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Today in History
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)
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