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January 5 - Today in History

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  1. 1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario
  2. 1998 Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
  3. 1997 "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City
  4. 1997 "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City
  5. 1997 "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City
  6. 1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
  7. 1996 Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba
  8. 1995 AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
  9. 1995 Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
  10. 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
  11. 1994 Yat Weiju swiNumbered Listms world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
  12. 1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
  13. 1993 Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG
  14. 1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
  15. 1993 Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
  16. 1992 "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf
  17. 1992 "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 32 performances
  18. 1992 "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 99 performances
  19. 1992 "Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances
  20. 1992 Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt
  21. 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances
  22. 1991 Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title
  23. 1991 Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
  24. 1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
  25. 1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test
  26. 1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
  27. 1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
  28. 1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
  29. 1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS-51-C mission
  30. 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
  31. 1984 Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
  32. 1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
  33. 1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes
  34. 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
  35. 1977 Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
  36. 1976 MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
  37. 1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
  38. 1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
  39. 1975 "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances
  40. 1975 Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City
  41. 1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
  42. 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
  43. 1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
  44. 1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
  45. 1973 Netherlands recognizes East Germany
  46. 1972 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
  47. 1972 NASA announces development of space shuttle
  48. 1972 New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
  49. 1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
  50. 1972 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
  51. 1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
  52. 1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
  53. 1971 U.S. heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
  54. 1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
  55. 1970 KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
  56. 1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
  57. 1969 "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances
  58. 1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro
  59. 1969 Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
  60. 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
  61. 1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
  62. 1968 Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
  63. 1967 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins
  64. 1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel
  65. 1964 San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
  66. 1963 "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances
  67. 1963 "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances
  68. 1963 San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
  69. 1962 Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce "My Bonnie" and "The Saints"
  70. 1961 U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
  71. 1960 Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating
  72. 1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
  73. 1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
  74. 1957 Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants
  75. 1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
  76. 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
  77. 1955 KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
  78. 1953 Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea
  79. 1953 Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris
  80. 1952 Flying Enterprise sinks
  81. 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
  82. 1950 Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City
  83. 1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
  84. 1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
  85. 1946 "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances
  86. 1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
  87. 1945 Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
  88. 1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
  89. 1943 William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces
  90. 1942 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
  91. 1941 British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
  92. 1940 FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
  93. 1940 Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
  94. 1937 Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
  95. 1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr)
  96. 1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
  97. 1934 National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
  98. 1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
  99. 1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
  100. 1930 Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
  101. 1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
  102. 1927 Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
  103. 1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
  104. 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day and $5 daily minimum wage
  105. 1925 James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in New York City
  106. 1925 Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA
  107. 1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
  108. 1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings
  109. 1920 Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees
  110. 1920 New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
  111. 1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
  112. 1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
  113. 1918 British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
  114. 1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
  115. 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
  116. 1912 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
  117. 1911 Portuguese expel Jesuits
  118. 1911 SF has it's 1st air meet
  119. 1909 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
  120. 1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
  121. 1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
  122. 1904 -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
  123. 1904 -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
  124. 1904 England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68
  125. 1903 San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
  126. 1899 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton
  127. 1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
  128. 1896 Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
  129. 1895 Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
  130. 1895 Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days
  131. 1895 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
  132. 1892 1st successful auroral photograph made
  133. 1888 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
  134. 1887 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
  135. 1875 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
  136. 1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi
  137. 1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter
  138. 1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay
  139. 1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
  140. 1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die
  141. 1850 California Exchange opens
  142. 1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
  143. 1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
  144. 1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
  145. 1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
  146. 1828 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
  147. 1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
  148. 1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France
  149. 1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
  150. 1800 1st Swedenborgian temple in U.S. holds 1st service, Baltimore
  151. 1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
  152. 1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
  153. 1757 Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
  154. 1719 Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
  155. 1717 Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
  156. 1709 Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
  157. 1675 Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
  158. 1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
  159. 1638 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
