0638 - Honorius I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected 0642 - John IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope 1165 - Rambam reaches Jerusalem 1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire 1320 - Michael IX Paleologi, Emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies 1366 - King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues 1459 - Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated 1492 - Columbus arrives in Bahamas [real Columbus Day] 1492 - Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders 1504 - Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament 1509 - Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy 1518 - Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther 1549 - John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier 1576 - Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies 1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria 1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London 1654 - Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed 1659 - English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals 1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials 1702 - Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 1711 - Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor 1729 - Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland 1730 - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies 1730 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark 1775 - US Navy forms 1776 - British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx 1792 - Columbus Day is first celebrated 1798 - Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg 1798 - Friedrich von Schillers "Wallensteins Lager," premieres in Weimar 1815 - Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death 1822 - Second eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain 1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs) 1850 - First women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1853 - John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans 1854 - Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute 1860 - British and French troops capture Beijing 1861 - Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi 1862 - JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan" 1862 - Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi 1862 - Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland 1870 - Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 1871 - President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan 1872 - Montreal Foot Ball Club first game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie 1879 - British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan 1881 - Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1886 - Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas 1886 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG) 1891 - Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1892 - Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools 1899 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" 1903 - Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC 1907 - Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series 1913 - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired 1914 - First battle at Ypres begins 1915 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile 1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities 1916 - Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series 1918 - First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1918 - Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 - Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1920 - Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series 1920 - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ and NYC 1920 - Man O'War's last race and win 1920 - Soccer team Quick '20 forms 1923 - NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series 1924 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow 1925 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) 1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed 1927 - Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet 1929 - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning 1931 - First International Conference on Calendar Reform 1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially) 1933 - John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, Ohio jail 1940 - Hitler begins operation-Seel�we (invasion of England) 1941 - Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow 1942 - Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1942 - US Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1943 - US bombs Rabaul, New Britain 1944 - German army retreats from Athens 1948 - Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager 1949 - Eugenie Anderson becomes first woman ambassador nominated in US 1953 - US and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases) 1955 - -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1955 - -13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1956 - Marga Klomp� becomes first Dutch women elected minister 1957 - First coml flight between Calif and Antartica 1957 - Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize 1958 - CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium 1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1960 - John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon's third presidential debate 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session 1961 - "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 68 performances 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology 1963 - "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 16 performances 1963 - Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel 1963 - At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck 1964 - First time 3 people in space 1964 - KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins 1964 - Launch of Voskhod 1, first 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) 1964 - Voskhod 1 launched: first flight with 3 cosmonauts 1966 - Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell 1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series 1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 perfs 1968 - 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico 1968 - Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain 1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is first woman to light Olympic flame 1969 - First time 5 people in space 1969 - Soyuz 7 is launched 1969 - Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage 1970 - Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East 1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk 1972 - Billy Harris failed in first Islander penalty shot 1972 - Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole 1973 - Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria 1973 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina 1973 - Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP 1974 - First time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota 1975 - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became first Irish-born saint in 7 centuries 1975 - Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19) 1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-195 1976 - Fourth Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight 1976 - Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party 1977 - "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers 1977 - Fourth test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 - Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van 1977 - US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of 1977 - Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School 1978 - Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington 1978 - Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen 1979 - Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa 1980 - 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA 1982 - Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits 1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission 1985 - International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize 1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1986 - California Angels within one pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox 1987 - 21st Country Music Assn Award: Hank William Jr wins 1987 - George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You" 1987 - Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant 1987 - Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize 1988 - George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate 1988 - Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations 1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1991 - Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex 1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards 1991 - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN 1991 - Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw 1991 - Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush 1991 - Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime 1992 - 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) 1992 - Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets 1992 - Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title 1992 - Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain 1992 - Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life) 1992 - Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception 1994 - Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken 1994 - Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed 1997 - David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club 1997 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship 1997 - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53 1999 - Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup 1999 - The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born 2000 - The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39 2002 - Terrorists detonate bombs in Paddy's Pub and the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit
