- 326 Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
- 794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
- 1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
- 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
- 1307 William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head
- 1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
- 1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
- 1477 First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton
- 1494 French King Charles VIII occupies Florence
Event of Interest
1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
St. Peter's Basilica
1626 St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's largest Christian basilica
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Event of Interest
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Carlisle
Bonnie Prince Charlie
- 1755 Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported
- 1776 Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
- 1787 First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
- 1803 Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
- 1804 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
- 1805 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
- 1820 Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
- 1833 Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
Historic Publication
1837 Letter by Göttingen Seven published protesting abolition of constitution of Kingdom of Hanover, by seven professors including Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Historic Publication
1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Mark Twain
Event of Interest
1872 Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting
Susan B. Anthony
- 1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
- 1883 Antonin Dvorák's "Husitska" premieres
- 1883 Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada
- 1889 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
- 1893 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
- 1894 Richard Outcault's early comic strip "Origin of a New Species" published in World
- 1899 Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
- 1901 The USA and Great Britain sign the Second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, or Interoceanic Ship Canal Treaty
- 1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
- 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
- 1904 General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup
Event of Interest
1905 George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" premieres in London
George Bernard Shaw
- 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
- 1906 Langdon Mitchell's "New York Idea" premieres in NYC
- 1906 Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
- 1909 US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
- 1911 Britain's first seaplane flies
- 1911 Opera "Lobetanz" first American performance
- 1912 Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire
- 1913 Lincoln Deachey becomes the first American pilot to perform an aircraft loop-the-loop in his Curtiss aeroplane near San Diego
Five Miles of Mud Costs a Million Casualties
1916 British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the 1st Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers had been killed or wounded
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- 1917 Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia
- 1918 Belgian troops re-enter Brussels, lost to the German invaders on 20 August 1914
- 1919 H Tierney & J McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
- 1920 Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC
- 1922 Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief
- 1926 Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
- 1926 George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."
Event of Interest
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
Walt Disney
- 1929 Large earthquake in Atlantic breaks transatlantic cable in 28 places
Music Premiere
1930 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
Fred Astaire
Bob Hope
Academy Awards
1932 5th Academy Awards: Fredric March and Wallace Beery in 1st ever tie for Best Actor. "Grand Hotel" and Helen Hayes also win.
Event of Interest
1936 Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
- 1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
- 1938 Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- 1939 Dutch KNSM passenger ship Simón Bolívar hits German mine, 86 die
- 1939 The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus
- 1940 George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- 1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North Africa
- 1941 Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss" premieres in NYC
Benito Mussolini
Event of Interest
1945 Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra & mixed choir, premieres
Arnold Schoenberg
Event of Interest
1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
Jackie Robinson
- 1949 The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days
Event of Interest
1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
Syngman Rhee
- 1951 "See it Now" premieres on TV
- 1951 British troops occupy Ismailiya, Egypt
- 1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
- 1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
- 1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
- 1956 Morocco gains independence
Event of Interest
1956 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev says the phrase "we will bury you!" to Western ambassadors at a reception at the Polish embassy in Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Film Premier
1959 "Ben-Hur" directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premieres in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)
Charlton Heston
John F. Kennedy
- 1961 US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
- 1963 Bell Telephone introduces the touch-tone telephone to customers in Pennsylvania
- 1963 Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under River Thames opens
- 1963 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco
- 1964 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson wins American League MVP
Event of Interest
1964 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1965 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
- 1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to arthritic left elbow
- 1966 US Roman Catholic bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
- 1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1967 British government devalues pound from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
- 1968 Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon
- 1969 Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi assigned to the Tate and LaBianca murders, will eventually convict Charles Mason for orchestrating the killings
Boxing Title Fight
1970 Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
Joe Frazier
Event of Interest
1970 Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
Johnny Bench
Event of Interest
1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
Linus Pauling
- 1970 Netherlands & Albania form diplomatic relations
- 1970 Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
- 1971 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
- 1971 A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast
- 1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
- 1973 Arab oil ministers cancel the scheduled 5 percent cut in production for EEC
- 1975 Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
- 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
- 1975 "Rufus featuring Chaka Khan" 4th studio album by Rufus is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1976)
- 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
- 1976 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
- 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Event of Interest
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador and embassy with espionage
Ayatollah Khomeini
- 1979 29th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
Film Premier
1980 "Heaven's Gate" film directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken premieres - one of the biggest box office bombs ever
Christopher Walken
Event of Interest
1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
George Brett
Event of Interest
1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
Mike Schmidt
- 1982 Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
- 1982 South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round beating by Ray Mancini in Las Vegas; WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
- 1983 Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons
- 1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
- 1984 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwelth Stadium, Edmonton: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17; Winnipeg scores final 44 points of the game
- 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
- 1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
- 1984 NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
- 1984 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children
- 1984 34th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
- 1984 The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine
- 1985 Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
- 1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
- 1985 Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons)
Event of Interest
1985 Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"
Paul McCartney
Event of Interest
1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
Roger Clemens
Event of Interest
1987 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st player from a last-place club to win an MVP
Andre Dawson
Solheim Cup
1990 1st Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Lake Nona G & CC: US beats Europe 11½-4½ in inaugural event; Kathy Whitworth US captain; Mickey Walker Europe skipper
Kathy Whitworth
Event of Interest
1990 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win her first of 3 straight WTA Tour Championships in NYC; first 5-set women's final since 1901
Monica Seles
Event of Interest
1990 Andre Agassi claims his first and only season-ending ATP Tour World Championship tennis title with a 5–7, 7–6, 7–5, 6–2 win over defending champion Stefan Edberg in Frankfurt, Germany
Andre Agassi
Victory in Battle
1991 The Croatian city of Vukovar surrenders to Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces after an 87-day siege
Franjo Tuđman
- 1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
Film Release
1992 "Malcolm X" film directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett is released in the US
- 1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
- 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
- 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes US House of Representatives
- 1993 North-Siberia record cold for November (-55°C)
- 1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
- 1993 WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
Film Premier
1994 "Star Trek: Generations" film directed by David Carson and starring Patrick Stewart premieres
Patrick Stewart
- 1995 Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano (19), of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
- 1996 Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder
- 1996 "Star Trek: First Contact" film directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
- 1997 Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
- 1997 FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
- 1997 70s glam-rock star Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) arrested by British police in child porn probe
- 1997 Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games
- 1997 Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
- 1997 Willem de Kooning painting "Two Standing Women" sold for $4,182,500
Jason Newsted
James Hetfield
- 1997 "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" album is released by Sony Music Soundtrax
- 1999 In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
- 2001 Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as 'ConocoPhillips', the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US
- 2001 Home crowd favourite Leyton Hewitt wins his first of 2 season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 victory over Frenchman Sébastien Grosjean in Sydney, Australia
- 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
Album Release
2002 "Up!" 4th studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2003)
Shania Twain
- 2003 The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal's CPI(ML).
- 2003 In England, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective
- 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the state's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional
- 2004 Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol.
Music Awards
2007 34th American Music Awards: Fergie, Justin Timberlake & Carrie Underwood win
- 2007 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins
Event of Interest
2007 Roger Federer scores back-to-back season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles beating Spaniard David Ferrer 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 in the final in Shanghai, China
Roger Federer
Election of Interest
2011 Former Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is arrested and held at Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Album Release
2011 "The X Factor" group One Direction release their debut album "Up All Night" in Ireland and the UK
Harry Styles
Zayn Malik