  160. 1593 William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
  161. 1554 Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
  162. 1531 Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
  163. 1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
  164. 1477 Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7000+ killed
  165. 1463 French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris
  166. 1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
  167. 1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
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January 4 - Today in History

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  1. 2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202
  2. 2006 Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke
  3. 1998 "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform
  4. 1998 "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances
  5. 1998 "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City
  6. 1996 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances
  7. 1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House
  8. 1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
  9. 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
  10. 1992 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
  11. 1991 AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
  12. 1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
  13. 1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
  14. 1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
  15. 1989 Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
  16. 1989 U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
  17. 1989 Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself president
  18. 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md
  19. 1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide
  20. 1986 NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
  21. 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
  22. 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
  23. 1983 U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft
  24. 1982 Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
  25. 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
  26. 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
  27. 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network
  28. 1981 "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway
  29. 1981 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances
  30. 1981 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63)
  31. 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"
  32. 1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics
  33. 1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
  34. 1976 "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances
  35. 1976 "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City
  36. 1975 "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances
  37. 1975 "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances
  38. 1975 "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances
  39. 1975 Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828)
  40. 1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica
  41. 1975 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
  42. 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
  43. 1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
  44. 1971 Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
  45. 1971 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated
  46. 1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
  47. 1970 New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
  48. 1970 Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary
  49. 1969 "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 4 performances
  50. 1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel
  51. 1968 Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas
  52. 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
  53. 1966 Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
  54. 1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
  55. 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
  56. 1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
  57. 1962 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City)
  58. 1961 Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
  59. 1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
  60. 1959 Luna 1, Mechta, becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
  61. 1958 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up
  62. 1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
  63. 1957 Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000
  64. 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
  65. 1954 Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
  66. 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
  67. 1951 During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul
  68. 1948 Burma declares independence from UK
  69. 1947 "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances
  70. 1947 "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances
  71. 1945 Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
  72. 1945 U.S. jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack
  73. 1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers"
  74. 1942 NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
  75. 1942 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida
  76. 1942 Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame
  77. 1941 Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet
  78. 1941 Sergey Rachmaninov's "Symphonie Dances," premieres in Philadelphia
  79. 1939 Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a U.S. graduate school
  80. 1939 Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration
  81. 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
  82. 1936 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa
  83. 1935 Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
  84. 1935 Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established
  85. 1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres
  86. 1932 Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG
  87. 1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru
  88. 1932 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
  89. 1926 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
  90. 1925 French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better"
  91. 1923 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas)
  92. 1923 Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin
  93. 1921 Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in New York City
  94. 1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
  95. 1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
  96. 1915 Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
  97. 1912 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
  98. 1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
  99. 1906 South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
  100. 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
  101. 1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
  102. 1902 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG
  103. 1898 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears
  104. 1896 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City
  105. 1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
  106. 1894 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia
  107. 1893 U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
  108. 1887 Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
  109. 1885 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)
  110. 1884 Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)
  111. 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
  112. 1881 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau
  113. 1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
  114. 1862 Battle of Helena, AK
  115. 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
  116. 1861 President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession
  117. 1861 U.S. Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama
  118. 1843 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris
  119. 1843 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
  120. 1790 President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address
  121. 1781 Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
  122. 1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
  123. 1762 England declares war on Spain and Naples
  124. 1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)
  125. 1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
  126. 1717 Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance
  127. 1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
  128. 1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
  129. 1519 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz)
  130. 1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
  131. 1357 Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty
  132. 871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
  133. 274 St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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January 3 - Today in History

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  1. 2009 Israel launches an invasion of the Gaza strip
  2. 2007 Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  3. 2004 Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148
  4. 1998 "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances
  5. 1998 Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke
  6. 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV
  7. 1997 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare
  8. 1997 Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0
  9. 1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances
  10. 1994 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt
  11. 1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed
  12. 1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
  13. 1993 "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances
