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0502 - Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power 1461 - Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1638 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1673 - English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholic excluded of public functions 1795 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1798 - Republic of Switzerland forms 1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti 1814 - Battle at Horseshoe Bend AL: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians 1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna 1847 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico 1848 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1849 - Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1850 - Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1852 - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day 1860 - Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn" premieres in New York NY 1864 - Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia AR 1865 - Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed 1865 - Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia 1867 - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) is passed 1867 - Congress approves Lincoln Memorial 1871 - Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria in London 1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin" premieres in Moscow 1882 - Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine) 1897 - Japan adopts Gold Standard 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games 1912 - Captain Robert Scott, blizzard-bound in a tent 18 km from the South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1919 - Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) & Seattle (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic 1924 - Bayern & Vatican reach accord 1927 - Henry O D Segrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona; 1st auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) 1928 - Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York NY) 1929 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games 1932 - Jack Benny debuts on radio 1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt 1935 - French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage 1936 - 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis 1936 - Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1940 - Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title 1941 - 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem" 1941 - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1941 - WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) 1942 - British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1942 - British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire; 400 Germans die 1942 - German submarine U-585 sinks 1943 - Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's) 1946 - 1st Test Cricket between Australia & New Zealand 1946 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon 1947 - "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 performances 1948 - Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten 1948 - Yankees & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game 1949 - Turkey recognizes Israel 1951 - "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances 1951 - 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday win 1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open 1958 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss 1958 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins 1959 - "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres 1959 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore 1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres 1961 - 23rd Amendment is ratified, allows Washington DC residents to vote for President 1961 - After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1961 - KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 - Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army 1962 - Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" 1963 - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone" 1964 - 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England) 1966 - "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 performances 1966 - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1967 - WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - Students seize building at Bowie State College 1969 - Communist New People's Army found in Philippines 1970 - "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances 1970 - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II 1971 - 1st Lieutenant William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1971 - Chile President Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines 1971 - Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor 1971 - Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced 1971 - WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton VA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1973 - Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP 1973 - Last US troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1974 - Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos 1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open 1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers 1976 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 1976 - 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students 1979 - Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs Pakistan at WACA 1979 - Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine" premieres in London 1979 - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1979 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad 1981 - "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances 1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1981 - Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110 meter 1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1982 - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins 1982 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 1982 - 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win 1982 - Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1984 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1985 - Christos Sartzetakis elected President of Greece 1985 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist 1986 - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1987 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 67-44 1987 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic 1987 - Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant 1987 - Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1988 - "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances 1988 - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras 1989 - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL 1989 - 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico) 1989 - 61st Academy Awards: "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win 1989 - 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins 1989 - I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris France 1989 - Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering 1990 - Houston's Akeen Olajuwan scores the 3rd NBA quadruple double 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists & 11 blocks vs Milwaukee 1990 - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 2nd victim, Germaine Montenesdro 1992 - "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 performances 1992 - 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins 1992 - 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie 1992 - Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father" premieres in New York NY 1992 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1992 - World Ice Dance Championship in Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS) 1992 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS) 1992 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) 1992 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1993 - 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win 1993 - Queensland all out for 75 vs New South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final 1994 - Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1994 - Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia 1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM 1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win 1996 - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens 1996 - New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game 1997 - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) 1997 - Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna 1997 - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith 1998 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena Kansas City,Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 93-75 1998 - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship 1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg, UCONN beats Duke 77-74 DannyCarlton.net • BytheFireplace.com • America.NeedsYourPrayers.com • LookListenLearn.org • radioJesus.com • phpBible.org • Memorite Rogue • JackLewis.net • TulsaTalk.net • ElevenOClock.com • SpelChek.com • Red Primer |
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