- 530 Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 530 St Felix IV reign as Catholic Pope ends
- 530 Discorus begins his reign as Catholic anti-Pope
- 1236 The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Šiauliai.
- 1499 Switzerland becomes an independent state
- 1504 Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu
Event of Interest
1598 Playwright and poet Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter as the result of a duel
Ben Jonson
Salem Witch Trials
1692 Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem witch trials
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Event of Interest
1735 Robert Walpole becomes the first British "Prime Minister" (actually First Lord of the Treasury) to live at 10 Downing Street
Robert Walpole
Event of Interest
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army returns to Edinburgh
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Royal Coronation
1761 Coronation of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte
George III
- 1772 1st Partition of Poland is ratified by Austria, Prussia and Russia
Historic Publication
1773 Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter "An Edict by the King of Prussia" in the Public Advertiser, criticising Britain's colonial policies in the American colonies
Benjamin Franklin
Event of Interest
1792 French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
Georges Danton
Marquis de Condorcet
Event of Interest
1817 John Quincy Adams becomes US Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams
Scientific Discovery
1832 During his HMS Beagle voyage Charles Darwin discovers a large number of fossils at Punta Alta in Argentina
Charles Darwin
Event of Interest
1862 US President Abraham Lincoln says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
Abraham Lincoln
Victory in Battle
1866 War of the Triple Alliance: Decisive battle of Curupayty results in a Paraguayan victory and heavy losses for Argentinian and Brazilian forces
Francisco Solano López
- 1868 Race riots in New Orleans, Louisiana
Music Premiere
1869 Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold" premieres in Munich
Richard Wagner
Event of Interest
1877 Rudolf Virchow delivers an anti-Darwinian speech to the Congress of German Naturalist and Physicians, Munich where he speaks against the teaching of the theory of evolution in schools
Rudolf Virchow
- 1885 Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right"
Event of Interest
1896 Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the (then) longest reigning monarch in British history
Queen Victoria
George III
- 1905 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson wins his 3rd consecutive Open title, and his record 4th overall, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith
- 1905 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed)
- 1906 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
- 1906 In New Zealand Domestic workers call for a 68-hour working week
- 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
- 1910 Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with an initial 9 team competition
- 1910 The Duke of York's Cinema opened in Brighton. It is still operating today, making it the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain
Event of Interest
1912 Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins becomes only player in MLB history to steal 6 bases in one game for a second time as A's beat St. Louis Browns, 8-2
Eddie Collins
- 1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson, New Mexico
- 1913 George Cohan's "Seven Keys to Baldpate" premieres in NYC
- 1913 The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi) are arrested at Volksrust and imprisoned in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- 1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
Event of Interest
1914 Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa, assumes command of the armed forced after having dismissed General Beyers because of his resistance to aiding British in the war against Germany
Louis Botha
- 1915 Boston Red Sox ask Boston Braves for use of Braves Field (10,000+ capacity) for Baseball World Series against Philadelphia Phillies
- 1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) holds its 1st class
- 1915 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
- 1919 -Jan 20] Steel strike in the US
- 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
- 1921 Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
- 1921 The League of Nations accepts membership of independent Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
- 1922 US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American women who marries an 'alien' will not lose citizenship; neither will a women marrying an American automatically become a citizen
- 1925 New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox
- 1926 Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish Princess Astrid get engaged
Boxing Title Fight
1927 "The long count" - in a famous boxing rematch, Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Soldiers Field, Chicago to retain world heavyweight title; crowd 104,943; gate $2,858,660
Jack Dempsey
- 1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
- 1931 Coalition Government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression (their lack of success led to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935)
- 1932 Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
- 1934 An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers
- 1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
- 1937 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody, Wyoming
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1937 Date celebrated as the first International Hobbit Day and the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins
- 1941 British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
- 1942 Meulenberg robs of church bells
- 1943 British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz
- 1943 Destroyer HMS Itchen torpedoed and sinks
- 1943 Destroyer HMS Keppel sinks U-229
- 1944 Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
- 1944 US troops land on Ulithi
Event of Interest
1944 President Jose P. Laurel declared the Philippines under martial law in 1944 through Proclamation No. 29
José P. Laurel
Event of Interest
1950 Omar Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general in the United States Army
Omar Bradley
- 1953 Islamic uprising in Atjeh, Indonesia
- 1954 Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game
- 1955 Commercial television begins in UK with ITV; meanwhile on BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denies this was to spoil the launch of the rival network
- 1955 -28] Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in the Caribbean
- 1955 With the launch of ITV, the UK's 1st commercial television station, the 1st advert on UK TV airs for Gibbs SR toothpaste
- 1957 Western "Maverick" premieres on ABC television starring James Garner
- 1957 Duke Snider's 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
- 1958 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1958 US nuclear submarine USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
- 1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
- 1960 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
- 1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min at 42.
