0578 - Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies 0610 - Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople 0869 - 4th Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens 1056 - Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies 1111 - Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies 1285 - Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies 1450 - Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX 1496 - Ferdinand II, King of Naples, dies 1568 - Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart 1582 - Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1762 - The opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1763 - August III, King of Poland, dies at 66 1777 - Washington begins assault on Germantown, Pennsylvania 1787 - Thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at about 44 1813 - Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1813 - Tecumseh, US Shawnee Chief/English General (Battle of Thames), dies 1862 - Battle of Big Hatchie River, Mississippi 1862 - Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas 1863 - Confederate sub David damages Union ship Ironsides 1864 - Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South 1864 - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1867 - Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska 1875 - Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens 1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas bank holdup 1906 - Henry Mathewson (NY Giants) walks 14 men 1907 - Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) 1907 - Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game 1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1910 - Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic 1912 - Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1912 - Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium 1921 - 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0 (World Series #18) 1921 - Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect 1922 - Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game (World Series #19) 1923 - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1924 - 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News 1931 - 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn) 1941 - Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely, would have been the last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4 1942 - St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series 1945 - "Meet the Press" premieres on radio 1947 - 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 - Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in world series (World Series #44) 1953 - 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY 1953 - Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US 1953 - Yankees break own record with 5th consecutive World Series win - Billy Martin's 12 hits set record (World Series #50) 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US 1956 - Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam (World Series #53) 1960 - Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die) 1962 - Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do" 1963 - Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour 1963 - Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park 1964 - SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated 1965 - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups 1965 - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite 1969 - Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 - John Creach joins Jefferson Airplane 1970 - PBS becomes a network 1970 - Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1972 Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes 1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature 1980 - Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417 1981 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1982 - NJ Devils 1st game, ties Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands 1982 - Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1984 - 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G)-Challenger 6-launched 1985 - Grambling's Eddie Robinson wins record 324th football game 1986 - London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms 1988 - Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism 1990 - Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obscenity (Mapplethorpe photos) 1991 - Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing) weds Annett Wolf 1992 - NY senator Alphonse D'Mato fillerbusters for 15 hours 20 minutes 1997 - STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands
