0337 - St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0743 - Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem Caliph, dies at about 52 0891 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, die 1189 - Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England 1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1577 - King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots 1626 - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle 1651 - -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 1693 - Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 1716 - England & Netherlands renew alliance 1778 - England declares war on France 1778 - France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution 1815 - NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens) 1819 - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore 1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone) 1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 1832 - US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1840 - Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand 1854 - Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1861 - 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America 1861 - English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1862 - General Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee 1862 - Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle 1862 - Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi 1864 - -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia 1865 - 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run) 1865 - Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief 1867 - Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1869 - Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 1891 - 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) 1899 - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1900 - Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1902 - Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1904 - Russian-Japanese war began 1911 - 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona 1911 - Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1918 - Britain grants women (30 & over) vote 1919 - 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike 1920 - Saarland administrated by League of Nations 1921 - "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released 1922 - Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI 1922 - US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1926 - NFL rules college students ineligible until graduaton 1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees 1929 - Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night" 1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) 1932 - Fascist coup in the Memel territory 1933 - 112' ocean wave observed near Manila 1933 - 20th Amendment goes into effect: Presidential term begins in January, not March 1933 - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1933 - President Von Hindenburg & Von Papen end Prussian parliament 1934 - Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 1935 - "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time 1935 - 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey 1936 - 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security 1952 - George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 1952 - England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II 1953 - US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted 1956 - Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing 1956 - French Premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers 1956 - University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) 1958 - 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1958 - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid 1959 - 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM 1959 - Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow 1961 - "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill South Carolina 1964 - France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1965 - Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1 1967 - Cultural Revolution in Albania 1967 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston 1967 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 1968 - Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam 1968 - Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1970 - NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland 1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard) 1974 - 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 1974 - Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis 1974 - US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 - George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1977 - 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0 1977 - Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris 1977 - Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ 1978 - Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office 1979 - Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto 1981 - "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV 1981 - Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon 1981 - Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4) 1982 - "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart 1983 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19 1983 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic 1984 - Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army 1986 - NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals 1987 - No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings 1987 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1989 - Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government 1990 - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50 1990 - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium 1991 - Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-NJ Knights 1992 - "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC 1993 - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal 1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic 1994 - Jose Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica 1994 - Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m 1994 - Martti Ahtisaari elected President of Finland 1994 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3 1995 - Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter 1995 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days 1996 - Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence 1997 - Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm 1998 - Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1998 - Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers 1998 - Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
