0590 - St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1189 - England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 1752 - This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives 1783 - Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War) 1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 1852 - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm 1861 - Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality 1865 - Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1891 - Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas 1891 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti 1895 - 1st pro football game played (Latrobe, Penn) 1900 - British annex Natal (South Africa) 1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" 1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup 1904 - St Louis Olympics close 1906 - Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win 1912 - World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy 1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV 1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader 1918 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917 1925 - 1st international handball match held 1925 - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die 1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) 1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title 1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence 1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph) 1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games 1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win 1939 - Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada 1940 - 1st showing of high definition color TV 1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1943 - Allies invade Italy 1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title 1945 - Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies 1947 - Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0 1947 - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Sox 11-2 1951 - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS 1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint 1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out 1964 - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1965 - Jim Hickman becomes the 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game 1966 - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry 1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road 1968 - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 losses by 1 run 1970 - Billy Williams ends then longest NL consecutive streak at 1,117 games 1971 - John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return 1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain 1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires 1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die 1975 - Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak 1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 1978 - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff 1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1981 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game 1981 - Longest game in Fenway Park, completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7 1984 - 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth 1985 - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game 1986 - Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game 1990 - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0 1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