  14. 1993 "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances
  15. 1993 "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances
  16. 1993 "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances
  17. 1993 "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin New York City after 10 performances
  18. 1993 Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months
  19. 1992 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter
  20. 1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney
  21. 1991 Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years
  22. 1991 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders
  23. 1990 Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities
  24. 1989 Jim and Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)
  25. 1989 Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement
  26. 1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
  27. 1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century
  28. 1987 "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances
  29. 1987 "Smile" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 48 performances
  30. 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
  31. 1987 Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City
  32. 1985 Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings
  33. 1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
  34. 1984 Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
  35. 1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
  36. 1981 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75)
  37. 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr
  38. 1981 Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG
  39. 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)
  40. 1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce
  41. 1978 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win
  42. 1977 Apple Computers incorporated
  43. 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games)
  44. 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  45. 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain
  46. 1974 Burma accepts its constitution
  47. 1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London
  48. 1974 Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City
  49. 1974 New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager
  50. 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million
  51. 1971 "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances
  52. 1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game
  53. 1971 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game
  54. 1970 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances
  55. 1970 "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances
  56. 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo
  57. 1970 WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
  58. 1969 Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress
  59. 1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
  60. 1967 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion
  61. 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
  62. 1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
  63. 1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
  64. 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
  65. 1962 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome
  66. 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro
  67. 1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor
  68. 1961 U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
  69. 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state
  70. 1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland
  71. 1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town
  72. 1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
  73. 1955 Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama
  74. 1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
  75. 1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
  76. 1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/U.S. agents
  77. 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950)
  78. 1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
  79. 1948 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG
  80. 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised
  81. 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee
  82. 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab
  83. 1945 British Premier Winston Churchill visits France
  84. 1945 Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room
  85. 1945 Greek General Plastiras forms government
  86. 1945 John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City
  87. 1945 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Okinawa
  88. 1943 1st missing persons telecast (New York City)
  89. 1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
  90. 1942 American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms
  91. 1941 Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
  92. 1941 Italian counter offensive in Albania
  93. 1941 Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia
  94. 1940 WPG-AM in Atlantic City New Jersey consolidates with WBIL and WOV as "new" WOV
  95. 1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives
  96. 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio
  97. 1931 Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record)
  98. 1929 27 year old William S. Paley becomes CBS president
  99. 1929 Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century
  100. 1926 Greek General Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator
  101. 1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator
  102. 1924 British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun
  103. 1922 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
  104. 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia
  105. 1920 Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres
  106. 1920 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000
  107. 1918 U.S. employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor
  108. 1914 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in New York City
  109. 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
  110. 1911 U.S. postal savings bank inaugurated
  111. 1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day
  112. 1902 Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, vs. England at MCG
  113. 1900 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin
  114. 1900 Perihelion Passage
  115. 1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid
  116. 1890 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
  117. 1889 Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood
  118. 1888 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C.
  119. 1876 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass
  120. 1872 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office
  121. 1871 Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York
  122. 1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883
  123. 1868 Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors
  124. 1865 Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match
  125. 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
  126. 1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy
  127. 1861 U.S. Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia
  128. 1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
  129. 1847 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
  130. 1840 1st deep sea sounding
  131. 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic
  132. 1831 1st U.S. building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn
  133. 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community
  134. 1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung
  135. 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
  136. 1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed
  137. 1750 Tax revolt in Haarlem, Netherlands
  138. 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow,
  139. 1667 Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
  140. 1667 Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo
  141. 1638 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"
  142. 1638 Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens
  143. 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
  144. 1431 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop
  145. 1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht
  146. 1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent
  147. 936 Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII
  148. 269 St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
  149. 236 St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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January 2 - Today in History

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  1. 2008 Oil reaches $100 per barrel for the first time
  2. 1998 Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates and cocaine
  3. 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
  4. 1995 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
  5. 1995 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
  6. 1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
  7. 1994 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont New York City after 40 performances
  8. 1994 "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 266 perf
  9. 1994 Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
  10. 1993 "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 55 performances
  11. 1992 Test debut of Shane Warne, vs. India at Sydney
  12. 1991 Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll
  13. 1990 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
  14. 1990 Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)
  15. 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
  16. 1989 UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
  17. 1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
  18. 1988 Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-U.S. free trade agreement
  19. 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
  20. 1987 Troops of Chad President Habre conquer Fada oasis
