1227 - Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX 1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor 1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1540 - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1563 - Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots 1571 - Spanish troops occupy Manila 1628 - Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen 1644 - 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1644 - Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide 1682 - Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1702 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51 1702 - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England 1721 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 1748 - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1775 - 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1775 - Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city 1831 - 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) 1865 - Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina 1866 - Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1883 - Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1885 - Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Saskatchewan 1915 - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 1917 - US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees 1918 - Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1918 - S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1925 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop 1927 - Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin 1928 - "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) 1930 - Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling 1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism 1938 - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes 1940 - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt 1940 - French government of Daladier, falls 1941 - Jimmy Dorsey and Orch record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1942 - FDR orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago 1943 - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks 1945 - 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 - Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities 1945 - British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) 1945 - Hitler orders all German factories destroyed 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure 1946 - Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR 1947 - Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1947 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan 1949 - 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 1950 - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias 1950 - City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1953 - 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 1954 - 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC 1954 - 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico 1954 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1954 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1954 - Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings v England 1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63 1956 - Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 1957 - Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1958 - Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1964 - Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" 1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies 1965 - Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1966 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins 1967 - Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1967 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic 1969 - British invade Anguilla 1969 - Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 1970 - W German chancellor and E German premier Willy Brandt meet 1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1972 - India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1972 - LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour 1975 - Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years 1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) 1978 - 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb 1978 - Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic 1979 - House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN 1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1981 - Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 1984 - Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering 1984 - STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 - Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile 1987 - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) 1987 - Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company 1987 - Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad and Tobago 1987 - PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1987 - Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) 1988 - 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast, North Ireland 1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 1989 - Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight 1989 - Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson 1991 - KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers 1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses 1991 - St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season 1991 - NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1992 - British Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation 1993 - Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire 1994 - Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown 1995 - 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1995 - Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 1995 - Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament 1995 - Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers 1995 - NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) 1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) 1996 - Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage 1997 - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi 1997 - Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 2003 - An American-led coalition launched a war against Iraq, beginning with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad 2003 - Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister
