0537 - Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies 1620 - English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam 1682 - English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam 1697 - St Paul's Cathedral opens in London 1763 - Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue) 1777 - British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4 1790 - Austrian army occupies Brussels 1802 - English sell Suriname to Dutch 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII 1805 - Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz 1812 - James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-president 1813 - Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy 1814 - Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 1816 - 1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1822 - In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" 1840 - William H Harrison elected president of US 1848 - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary 1852 - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor 1859 - John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 1864 - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia 1868 - 1st British government of Disraeli resigns 1882 - Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium 1883 - John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres 1887 - Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (NYC) 1891 - 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes 1895 - 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes 1899 - US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them 1900 - South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany 1901 - King Camp Gillette patents first disposable razor, begins selling safety razor blades 1902 - Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer 1907 - English Professional Football Player's Association forms 1907 - Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1908 - Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3 1913 - Archdiocese of Managua created 1913 - Govt -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription 1914 - Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia 1916 - Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract 1917 - Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea 1922 - 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1 1924 - British-German trade agreement signed 1927 - 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385 1928 - Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP 1929 - 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien 1933 - 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson) 1934 - 5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast 1939 - British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC 1939 - NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight 1941 - Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY 1941 - NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry 1941 - Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul 1941 - Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor 1942 - 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-U of Chicago) 1943 - 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp 1944 - 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB) 1944 - General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow 1944 - German troops seize Betuwse dikes 1944 - US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar 1947 - 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB) 1948 - Stan Musial is picked NL MVP 1950 - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight 1951 - Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing 1952 - 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB) 1952 - 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo) 1954 - Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws 1954 - US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute" 1956 - Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba 1957 - 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn) 1957 - Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1 1958 - 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB) 1958 - Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg 1959 - Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus 1961 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism 1961 - Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing 1962 - 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT] 1963 - 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km 1963 - ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965 1964 - Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed 1966 - Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East 1967 - 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1 1968 - President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor 1969 - Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC) 1970 - Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1971 - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars 1971 - United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK 1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates 1971 - Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE 1972 - "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama) 1972 - 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10 1972 - In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen 1973 - 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0) 1973 - Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Wash DC opens 1973 - US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96 1974 - Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs 1974 - Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ 1974 - Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days 1975 - 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed 1975 - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI 1975 - Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms 1975 - Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1978 - Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran 1978 - Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1 1979 - Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya 1979 - Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double 1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1980 - 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1981 - Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year 1981 - Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM 1981 - Spanish government requests membership in NATO 1982 - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1984 - 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win 1984 - Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder 1986 - Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57 1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1987 - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend NJ Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands 1988 - "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" 1988 - 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel 1988 - STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 - UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Britain abstains 1989 - 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB) 1989 - Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India 1990 - 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany 1990 - 1st time 12 people in space 1990 - 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2) 1990 - Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1990 - US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit 1991 - Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets 1991 - Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1993 - Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11 1993 - Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start 1993 - Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches 1994 - Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia 1994 - Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment 1994 - Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring 1995 - 17th ACE Cable Awards 1997 - MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics
