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Today in History
0375 - Valentinianus I, co-Emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54
0474 - Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
1278 - 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1511 - England and Spain sign anti-French covenant
1555 - William of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 - Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1558 - Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1734 - John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1785 - Church of England organizes in New England
1796 - Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1796 - Catharina II the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1798 - -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die
1800 - Congress held first session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building
1800 - John Adams is first pres to move into the White House
1818 - Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies
1842 - Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
1853 - Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1858 - Origin of Modified Julian Period
1862 - Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns
1863 - -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, Tennessee
1863 - Lincoln begins first draft of his Gettysburg Address
1869 - Englishman James Moore wins first bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
1869 - Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas
1874 - Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, NZ
1875 - American Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott
1884 - Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
1889 - Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland and SF
1894 - Daily Racing Form founded
1913 - First US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct
1913 - Panama Canal opens
1914 - US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
1917 - Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
1918 - Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1922 - Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
1926 - NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their first game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1
1927 - Tornado hits Washington DC
1928 - Boston Garden officially opens
1928 - Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
1929 - Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico
1929 - Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo
1932 - German government of von Papen, resigns
1933 - US recognizes USSR, opens trade
1934 - Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1936 - Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1937 - Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1938 - Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1939 - German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
1940 - Green Bay Packers become first NFL team to travel by plane
1944 - -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder
1945 - New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1948 - Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1953 - St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1956 - Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)
1956 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1959 - De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1959 - Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 - William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
1960 - New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
1962 - President Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1964 - British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1965 - General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
1965 - William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1966 - Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1967 - Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names
1967 - French author R�gis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 - Surveyor 6 becomes first man-made object to lift off Moon
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational
1968 - NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1969 - SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
1970 - British newspaper Sun puts first pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1970 - Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
1972 - Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1973 - Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 - Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
1973 - President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1974 - Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
1974 - Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
1976 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 - Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
1978 - Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
1979 - Daniel Okrent sketches out first draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
1979 - Khomeini frees most black and female US hostages
1979 - On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
1980 - John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
1981 - NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1982 - Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1983 - Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
1983 - Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
1984 - Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
1984 - Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
1985 - NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1987 - George Bell is first Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
1988 - Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1989 - Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
1991 - First TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
1991 - Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
1992 - Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is first pick of Marlins in expansion draft
1992 - Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
1992 - Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
1993 - Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 - US House of Representatives approve Nafta
1994 - 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
1994 - Irish government of Reynolds resigns
1996 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational
1997 - Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
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