1135 - Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies 1167 - Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League 1566 - Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva 1626 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out 1640 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule 1641 - Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery 1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes 1656 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 1708 - Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1742 - Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia 1750 - 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Maryland 1783 - Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon 1783 - J van North launches unmanned balloon 1804 - Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique 1821 - Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain 1822 - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil 1822 - Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran 1824 - House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between Adams, Jackson, Crawford & Clay; Adams eventually declared president 1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1843 - 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens 1852 - Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands 1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, Virginia 1864 - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia 1868 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war 1878 - 1st White House telephone installed 1887 - Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" 1887 - Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao 1891 - James Naismith creates the game of basketball 1896 - 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) 1900 - South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders 1903 - "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1906 - Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris) 1906 - Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of K�penick) sentenced to 4 yrs 1909 - 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pennsylvania 1909 - 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef 1913 - 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pittsburgh) 1913 - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) 1917 - Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha, Nebraska 1918 - Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence 1918 - Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown 1918 - Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade 1918 - Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established 1919 - Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1921 - 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight 1921 - US Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1922 - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF 1922 - Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns 1923 - CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto 1924 - Calles becomes president of Mexico 1924 - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC 1925 - Treaty of Locarno signed 1928 - CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton 1928 - Railroad museum opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1929 - Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1930 - NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty 1930 - Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1931 - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 1933 - Rudolf Hess & Earnest Roehm become ministers in Hitler government 1934 - Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad 1935 - Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp 1936 - 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E) 1936 - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 1936 - EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 1937 - Japan recognizes Franco govt 1938 - School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1939 - SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews 1941 - British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 1941 - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years 1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes 1942 - Gasoline rationed in US 1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)1953 - WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1944 - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1945 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto 1946 - Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1947 - Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72 1947 - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba 1947 - India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1948 - Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine 1948 - Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player 1949 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1951 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London 1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1953 - Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen 1953 - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 - Walter Alston named Dodger manager 1954 - Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement 1954 - Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal) 1955 - Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1956 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0) 1956 - Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1956 - Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns 1957 - Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show 1958 - Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day) 1958 - Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chicago) 1959 - 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica 1959 - 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space 1959 - 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB) 1959 - The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space 1960 - Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo 1962 - Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) 1962 - KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1963 - NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0 1963 - Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union 1964 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros 1964 - ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign 1965 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began 1965 - South Africa govt says children of white fathers are white 1966 - Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor 1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado 1967 - Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope 1967 - Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1968 - Gonzalo Barrios elected president of Venezuela 1968 - Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open 1968 - Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting 1969 - US govt holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II 1970 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico 1970 - NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 - Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 - Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach 1971 - Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in NYC 1971 - John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US 1971 - People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1972 - Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK 1973 - Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea 1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year 1973 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic 1973 - Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ 1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died 1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) 1974 - LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8 1975 - US president Gerald Ford visits China PR 1976 - Angola admitted to UN 1976 - Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president 1976 - Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks" 1978 - President Carter more than doubles national park system size 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 - 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) 1980 - Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships" 1980 - US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1981 - 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain 1981 - Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed 1982 - Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart 1982 - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" 1982 - Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as president of Mexico 1983 - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB) 1984 - France performs nuclear test 1984 - Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title 1985 - Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster 1985 - STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 - South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms 1986 - Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" 1987 - Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel 1988 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 - Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan) 1988 - Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow 1988 - NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1988 - NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues 1989 - "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1989 - East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 - Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract 1989 - USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican 1990 - 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB) 1990 - British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) 1990 - Hissene Habr� of Chad flees to Cameroon 1990 - Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks 1990 - Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1990 - NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96 1991 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1) 1991 - AIDS awareness day 1991 - Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1991 - Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan 1991 - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands 1991 - Ukrainian people vote for independence 1992 - 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die 1992 - Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco 1993 - Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18 1994 - 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident 1994 - Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating 1994 - Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico 1994 - PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail 1996 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) 1996 - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1997 - GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM 1997 - Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
