0235 - Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered 0417 - St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0731 - St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0978 - Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 1123 - 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1167 - Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians 1190 - Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England 1227 - Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies 1229 - German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 1314 - Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1438 - Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany 1509 - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1532 - English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1541 - Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi River) 1582 - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp 1583 - Dutch States General and Anjou sign treaty 1584 - Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 1673 - Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1754 - Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier 1766 - Britain repeals the Stamp Act 1793 - 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1813 - David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas 1818 - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service 1834 - 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long) 1835 - Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass 1847 - 1st Dutch public telegram 1850 - Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1858 - Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns 1859 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 1864 - Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240 1865 - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama 1865 - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time 1870 - 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland, California) 1871 - Communards revolt in Paris 1877 - President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington, DC 1881 - Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) 1890 - 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone 1892 - Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 1895 - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia 1899 - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 1900 - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 1902 - Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record 1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1913 - George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 1914 - White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen, China 1915 - Failed British attack in Dardanelles 1915 - French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed 1918 - Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms 1918 - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam 1919 - Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City 1920 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 1921 - 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged 1921 - Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 1922 - 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 1922 - Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience 1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment 1925 - (8) 60-MPH tornadoes hit Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee kills 689 1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game 1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) 1931 - Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain 1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1933 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die 1938 - Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties 1938 - NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 1938 - President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US and British oil companies 1940 - Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1942 - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1942 - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1943 - James Oglethorpe (US) and Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed and sinks 1943 - Red Army evacuates Belgorod 1944 - Nazi Germany occupies Hungary 1944 - 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu 1948 - France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified 1950 - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship 1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) 1952 - Communist offensive in Korea 1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee 1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan 1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958 1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill 1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1962 - Algerian War ends after 7� yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees 1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR 1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 1965 - Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 1965 - Rolling Stones fined for public urination 1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins) 1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia 1966 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 1967 - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil 1968 - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve 1970 - -25) US Postal begins strike 1970 - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1970 - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike 1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time 1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar, Peru 1972 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48 1972 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U) 1972 - Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 1975 - Kurds end fight against Iraqi army 1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea and Cambodia 1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario, California 1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1979 - Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic 1980 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) 1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1983 - Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open 1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC 1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle 1986 - Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money 1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew) 1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth 1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game 1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1990 - 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 1990 - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch 1990 - Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell 1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round 1991 - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey 1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 - Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion 1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC 1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands 1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy 1995 - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement 1995 - STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16 days 1995 - Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada 1996 - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 2000 - Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president 2002 - Brittanie Cecil, 13, died two days after being hit in the head by a hockey puck during an NHL game between the hometown Columbus Blue Jackets and the Calgary Flames 2005 - Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.) 2005 - Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months under house arrest for corruption
