Today In History

1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
1455 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
1500 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain
1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain
1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379
1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
1789 House of Representives 1st meeting
1801 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled
1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
1848 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
1861 U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
1862 John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
1876 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan
1879 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
1879 Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
1908 Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier
1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
1914 U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage
1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London
1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres
1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
1935 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
1935 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C.
1935 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress
1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes
1939 King Zog I of Albania, flees
1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau
1943 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances
1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances
1956 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke, Jr. wins, shooting a 289
1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC
1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon
1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances
1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win
1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000
1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party
1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination
1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms
1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances
1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
1974 Discovery Island opens
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win
1977 Israel premier Rabin resigns
1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC
1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California
1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
1990 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement
1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas
1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
1994 Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases
1995 BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted
1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0

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