0235 - St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0496 - St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0695 - Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen 1317 - Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht 1492 - Pinta under Mart�n A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet 1620 - Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod 1654 - Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1729 - Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville 1759 - Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians 1783 - Pilstre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make first free balloon flight 1787 - Andrew Jackson admitted to bar 1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state 1794 - Honolulu Harbor discovered 1806 - Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England 1813 - Stettin surrenders to allied armies 1818 - Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1824 - First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC 1834 - HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile 1837 - Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times 1847 - Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 1852 - Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College 1864 - -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia 1865 - Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC 1871 - Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC) 1871 - The first human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot 1876 - Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition and natives 1877 - Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) 1880 - Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1895 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG) 1902 - First night football game, Phila Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0 1902 - Baseball's Phila Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in first attempt at a National Football League 1905 - First game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1906 - China prohibits opium trade 1914 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1914 - British army conquerors Bazra 1916 - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies 1917 - M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer 1918 - 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1918 - Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland 1920 - Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1922 - Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as first female US Senator 1924 - British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with USSR 1925 - Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears 1933 - First US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service 1934 - "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race 1934 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1935 - First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1938 - -24] Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands 1938 - Nazi forces occupy western Czech and declared them German citizens 1940 - Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands 1941 - Juanita Spellini, first woman executed in California 1942 - James Barry M Hertzog, South African premier (1914-39), dies at 76 1943 - 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III 1944 - Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food 1945 - General Motors workers go on strike 1946 - Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria 1946 - Harry Truman becomes first US president to travel in a submerged sub 1947 - Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 1949 - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1952 - First US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced 1952 - Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year 1953 - "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1955 - Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron 1956 - Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and first-ever Cy Young Award 1958 - Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49 1959 - Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49 1959 - Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 1960 - Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down 1963 - John F Kennedy flies to Texas 1963 - Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies 1964 - Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1964 - World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC) 1965 - First freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel 1965 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1966 - Dutch government of Zijlstra forms 1967 - Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet 1968 - Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt 1968 - Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" 1968 - Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1970 - NY Knicks first game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG 1971 - NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1971 - Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center 1972 - Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL 1973 - Pete Rose wins NL MVP 1973 - President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1974 - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over Pres Ford's veto 1975 - Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped 1977 - First flight of Concorde (London to New York) 1977 - Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year 1978 - Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award 1979 - Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies 1980 - Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) 1980 - Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 - Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns 1980 - It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" 1980 - John and Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum 1980 - MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1981 - 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles 1981 - Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1983 - NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt 1986 - Central African Republic adopts constitution 1986 - Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village 1987 - Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis 1987 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood 1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by Pres Bush 1989 - TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons 1990 - Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations 1991 - Poetess Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba 1992 - Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec) 1992 - Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec) 1992 - Oregon Senator Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances 1992 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1993 - Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome 1995 - Israel grants jailed US spy Jason Pollard, citizenship 1995 - New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1996 - A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33. 2002 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. 2004 - The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity. 2004 - The island of Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. 2004 - The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt. 2006 - Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
