Events 1 - 200 of 211
284 Roman general Diocletian proclaimed Emperor by armies of the east and west after the death of Carinus at the Battle of the Margus
- 762 Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire
- 1168 Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
- 1194 Palermo, Sicily, is conquered by Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI
Edward I
1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England after death of his father, Henry III. He would take two years to return to England from the Ninth Crusade.
- 1342 Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht
- 1347 Cola di Rienzo, later Roman Tribunal, addresses a meeting of on the Capitol during people's revolt in Rome
The Truce before Assassination
1407 A truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orléans would be assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
- 1461 Astronomer Regiomontanus returns with Cardinal Basilios Bessarion's to his house in Rome, home to one of largest libraries in Europe
- 1520 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
- 1521 Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
- 1583 Duke of Parma conquers Aalst
- 1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs and War
- 1637 Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
- 1695 Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed and decapitated, his head displayed on a pike to dispel any legends of his immortality
- 1719 Sweden & Hannover sign for peace Treaty of Stockholm
- 1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay begins: British win crucial naval victory over the French, thwarting a planned French invasion of Britain
1789 New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
- 1795 Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
- 1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England sign an Alliance "for the maintenance of peace in Europe" on the same day as the Treaty of Paris
Napoleonic Wars End
1815 Second Treaty of Paris: France and her allies agree France will pay indemnities after Battle of Waterloo, ending the Napoleonic Wars
- 1820 Whaling ship Essex attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific, only eight of the 20 crew men eventually survive (through cannibalism). Inspiration for the novel "Moby-Dick"
- 1829 Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol, Russia
- 1852 Charles Reade and Tom Taylor's historical comedy play "Masks & Faces" premieres in London
- 1861 Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government
- 1862 Confederate armies of Mississippi and Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg
- 1866 First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
- 1866 French inventor Pierre Lallement patents rotary crank bicycle
- 1866 Howard University founded in Washington, D.C.
- 1886 Sherlock Holmes's first story "A Study in Scarlet" is accepted by publisher Ward and Lock with payment of £25
- 1888 Willard Bundy patents timecard clock
Mahler's 1st Symphony
1889 Gustav Mahler premieres his 1st Symphony at the Vigadó Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary; it is not well received and he revises it several times before publishing 9 years later
On Slavery in the Missions
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Slavery in the Missions"
- 1894 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
Grisélidis
1901 Dramatic opera "Grisélidis" by Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand premieres the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France
- 1909 Jack Williams of Canadian football team Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
- 1911 Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich, conducted by Bruno Walter
Lenin Attends Funeral
1911 The funeral of Paul and Laura Lafargue (daughter of Karl Marx) in Paris is attended by Lenin; the two socialists died in a suicide pact in the belief that their political usefulness was at an end
- 1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
- 1917 1st successful tank use in battle, at the Battle of Cambrai in World War I as Britain uses the new technology to break through German lines
- 1917 Ukrainian Republic declared
- 1919 1st municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Arizona
- 1922 Zoe Akins' play "Texas Nightingale" premieres in NYC
- 1923 American inventor Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design, adding a caution between 'stop and 'go', an important development in automobile safety [1]
- 1923 Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
Boston Gardens
1928 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0
- 1928 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
- 1929 First broadcast of "Goldbergs" on US radio
- 1931 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
- 1932 Earthquake at Uden, Netherlands
1934 17-year-old pitcher Eiji Sawamura gives up just 1 hit, a Lou Gehrig HR, as US All Stars beat Japan, 1-0
- 1934 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui & Gutt (3 bankers)
- 1934 Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Busher Jackson becomes first NHL player to score 4 goals in a period in 5-2 win over St. Louis Eagles at St. Louis Arena
Falange Leader Killed
1936 Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad
- 1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
- 1940 World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers
- 1941 Adm Nomura & Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
- 1941 German "auxiliary cruiser" (armed merchant raider) Kormoran sinks near Australia
- 1942 26th Soviet Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski
- 1942 British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya
- 1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
- 1942 The Alaska Highway 2,451km long from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, first opens to military traffic [1]
- 1943 WWII: German submarine U-536 sunk northeast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean by British and Canadian warships
- 1943 WWII: US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
- 1944 1st Japanese suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)
- 1944 Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees
- 1944 Dutch Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda, Netherlands
1945 The Nuremberg war trials begin as 24 Nazi leaders are put on trial before judges representing the victorious Allied powers
- 1946 Lillian Hellman's play "Another Part of the Forest" premieres in NYC
- 1947 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
Mediator Dei
1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
- 1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
- 1948 US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)
- 1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
- 1951 Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
- 1952 Chicago Cubs slugging left fielder Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
- 1952 George Axelrod's play "Seven Year Itch" premieres in NYC
Slánský Trials
1952 Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
- 1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
- 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1955 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
- 1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
Rope Dancers
1957 Morton Wishengrad's dramatic play "Rope Dancers", starring Art Carney, Siobhán McKenna, and Theodore Bikel, premieres at Cort Theatre, NYC; runs for 189 performances
Muppets Begin
1958 American puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson establish Muppets, Inc. (now known as The Jim Henson Company)
- 1959 UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
- 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over his refusal to swear innocence in payola scandal (accepting bribes from record companies)
- 1960 Australian driver Jack Brabham finishes 4th in season-ending US Grand Prix at Riverside Raceway to retain his F1 World Drivers Championship by 9 points from Bruce McLaren of New Zealand
- 1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1962 USSR agrees to remove remaining Ilyushin Il-28 bomber jets from Cuba, US lifts blockade
- 1965 UN Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
- 1965 WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times
- 1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage
- 1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
Seaver Rookie of the Year
1967 Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
- 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Event of Interest
1969 Alcatraz Island off San Francisco is seized by militant Native Americans, inspiring Wilma Mankiller to become involved
Pele's 1,000th
1969 Brazilian soccer icon Pelé scores his 1,000th goal
- 1969 Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
- 1970 UN General Assembly accepts membership of People's Republic of China
- 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1972 2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna, County Armagh
- 1974 Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP
- 1974 The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
Reagan Announces Candidacy
1975 Ronald Reagan announces candidacy for Republican nomination for US President
Sadat Addresses Knesset
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
- 1977 Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions
- 1979 Islamic extremists led by Juhayman al-Otaybi occupy the Grand Mosque of Mecca, declare the arrival of the Mahdi (the "redeemer of Islam") in the form of Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani and call for the overthrow of the House of Saud. Siege lasts two weeks with 100s killed and sets Saudi Arabia on an ultra-conservative path. [1]
- 1979 US's 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital
- 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
- 1980 United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing
Gulf War
1980 United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad
- 1981 Burundi adopts its constitution
- 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
Stop and Smell the Roses
1981 Ringo Starr releases album "Stop and Smell the Roses" in the UK
Terms of Endearment
1983 "Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
- 1983 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war
- 1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
- 1983 NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
- 1984 McDonald's makes its 50 billionth hamburger
- 1984 SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) is founded.
