0606 - Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies 0896 - Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor 1071 - Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I 1281 - Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV 1288 - Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV 1300 - Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree 1349 - Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland 1371 - David II Bruce, King of Scotland (1331-71), dies at 46 1495 - French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown 1561 - William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais 1630 - Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving 1656 - New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site 1744 - Battle at Toulon: English-French & Spanish fleet 1746 - French troops conquer Brussels 1746 - Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen 1770 - Christopher Snider, 12, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution 1774 - English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright 1775 - 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10-cents 1775 - Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland 1784 - 1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY 1819 - Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-On�s Treaty) 1821 - Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million 1825 - Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary 1828 - Russia & Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1835 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile 1836 - Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea 1847 - Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army 1854 - 1st meeting of Republican Party (Michigan) 1856 - 1st national meeting of Republican Party (Pittsburgh) 1860 - Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time 1860 - Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages 1861 - On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1864 - -27] Battle at Dalton Georgia 1864 - 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi 1864 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee 1865 - Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals 1865 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery 1872 - 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio) 1876 - Johns Hopkins University opens 1878 - Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio) 1879 - 1st 5&10-cent store opened by Frank W Woolworth (Utica NY) 1882 - With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race & $100 prize 1887 - Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati 1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY) 1889 - Dakotas, Montana & Washington admitted to union 1889 - President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state 1892 - Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms 1898 - Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City, South Carolina 1900 - Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 - Hawaii became a US territory 1903 - Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1906 - Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles, California 1907 - 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1909 - Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1912 - J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph 1915 - Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war 1917 - German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships 1918 - Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia 1920 - 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville, California) 1922 - Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin 1923 - 1st successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles, California) 1923 - Transcontinental airmail service begins 1924 - 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge) 1927 - ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine 1927 - Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum 1928 - 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) 1932 - Purple Heart award reinstituted 1933 - Goering forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50 1935 - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1936 - Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins 1939 - Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1940 - Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island 1940 - German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1941 - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal 1941 - German assault on El Agheila Libya 1941 - IG Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1941 - Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1944 - US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1945 - Arab League froms (Cairo) 1945 - British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1945 - Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland 1948 - Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1955 - British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1956 - 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United 1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" 1957 - Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win 1957 - Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958 1958 - Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days 1958 - Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR) 1958 - Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1959 - 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH) 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts 1963 - Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1964 - Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit 1965 - USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test) 1966 - Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew 1967 - Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL 1967 - 25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash VietCong stronghold near Cambodian border 1968 - Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun" 1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track 1971 - Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria 1972 - Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar 1972 - President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing 1973 - US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington, DC 1974 - Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators 1976 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic 1978 - 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee 1979 - Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's 1979 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate & Cat Building is dedicated 1979 - St Lucia gains independence from Britain 1980 - Afghanistan declares martial law 1980 - USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal 1981 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic 1982 - NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful) 1983 - Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 1983 - Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1983 - Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record 1984 - Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec 1987 - Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58 1987 - David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 66 1987 - Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec) 1988 - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec) 1989 - Finnish ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress 1989 - NY Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) 1989 - UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud" 1989 - US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1989 - 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman 1989 - 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1991 - Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32) 1991 - Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hrs to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 - Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA 1992 - Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox 1992 - Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37 1992 - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament 1992 - Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed 1995 - Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters 1995 - Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) 1996 - Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice 1996 - STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open 1998 - Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28
