0096 - Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 0655 - Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies 1087 - Victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies 1380 - Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies 1394 - Clement VII, [Robert de Gen�ve], Pope (1378-94), dies 1498 - Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies 1575 - King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to Hugenots 1630 - Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1662 - Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation 1668 - King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France 1702 - Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria 1782 - Great Seal of US used for 1st time 1795 - British capture Capetown 1810 - Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day) 1812 - Fire of Moscow 1837 - Pedro V van Alcantara, King of Portugal (1853-61), dies 1857 - Typesetting machine patent 1858 - First overland mail for California 1861 - Battle of Princeton, West Virginia 1862 - Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg, Maryland) 1862 - General Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, Kentucky 1864 - Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) 1885 - Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup 1890 - Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers 1893 - Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders 1908 - General Motors founded by William C Durant 1915 - US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years 1919 - American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress 1924 - Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game 1926 - St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3 1927 - Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title 1930 - Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14 1938 - George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH 1939 - Yanks clinch pennant #11 1940 - Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House 1941 - Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavians would be killed 1941 - Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto 1945 - Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) 1947 - John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH 1950 - Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila. 35-10) 1951 - Betsy Rawls wins the US Women's Open Golf title 1953 - AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles 1955 - Bauer & Berra homer in the 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st 1955 - US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1960 - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98 1960 - Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Phila Phillies, 4-0 1963 - "Outer Limits" premiers on TV 1963 - Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo & Sarawak 1965 - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0 1966 - Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center 1968 - Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in" 1970 - Jordan King Hussein forms military government 1971 - 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1972 - First TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie 1972 - Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" 1973 - Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 1974 - BART begins regular transbay service 1974 - President Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1975 - Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1976 - Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop 1977 - 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV 1977 - Ringo releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love" 1978 - 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran 1978 - Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2 1979 - Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium 1982 - Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins 1983 - Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen 1987 - NASA launches space vehicle S-209 1988 - Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series 1988 - Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA Dodgers (1-0) 1989 - Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher 1990 - 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY 1990 - Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan wed 1990 - Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush 1990 - Pirate Radio New York International begins transmissions on WWCR 1991 - US trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space 1997 - Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 2004 - Hurricane Ivan touches land near Pensacola, Florida, becoming (at the time) the third costliest hurricane to have struck the United States 2005 - Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples 2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people