  21. 1986 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
  22. 1986 New York Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
  23. 1985 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
  24. 1985 Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts
  25. 1985 Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
  26. 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
  27. 1985 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
  28. 1984 Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century
  29. 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
  30. 1984 Riot in Tunis kills over 100
  31. 1984 Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor
  32. 1983 "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances
  33. 1983 "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 767 performances
  34. 1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
  35. 1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
  36. 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
  37. 1982 "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances
  38. 1982 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
  39. 1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
  40. 1982 San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
  41. 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
  42. 1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan
  43. 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)
  44. 1979 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
  45. 1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
  46. 1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins
  47. 1978 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey
  48. 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
  49. 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
  50. 1975 U.S. Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species
  51. 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
  52. 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
  53. 1972 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances
  54. 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
  55. 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
  56. 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
  57. 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
  58. 1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
  59. 1970 U.S. population is 203,302,031
  60. 1969 "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances
  61. 1969 "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
  62. 1969 Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City
  63. 1968 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances
  64. 1968 Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant
  65. 1968 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting
  66. 1966 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion
  67. 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
  68. 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters
  69. 1965 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath
  70. 1965 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day
  71. 1964 Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
  72. 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana
  73. 1962 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS
  74. 1961 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16
  75. 1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale
  76. 1960 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)
  77. 1960 John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency
  78. 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
  79. 1960 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
  80. 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president
  81. 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
  82. 1959 U.S.S.R. launches Mechta, Luna 1, for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
  83. 1958 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY
  84. 1957 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge
  85. 1956 Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections
  86. 1955 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
  87. 1954 Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny," premieres in New York City
  88. 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
  89. 1952 "Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 542 performances
  90. 1951 Philip Barry's "Second Threshold," premieres in New York City
  91. 1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting
  92. 1948 WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins
  93. 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
  94. 1945 Allied air raid on Neurenberg
  95. 1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955
  96. 1945 Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion
  97. 1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
  98. 1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
  99. 1942 German troops in Bardia surrender
  100. 1942 Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines
  101. 1939 Bradman scores 107 SA vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century
  102. 1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded
  103. 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri
  104. 1936 Bradman scores 357 for SA vs. Vic, 424 minutes, 40 fours
  105. 1935 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh baby
  106. 1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
  107. 1934 Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 minutes, 29 fours 4 sixes
  108. 1933 Bradman scores 103* against the Bodyline attack in the 2nd Test
  109. 1933 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
  110. 1933 U.S. troops leave Nicaragua
  111. 1932 Young gang shoot dead 6 police in Springfield Missouri
  112. 1929 U.S. and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
  113. 1925 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
  114. 1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in U.S., KDKA-Pittsburgh
  115. 1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
  116. 1920 10,000 U.S. union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
  117. 1919 Anti-British uprising in Ireland
  118. 1919 Lithuania gains independence
  119. 1918 Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes and Mamaux
  120. 1918 NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down
  121. 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank
  122. 1914 Philips installs research department in Eindhoven
  123. 1913 National Woman's Party forms
  124. 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000
  125. 1910 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California)
  126. 1909 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
  127. 1908 Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
  128. 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
  129. 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
  130. 1903 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black
  131. 1900 E Verlinger begins manufacturing 7" single-sided records (Montreal)
  132. 1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris
  133. 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops)
  134. 1893 1st U.S. commemoratives and 1st U.S. stamp to picture a woman issued
  135. 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
  136. 1890 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny
  137. 1885 General Wolseley receives last distress signal of General Gordon in Khartoum
  138. 1882 Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
  139. 1881 Camille Saint-Saens' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres
  140. 1879 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG
  141. 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die
  142. 1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
  143. 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
  144. 1871 King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25
  145. 1870 Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins
  146. 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends
  147. 1861 South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor
  148. 1861 Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia
  149. 1843 Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" premieres, Dresden
  150. 1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
  151. 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
  152. 1832 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
  153. 1831 Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
  154. 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
  155. 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
  156. 1811 U.S. Senator Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the U.S.)
  157. 1800 Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave
  158. 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutti" premieres, Vienna
  159. 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution
  160. 1776 1st revolutionary flag displayed
  161. 1776 Austria ends interregation torture
  162. 1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India
  163. 1678 Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
  164. 1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish
  165. 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
  166. 1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville
  167. 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
  168. 1492 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
  169. 1235 Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
  170. 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
  171. 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
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January 1 - Today in History

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  1. 2009 Czech Republic assumes EU presidency
  2. 2009 Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro
  3. 2008 Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro
  4. 2008 Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro
  5. 2007 Bulgaria and Romania join the E.U.
