Today in History

[SoCalDem]

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* 0535 - John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
* 0615 - St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
* 0685 - St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
* 1360 - Treaty of Br‚tigny signed by English & French
* 1429 - French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orl‚ans
* 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
* 1521 - Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
* 1541 - Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
* 1624 - Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
* 1639 - William Coddington founds Newport RI
* 1660 - English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
* 1721 - Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
* 1741 - France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
* 1784 - Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
* 1792 - British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
* 1792 - US establishes military draft
* 1794 - US Post Office established
* 1823 - "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
* 1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
* 1834 - Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
* 1840 - Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
* 1842 - Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
* 1846 - 1st major battle of M‚xican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
* 1847 - Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
* 1858 - John Brown holds antislavery convention
* 1861 - Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
* 1862 - Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
* 1863 - Confederaci¢n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
* 1864 - Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
* 1864 - Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
* 1864 - Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
* 1866 - Australian Rules Football is created
* 1871 - English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
* 1877 - 1st Westminster Dog Show held
* 1878 - 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
* 1879 - George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
* 1881 - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
* 1882 - David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
* 1885 - Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
* 1886 - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
* 1895 - China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
* 1896 - Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
* 1897 - 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¬
* 1900 - 250 grave robbers shot to death
* 1900 - Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
* 1900 - John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
* 1901 - In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
* 1902 - Mt Pel‚e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
* 1906 - Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
* 1907 - Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
* 1907 - Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
* 1909 - Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
* 1909 - Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
* 1915 - 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
* 1916 - German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
* 1919 - 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
* 1919 - Appingedam soccer team forms
* 1920 - 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
* 1921 - Sweden abolished capital punishment
* 1923 - Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
* 1924 - Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
* 1924 - Memel territories given to Lithuania
* 1924 - Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
* 1925 - 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
* 1925 - French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
* 1926 - 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
* 1926 - A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
* 1926 - Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
* 1929 - Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
* 1929 - NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
* 1931 - Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
* 1935 - Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
* 1936 - Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
* 1937 - 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
* 1938 - Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
* 1941 - German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
* 1942 - Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
* 1942 - German summer offensive opens in Crimea
* 1942 - 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
* 1943 - 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
* 1943 - Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
* 1944 - 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
* 1944 - 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
* 1944 - U-575 sinks Asphodel
* 1945 - Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
* 1945 - Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
* 1945 - Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
* 1945 - V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
* 1946 - Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
* 1947 - A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
* 1948 - Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
* 1949 - West German constitution approved
* 1950 - Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
* 1951 - Dacron men's suits introduced
* 1951 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
* 1952 - "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
* 1952 - "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
* 1952 - Mad Magazine debuts
* 1953 - WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
* 1954 - 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
* 1956 - John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
* 1958 - Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
* 1958 - VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
* 1959 - 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
* 1960 - USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
* 1960 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
* 1961 - 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
* 1961 - Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
* 1962 - "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
* 1962 - 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
* 1962 - London trolley buses go out of service
* 1963 - "Dr No" premieres in US
* 1963 - JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
* 1965 - 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
* 1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
* 1966 - Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
* 1966 - Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
* 1967 - Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
* 1968 - Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
* 1968 - Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
* 1969 - Cambodia recognizes German DR
* 1969 - Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
* 1970 - Beatles release "Let it Be" album
* 1970 - Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
* 1970 - NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
* 1971 - "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
* 1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
* 1972 - Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
* 1973 - Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
* 1973 - Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
* 1974 - 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
* 1974 - Canada govt of Trudeau falls
* 1974 - FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
* 1976 - "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
* 1977 - David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
* 1977 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
* 1978 - ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
* 1978 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
* 1979 - Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
* 1980 - Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
* 1980 - World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
* 1981 - Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
* 1982 - Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
* 1983 - Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
* 1984 - Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
* 1984 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
* 1984 - Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
* 1984 - Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
* 1984 - USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
* 1985 - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
* 1985 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
* 1987 - Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
* 1988 - "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
* 1988 - Fran‡ois Mitterrand elected president of France
* 1988 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
* 1988 - Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
* 1988 - Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
* 1989 - Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
* 1989 - US space shuttle STS-30 lands
* 1990 - Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
* 1991 - CIA director William H Webster resigns
* 1993 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
* 1993 - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
* 1993 - 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
* 1994 - "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
* 1994 - 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
* 1994 - Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
* 1994 - Ernesto P‚rez Balladares elected president of Panama
* 1994 - Jos‚ Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
* 1994 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
* 1994 - Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
* 1996 - NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
* 1996 - S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
* 1997 - Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village

[wildhorses]

1. wow....

and I have not even made coffee...

[BlueIris]

2. Heh. That's SO how I feel whenever I read any of these lists.

And if you feel like an underachiever now, don't go to that infamous website that has a comprehensive list of "Impressive Things Other People Had Already Accomplished By the Time They Were Your Age." Typing in your age and having the database spit back a collection of incredible stuff created by all the proteges throughout world history can feel beyond humiliating.

[wildhorses]

3. thanks for the info...will be sure to make a wide detour

;)