0303 - 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 1208 - St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy 1296 - Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos 1389 - Battle at Falk�ping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden 1496 - England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders 1510 - Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice 1525 - Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king 1525 - Francois I caught taken/8700 killed 1525 - Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1527 - Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia 1528 - Hungarian anti-king J nos Z polyai & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty 1530 - 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 1538 - King Ferdinand of Austria & King J nos Z polyai of Hungary sign Peace of Grosswardein 1541 - Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12) 1552 - Privileges of Hanseatic League in England are abrogated 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1597 - Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main 1613 - English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts 1708 - Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen 1779 - George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British 1786 - Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India 1793 - French troops conquer Breda 1803 - Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison) 1807 - 17 die & 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty & Elizabeth Godfrey in England 1815 - Robert Fulton, steamboat pioneer, dies 1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain 1835 - Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag 1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 1839 - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1848 - King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared 1855 - US Court of Claims forms for cases against government 1857 - 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government 1863 - Arizona Territory created 1863 - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee 1864 - -Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost) 1868 - 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile Alabama) 1868 - House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1881 - De Lesseps' Company begins work on Panama Canal 1888 - Louisville, Kentucky becomes 1st govt in US to adopt Australian ballot 1891 - French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan 1894 - Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) 1895 - Cuban war for independence begins 1902 - Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British 1903 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1905 - Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed 1917 - German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) 1917 - Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000 1917 - Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS) 1918 - Estonia declares independence from Russia 1920 - Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1921 - 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hrs flying time arrives Florida 1923 - Flying Scotsman goes into service 1923 - Mass arrests in US of mafia 1924 - Greek parliament proclaims republic 1924 - Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 secs) 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi released from jail 1925 - Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY 1932 - Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona 1933 - Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin 1933 - League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria 1937 - 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Wash, DC 1938 - Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles 1941 - 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague 1941 - Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt, Amsterdam 1942 - Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German) 1943 - Major General Bradley flies to Algiers 1943 - Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II 1944 - Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1945 - Egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi Germany 1945 - Manila freed from Japanese 1945 - Nazi occupiers begin state of siege 1946 - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina 1948 - Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1949 - Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement 1949 - V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, New Mexico, 400 km 1950 - Labour wins British parliamentary election 1951 - Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of Germany 1951 - Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of Great Britain 1951 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA 1952 - Betty MacKinnon & Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1955 - Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed 1960 - Italian government of Segni falls 1960 - US beats Germany in Olympic hockey finals round, 9-1 1961 - Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit 1962 - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 - Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title 1965 - Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas 1965 - East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt 1966 - Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 - 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1968 - Discovery of 1st pulsar announced 1968 - Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games 1968 - Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar 1968 - US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam 1969 - Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby 1970 - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 1970 - Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records 1971 - Algeria nationalizes French oil companies 1974 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champ all-round skater 1974 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh 1976 - Cuba adopts its constitution 1976 - Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU 1977 - President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights 1978 - Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game 1979 - Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1979 - War between North & South Yemen begins 1980 - Joanne Carner Ladies wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic 1980 - Rangers score 5 power-play goals against Islanders 1980 - USA Olympic hockey team defeated Finland, 4-2, to win the gold medal 1981 - Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak 1981 - Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer 1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower 1982 - 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins 1982 - Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 1983 - Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time 1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1984 - Iraq resumes air attack on Iran 1985 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson 1985 - Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal 1985 - Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards 1985 - Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I" 1986 - Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1986 - Voyager 2, 1st Uranus flyby 1987 - 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins 1987 - LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point 1987 - Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack 1988 - Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist 1988 - South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 1988 - Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody 1989 - 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found 1989 - Harold E Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley 1989 - Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1989 - US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open 1991 - End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 1991 - US & allies begin a ground war assault on Iraqi troops 1993 - 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins 1994 - Scoreboard is unveiled at new Cleve Indians' park (Jacobs Field) 1995 - Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 1996 - Cuba downs 2 US planes 1996 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) 1997 - South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1998 - Elton John knighted 1998 - NHL resumes season since Feb 8th to accomodate the Olympics 1998 - Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92 2002 - XIX winter olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
