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0794 - Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
1105 - Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 - William Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1421 - Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1421 - Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 - Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1477 - First English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
1494 - French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 - Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
1626 - St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1667 - Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC
1738 - France and Austria sign peace
1742 - Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 - Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1776 - Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
1787 - First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1793 - Louvre officially opens in Paris
1796 - Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1803 - Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
1804 - Palver Purim first celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, first Americans to cross continent
1805 - Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
1820 - Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
1833 - Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1835 - -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
1852 - State funeral of duke of Wellington (London)
1865 - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1883 - Standard time zones forms by railroads in US and Canada
1886 - Chester A Arthur, 21st President (1881-85), dies in NY at 56
1889 - Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
1893 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
1894 - First newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
1894 - First comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault
1902 - Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
1903 - Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
1905 - George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1909 - US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
1911 - Britain's first seaplane flies
1912 - Albania declares independence from Turkey
1913 - Lincoln Deachey performs first airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
1916 - Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off first Battle of the Somme in Europe
1918 - Brussels free Stofnar
1918 - Latvia declares independence from Russia
1922 - Turkish National Assembly nominates Abd�l Medjid kalief
1926 - Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
1928 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
1929 - Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"
1929 - Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
1929 - Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1932 - "Flowers and Trees" receives first Academy Award for a cartoon
1932 - First tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March
1936 - Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936 - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1939 - Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1940 - George Matesky Mad Bomber's first time-bomb
1941 - British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
1941 - Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1943 - First US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
1943 - 444 British bombers attack Berlin
1943 - U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1949 - NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1950 - South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1951 - "See it Now" premieres on TV
1951 - British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1951 - Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is first player to oppose the major league draft
1953 - Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
1954 - Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
1955 - Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight
1956 - Morocco gains independence
1957 - Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1958 - First true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1958 - Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay
1959 - Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
1960 - Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
1960 - Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
1961 - JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1961 - US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
1963 - Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
1963 - England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens
1963 - King Hassan II opens first parliament in Morocco)
1964 - Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
1964 - J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1965 - Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
1965 - Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
1966 - Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow
1966 - US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - British government devalues � from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1968 - Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted
1970 - Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1970 - Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
1970 - Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1970 - Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations
1970 - Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
1971 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1973 - Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1975 - Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
1975 - Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1976 - Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
1976 - Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
1978 - Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide
1978 - Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members
1978 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
1980 - Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
1980 - Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
1981 - Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1982 - Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
1984 - 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
1984 - Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
1984 - Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 - NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
1985 - Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985 - Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
1985 - Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"
1986 - Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
1987 - 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
1987 - Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
1987 - Cubs Andre Dawson is first from last-place club ever to win an MVP
1989 - Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1990 - First Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 11�-4� at Lake Nona CC FLA
1990 - NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
1990 - Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1991 - Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
1991 - France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
1991 - Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland
1991 - Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92
1993 - 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1993 - Black and white leaders in S Africa approve new democratic constitution
1993 - NAFTA passes House
1993 - Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
1993 - WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
1995 - Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
1995 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
1996 - Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder
1997 - Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
1997 - FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
1997 - Gary Glitter arrested by British police in child porn probe
1997 - Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games
1997 - Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
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