  6. 2007 Bulgaria joins the European Union
  7. 2007 Romania joins the European Union
  8. 2007 Slovenia begins using the Euro as it's currency
  9. 2004 Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14
  10. 2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14
  11. 2002 Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14
  12. 2002 The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe
  13. 2001 Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24
  14. 2000 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9
  15. 2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
  16. 2000 Millennial celebrations occurred worldwide without terrorist incidents
  17. 1999 International Year of Elderly
  18. 1999 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31
  19. 1998 All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free
  20. 1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
  21. 1998 U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
  22. 1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16
  23. 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17
  24. 1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
  25. 1996 Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
  26. 1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances
  27. 1995 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances
  28. 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union
  29. 1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
  30. 1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
  31. 1995 International Year of Tolerance
  32. 1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980
  33. 1995 Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi
  34. 1995 "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances
  35. 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances
  36. 1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances
  37. 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
  38. 1994 Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13
  39. 1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
  40. 1994 International Year of Family
  41. 1994 Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
  42. 1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
  43. 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
  44. 1993 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone
  45. 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
  46. 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  47. 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia
  48. 1993 Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
  49. 1992 Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament
  50. 1992 Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
  51. 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
  52. 1992 International Space Year begins
  53. 1992 New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
  54. 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.
  55. 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
  56. 1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide
  57. 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City
  58. 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
  59. 1990 New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations
  60. 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
  61. 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
  62. 1989 Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
  63. 1989 New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
  64. 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
  65. 1988 Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
  66. 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
  67. 1988 Year of the Reader begins
  68. 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
  69. 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
  70. 1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
  71. 1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao
  72. 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
  73. 1986 International Peace Year begins
  74. 1986 New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00
  75. 1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
  76. 1986 Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community
  77. 1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl
  78. 1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)
  79. 1985 International Youth Year begins
  80. 1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
  81. 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
  82. 1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
  83. 1984 Brunei becomes independent of U.K.
  84. 1984 New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
  85. 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
  86. 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
  87. 1983 World Communications Year begins
  88. 1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
  89. 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
  90. 1982 Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN
  91. 1982 Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system
  92. 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
  93. 1982 TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system
  94. 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
  95. 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
  96. 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
  97. 1981 Palau, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, becomes self-governing
  98. 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
  99. 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
  100. 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
  101. 1980 Chrysler U.K. renamed Talbot
  102. 1980 International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins
  103. 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
  104. 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
  105. 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
  106. 1979 International Year of the Child begins
  107. 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
  108. 1979 U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
  109. 1978 "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances
  110. 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
  111. 1978 President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
  112. 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
  113. 1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
  114. 1977 Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
  115. 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
  116. 1976 "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances
  117. 1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
  118. 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
  119. 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
  120. 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
  121. 1975 International Women's Year begins
  122. 1975 Sweden adopts constitution
  123. 1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin
  124. 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
  125. 1974 World Population Year begins
  126. 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
  127. 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market
  128. 1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
  129. 1972 "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances
  130. 1972 "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances
  131. 1972 "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances
  132. 1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
  133. 1972 International Book Year begins
  134. 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
  135. 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on television
  136. 1970 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
  137. 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
  138. 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
  139. 1970 Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
  140. 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
  141. 1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
  142. 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
  143. 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain
  144. 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
  145. 1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
  146. 1967 CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
  147. 1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots
  148. 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
  149. 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
  150. 1967 Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
  151. 1967 St. Helena adopts constitution
  152. 1967 Tonga revises constitution
  153. 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
  154. 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway
  155. 1966 Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
  156. 1966 Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
  157. 1966 All U.S. cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
  158. 1965 International Cooperation Year begins
  159. 1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
  160. 1964 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved
  161. 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
  162. 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
  163. 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
  164. 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
  165. 1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
  166. 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
  167. 1962 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand, Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
  168. 1961 Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium
  169. 1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
  170. 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
  171. 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
  172. 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents
  173. 1960 French Cameroon gains independence from France
  174. 1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
  175. 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution
  176. 1960 U.S. census at 179,245,000
  177. 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
  178. 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
  179. 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta
  180. 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m
  181. 1958 European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation
  182. 1958 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White
  183. 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
  184. 1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
  185. 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
  186. 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
  187. 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
  188. 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
  189. 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and U.K.