- 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released
- 1986 Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
- 1986 World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS
Sabatini Wins WTA
1988 Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini beats Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 to win her first WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- 1988 Boston College beats Army 38-24 in the 'Emerald isle Classic' at Dublin's Lansdowne Road Stadium, the first NCAA American Football game to be played in Europe
- 1989 Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
Thatcher versus Heseltine
1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Michael Heseltine's bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
- 1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
- 1990 Soviet Union shows reluctance to endorse the use of force against Iraq
- 1990 US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
- 1991 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
Becker's 2nd ATP
1992 Home crowd favorite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire
- 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
- 1993 Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
Winnie Mandela's Driver
1993 Winnie Mandela's driver and bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg
Sampras's 2nd ATP
1994 American tennis star Pete Sampras beats Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win his second ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
- 1994 Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war
- 1994 Russian Kosmos satellites 2294, 2295 and 2296 launch
Anthology 1
1995 Apple Records releases The Beatles "Anthology 1" (double CD/triple LP), the first of a 3-part series of rare recordings and outtakes by the Beatles; set covers the years 1955-64, as well as new collaboration "Free as a Bird" - a John Lennon demo augmented by additional lyrics and performances by the surviving three; album tops Billboard chart in US and peaks at no. 2 in UK
- 1995 FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC
- 1995 NASA Space Shuttle STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands back at Kennedy Space Center
- 1997 Iraq's Revolution Command Council formally endorses an agreement, arranged by Russia, that enables UN weapons inspection teams to resume operations in Iraq
- 1997 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
- 1997 Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
- 1997 NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak
Eric Lindros Bites
1997 Philadelphia Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose Sharks defenseman Marty McSorley
- 1997 Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Osama bin Laden
1998 Court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
- 1998 First module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched
Josh Groban
2001 Josh Groban releases his debut album "Josh Groban"; sales exceed over 5 million units
Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building
2001 US President George W. Bush dedicates the US Department of Justice headquarters the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, on what would have been his 76th birthday
- 2003 After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
Nalbandian Masters Cup
2005 David Nalbandian of Argentina outlasts defending champion Roger Federer 6–7, 6–7, 6–2, 6–1, 7–6 in Shanghai, China to win his only career season-ending Tennis Masters Cup title
- 2008 After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.
- 2009 The Mexican government declares its economy technically out of recession after 2.93% GDP growth in the third quarter of 2009; Mexico had been in a severe economic crisis for over a year prior to its economic rebound
- 2012 Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
Ben Bradlee
2013 Ben Bradlee is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony
Obama's Immigration Changes
2014 Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes
- 2015 More than half of all trees in Amazon forest at risk of extinction according to data published in journal "Sciences Advances"
25
2015 XL/Columbia releases "25", 3rd studio album by Adele (Grammy Award for Album of the Year, 2017; 2016 Billboard Album of the Year); features the singles "Hello" and "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
Murray Wins ATP
2016 Scotsman Andy Murray breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-3, 6-4 win in London over 5-time defending champion Novak Đoković
Choi Soon-sil
2016 South Korean President Park Geun-hye's controversial friend Choi Soon-sil charged with abuse of authority and coercion amid calls to also impeach the President
- 2017 Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion
Coalition Talks Collapse
2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that coalition talks to form a government have collapsed
- 2017 Investment corporation Tencent's market value hits $511 billion, - first Asian company to join the $500 billion club
- 2018 Airbnb bans listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Amitabh Bachchan
2018 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan confirms he has paid off the debts of 1,398 farmers worth $560,000, amid Indian agricultural crisis
- 2018 Mississippi 15 week abortion ban overturned by US judge saying it violated women's constitutional rights
- 2018 More than 40 religious scholars killed, at event to mark birth of prophet Mohammed, by a suicide bomber near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan
- 2018 Sell-off in technology stocks leads stock market losses wiping out all 2018 market gains
Gary Player
2018 South African golfer Gary Player receives PGA recognition for his 3 Senior British Open wins (1988, 90, 97) from before event recognised as a major title (2003); takes him to 9 Senior majors
- 2019 Britain's Prince Andrew announces he is stepping back from public duties after outcry from disastrous interview on his friendship with Jeffry Epstein
- 2019 Oxford Dictionaries word of the year is "climate emergency"
- 2019 Snakes lived with hind legs for 70 million years (Najash rionegrina), according to research from La Buitrera Palaeontological Area, Argentina, published in "Science Advances"
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