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1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans
1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
1609 Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
1621 Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1691 French troops occupy Mons
1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia
1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain
1833 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire
1838 National Galley opens in London
1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities
1865 Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama
1865 Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox
1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1872 Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk
1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens
1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York
1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London
1914 Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico
1917 Battle of Arras begins
1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1918 Latvia proclaims independence
1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences
1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
1928 Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state
1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadians at 13:50 of 6th period
1932 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games
1935 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders
1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1946 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadians beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia
1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C.
1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1962 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win
1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously
1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K.
1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight
1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens
1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280
1968 German DR adopts constitution
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta
1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1969 Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Philly’s 11-3
1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances
1972 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty
1973 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama
1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Cleveland
1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament
1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R.
1992 Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman
1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges
1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes
1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances
1995 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
1997 Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"

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