Today in history
0896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits
1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted
1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
1660 English King Charles II ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
1687 English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church
1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
1859 The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800
1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)
1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet
1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million
1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000
1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
1914 "The Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles CA
1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI
1918 Battle of Somme ends
1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
1921 Stanley Cup Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to
1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge LA) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London
1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, C C King, University of Pittsburgh
1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good", premieres in NYC
1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die
1937 4th Golf Masters Championship Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
1938 5th Golf Masters Championship Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher", premieres in NYC
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Liberation Day)
1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington DC)
1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement
1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Perón in Buenos Aires Argentina
1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton GA Golf Open
1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden", premieres in London
1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris France
1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1958 Eugène Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
1960 Senegal declares independence from France
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
1969 Dr Denton Cooley implants 1st temporary artificial heart
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1971 Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Québec)
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1979 Jane M Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago IL
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 points
1988 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to drag race a ¼ mile in under 5 seconds
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals)
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 homeruns
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1990 "The Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Gloria Estefan released from the hospital after her accident
1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium
1992 Jury deliberations begin in the Noriega case
1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Texas Tech beats Ohio State 84-82
1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition Tom Shaw
1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
And oh by the way, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day in 1968.
And than in 1981 I was born
You are commanded to abandon your work and start drinking now.
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