  190. 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
  191. 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
  192. 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins
  193. 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
  194. 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts
  195. 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
  196. 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism
  197. 1953 Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres
  198. 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast
  199. 1952 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet
  200. 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
  201. 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
  202. 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
  203. 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting
  204. 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
  205. 1948 1st color newsreel filmed in Pasadena, California
  206. 1948 Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India
  207. 1948 Britain nationalizes its railways
  208. 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective
  209. 1948 Italy adopts constitution
  210. 1948 Orissa province accedes to India
  211. 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
  212. 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
  213. 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
  214. 1946 ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
  215. 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
  216. 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
  217. 1945 France joins the UN
  218. 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
  219. 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City
  220. 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
  221. 1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
  222. 1943 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lt-colonel
  223. 1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16
  224. 1942 U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
  225. 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
  226. 1941 Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff
  227. 1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
  228. 1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
  229. 1937 U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
  230. 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune
  231. 1935 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
  232. 1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
  233. 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as General Manager
  234. 1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
  235. 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
  236. 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective
  237. 1934 International Telecommunication Union established
  238. 1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
  239. 1932 Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
  240. 1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
  241. 1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
  242. 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
  243. 1928 1st U.S. air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
  244. 1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Netherlands)
  245. 1927 Communist uprising in West Java
  246. 1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
  247. 1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
  248. 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
  249. 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP
  250. 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
  251. 1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
  252. 1919 Belorussian SSR established
  253. 1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
  254. 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown
  255. 1915 DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
  256. 1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
  257. 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
  258. 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
  259. 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
  260. 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
  261. 1912 1st running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race, 7.63 miles / 12.3 km
  262. 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
  263. 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day
  264. 1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
  265. 1910 Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
  266. 1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
  267. 1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
  268. 1908 Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
  269. 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
  270. 1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
  271. 1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
  272. 1904 Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
  273. 1902 1st Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, University of Michigan - 49, Sanford - 0
  274. 1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
  275. 1901 Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies
  276. 1901 Commonwealth of Australia established
  277. 1900 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
  278. 1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
  279. 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
  280. 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902
  281. 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay
  282. 1898 d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
  283. 1897 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
  284. 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
  285. 1896 Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays
  286. 1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time
  287. 1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time
  288. 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
  289. 1893 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago
  290. 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
  291. 1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
  292. 1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
  293. 1891 King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies
  294. 1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
  295. 1881 Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
  296. 1880 Building of Panama Canal, begins
  297. 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
  298. 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
  299. 1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
  300. 1873 Origin of Japanese Era
  301. 1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
  302. 1863 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
  303. 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
  304. 1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
  305. 1863 Battle of Helena, AK
  306. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln
  307. 1863 Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig
  308. 1862 1st U.S. income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
  309. 1862 Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry)
  310. 1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
  311. 1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
  312. 1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
  313. 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
  314. 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service
  315. 1852 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City
  316. 1852 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
  317. 1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
  318. 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
  319. 1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
  320. 1847 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
  321. 1846 Yucatan declares independence from Mexico
  322. 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
  323. 1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City
  324. 1840 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City
  325. 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
  326. 1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
  327. 1833 British government demands Falkland islands
  328. 1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves
  329. 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
  330. 1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
  331. 1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
  332. 1818 Official reopening of the White House
  333. 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
  334. 1809 Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid
  335. 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
  336. 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
  337. 1808 Sierra Leone becomes a British colony
  338. 1807 Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816
  339. 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
  340. 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom
  341. 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers 1st asteroid, which is named Ceres later
  342. 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established
  343. 1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
  344. 1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
  345. 1797 Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY
  346. 1788 London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
  347. 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
  348. 1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
  349. 1776 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
  350. 1772 1st traveller's checks issued (London)
  351. 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
  352. 1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
  353. 1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
  354. 1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
  355. 1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
  356. 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
  357. 1689 Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York
  358. 1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands
  359. 1673 Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston
  360. 1672 Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris
  361. 1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
  362. 1660 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
  363. 1660 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
  364. 1651 Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
  365. 1643 Isaac Newton is baptized in St. John's Church in Colsterworth, England
  366. 1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
  367. 1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
  368. 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
  369. 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
  370. 1515 Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France
  371. 1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
  372. 1504 King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta
  373. 1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
  374. 1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
  375. 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
  376. 1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
  377. 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
  378. 722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
  379. 414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
  380. 404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
  381. 313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
  382. 89 Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
  383. 69 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
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