Today in History
0070 - Roman army under Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem
1134 - Alfonso I de Strijdvaardige, King of Aragon (1104-34), dies
1159 - Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
1497 - Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
1525 - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1543 - Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
1596 - Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
1599 - Earl van Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
1652 - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
1701 - Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
1714 - Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine
1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
1813 - "Uncle Sam" was first used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)
1822 - Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 - Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1880 - George Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of The Engineer's Thumb" (BG)1892 - James J Corbett kayos John L Sullivan in round 21 at New Orleans
1896 - 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, Rhode Island
1896 - A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held
1903 - Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1907 - Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
1914 - New York Post Office Building opens to the public
1915 - St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1923 - Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
1927 - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in San Francisco
1934 - Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1936 - Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1939 - Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmision
1940 - German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940 - Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England
1943 - Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas)
1945 - Japanese at Rioekioe Islands surrender
1948 - First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Ohio
1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 - Whitey Ford becomes the 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1956 - Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1963 - First US TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1963 - Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
1970 - Donald Boyles sets record for highest paracute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of the 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1973 - Mike Storen becomes the American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
1976 - US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine)
1978 - First game of the Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
1979 - 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
1980 - 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott
1980 - Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1981 - Judge Wapner & the People's Court premier on TV
1983 - Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1986 - Desmond Tutu installed to lead south African Anglican Church
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 - NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychatrist
1988 - Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1990 - Miss America 1991 crowned
1991 - Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
1991 - Monica Seles wins the US Open
1995 - STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
1995 - Senator Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
1997 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66
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