1267 - Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps 1499 - France & Venice sign treaty against Milan 1537 - Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England 1540 - The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) 1554 - Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated 1574 - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht 1621 - Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) 1667 - Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty 1670 - Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 1674 - English reconquer New York from Netherlands 1742 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford 1744 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews) 1775 - English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion 1788 - Austria declares war on Russia 1799 - USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, West Indies 1801 - France & Austrian sign Peace of Luneville 1807 - French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon 1822 - American Indian Society organizes 1825 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president 1849 - Roman Republic declared 1861 - Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA 1861 - Tennessee votes against secession 1861 - Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states 1863 - Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane 1867 - Nebraska becomes 37th US state 1870 - US Army establishes US National Weather Service 1871 - Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 1885 - 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii 1886 - President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence 1891 - 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento 1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud 1895 - 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) 1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts 1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup 1904 - Japan declares war on Russia 1906 - Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising 1909 - 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) 1909 - 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio 1912 - US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1913 - -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die 1916 - Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 1916 - NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20) 1918 - Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe, Virginia 1920 - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard 1920 - Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs 1922 - Italian government of Bonomi falls 1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii 1923 - Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms 1924 - Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR 1925 - German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France 1925 - Haifa Technion (Israel), opens 1926 - Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools 1929 - USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1932 - America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time 1932 - US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY) 1934 - Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania) 1935 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1939 - Belgian Spaak government falls 1940 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1941 - British troops conquer El Agheila 1941 - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe� Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe) 1942 - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US 1942 - Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 - Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils" 1943 - FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1943 - German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp 1943 - Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1943 - NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears 1943 - Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents 1944 - U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland 1945 - -Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen 1945 - WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire 1946 - Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1947 - Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia 1950 - Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists 1951 - St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45 1953 - "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication 1953 - General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA 1954 - Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy 1955 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law 1955 - US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO 1956 - R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria 1960 - AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact 1961 - Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo 1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 - 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet 1963 - 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7") 1964 - 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers) 1964 - 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1964 - GI Joe character created 1964 - NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV 1969 - [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83 1969 - Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight 1969 - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight 1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth 1971 - Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family 1971 - Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes 1st Negro League player elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1972 - British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1973 - Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock festival farmland, dies at 53 1974 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1974 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic 1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth 1976 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame 1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey 1979 - ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special 1979 - Nigeria amends constitution 1980 - Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game 1981 - Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington 1983 - Belgium buys 44 F-16s 1985 - Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks 1986 - 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas 1986 - Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1986 - Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen 1986 - Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic 1986 - Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt 1986 - West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17) 1987 - Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1988 - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis 1988 - NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991) 1989 - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 - Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1990 - "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV 1990 - Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13) 1990 - Galileo flies by Venus 1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified 1991 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73) 1991 - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him 1991 - US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1992 - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando 1992 - Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germany 1992 - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m) 1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10) 1992 - NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113 1992 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary 1993 - Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies 1993 - Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma 1994 - Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat 1995 - Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) 1997 - 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds 1997 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am 1997 - LG Senior Golf Championship 1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational 1997 - Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am 1997 - Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games 1997 - Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history 1998 - 6th annual ESPY Awards 1998 - Failed assassination attempt on Georgian Pres Eduard Shevardnadze 2002 - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
