Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC
1968
100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
1969
Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV
1970
"Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1970
Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
1970
Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1970
Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue
1972
Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
1972
West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
1973
Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "Parliamentary Presidential Republic"
1973
Paul McCartney andWings release "Live andLet Die"
1974
"My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
1974
Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Washington
1974
Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in the UK
1975
"Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 947 performances
1975
21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1975
California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1975
Cars in the Netherlands must have seatbelts
1975
Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
1976
Great-Britain and Iceland terminate codfish war
1977
British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
1977
Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
1977
SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
1978
High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
1979
33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1
1979
Rhodesian Bishop Able Muzorewa becomes Premier
1979
Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
1980
1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
1980
ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
1980
Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California
1980
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
1980
Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
1982
Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
1984
Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
1984
KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
1984
Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of the USSR snatches a record 211 kg
1985
Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
1986
32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley
1987
Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
1988
"Les Miserables, " opens at Shubert Theatre, LA
1988
"Morton Downey Jr Show, " debuts in TV syndication
1988
Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2
1989
62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
1989
Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey
1990
"Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 performances
1990
Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
1990
Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
1990
Dow Jones Average hits a record high of 2,900.97
1991
Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
1991
Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later
1992
America West Arena opens in Phoenix
1992
E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
1992
Snowfall in Colorado
1992
Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
1993
Brooklyn New York begins recycling
1993
Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
1993
Guatemala President Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
1993
Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi
1994
FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
1994
Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery
1994
Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
1995
68th National Spelling Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis
1996
MTV Movie Awards
1996
Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square
1997
1st New York Women Film Festival opens
1997
51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win
1997
Ameritech Senior Golf Open
1997
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic
1997
Heartland LPGA Classic
1997
Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village Country Club - 14 under par
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