- 1961 Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
- 1963 Czechoslovakian premier Viliam Široký deposed by Josef Lenart
- 1964 Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances
- 1964 "Man from U.N.C.L.E." premieres on NBC-TV: open channel D
- 1965 India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
Event of Interest
1966 Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance" premieres in NYC
Edward Albee
- 1966 KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
- 1966 Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
- 1966 Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon
- 1967 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
- 1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1968 Iraq adopts constitution
- 1968 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
- 1968 Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
- 1968 Zond 5 completes flight
Event of Interest
1968 Ceremony to mark relocation of ancient Egyptian Abu Simbel temples, honoring Ramesses II after rebuilt 200 meters inland away from Aswan Dam
Ramesses II
Baseball Record
1969 SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs
Willie Mays
Event of Interest
1970 US President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
Richard Nixon
- 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1971 OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the US dollar
- 1973 "A Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
- 1973 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 19-13; first time 'Ireland' included in team name
- 1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
Event of Interest
1973 Henry Kissinger sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State, succeeds William Rogers
Henry Kissinger
- 1975 World Football League folds
Assassination Attempt
1975 Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco
Gerald Ford
Event of Interest
1976 TV dama "Charlie's Angels" starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith debuts
Farrah Fawcett
Kate Jackson
Summit of Interest
1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
Menachem Begin
Contract of Interest
1980 John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Event of Interest
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to US Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Television Premiere
1982 Sitcom "Family Ties starring Michael J. Fox premieres on NBC
Michael J. Fox
Event of Interest
1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall, London))
Phil Everly
Music Concert
1985 First Farm Aid concert held, organised by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
- 1985 37th Emmy Awards: "Cagney & Lacey", "The Cosby Show" and Tyne Daly win
- 1985 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
1985 French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius appears on TV to confess "Agents of the DGSE sank this boat [Rainbow Warrior]. They acted on orders.”
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- 1985 Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois
- 1985 St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
- 1985 The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
- 1986 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
- 1986 India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
Event of Interest
1986 LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
Fernando Valenzuela
- 1987 Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
- 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days (2nd regular-season strike)
- 1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons
- 1988 Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin
- 1988 South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
- 1988 Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov wins individual all-round gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; follows his teams all-round victory; wins 4 gold for the Games
- 1988 American swimmer Janet Evans sets a world record 4:03.85 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; 3rd gold medal of the Games (400m I/M, 800m)
- 1988 American swimmer Matt Biondi wins the blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal in Olympic record 48.63 at the Seoul Games; beats countryman Chris Jacobs & Stéphan Caron of France
- 1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
- 1989 IRA bomb kills 10 Royal Marines bandsmen in Kent
Television Debut
1989 "Baywatch" starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC
David Hasselhoff
Pamela Anderson
- 1990 Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
Baseball Record
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
Andre Dawson
Willie Mays
Event of Interest
1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
Nolan Ryan
- 1993 STS-51 (Discovery) lands
Event of Interest
1993 Supreme Soviet dismisses President Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Television Debut
1994 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
- 1995 E-3B AWACS crash outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed
- 1996 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, St. Pierre Hotel & CC: US retains Cup; beats Europe 17-11; in expanded format US wins 10 of 12 singles matches in final day blowout
- 1997 Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges
- 1997 Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed
Music Release
1997 Elton John releases "Candle in the Wind 1997", a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales in the US
Elton John
Diana Spencer
Music Awards
1999 33rd Country Music Association Award: Shania Twain, Martina McBride and Tim McGraw win
Television Debut
1999 "The West Wing" created by Alan Sorkin and starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe and Richard Schiff, debuts on NBC
Martin Sheen
Emmy Awards
2002 54th Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Friends, Michael Chiklis and Allison Janney win
Television Debut
2004 "Lost" created by J.J. Abrams and starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly debuts on ABC in the US
J. J. Abrams
Baseball Record
2004 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game (MLB record) for the second time (1 May 2004)
Barry Bonds
Event of Interest
2004 Teen noir series "Veronica Mars" created by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell premieres on UPN in the US
Kristen Bell
Television Premiere
2009 Crime drama "NCIS LA" starring Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Daniela Ruah premieres on CBS
Chris O'Donnell
LL Cool J
Emmy Awards
2013 65th Prime time Emmy Awards: "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" win
Aaron Paul
Bryan Cranston
