Today In History

468 St. Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
1409 Austrian civil war ends
1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV
1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1776 US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
1791 Congress establishes U.S. Mint
1794 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D
1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church
1801 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1803 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins
1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
1842 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony
1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery
1845 Florida becomes 27th state
1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin
1849 Minnesota Territory is organizes
1849 Territory of Minnesota organizes
1849 US Department of the Interior established by Congress
1862 Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces
1862 General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid
1863 1st U.S. wartime military conscription bill enacted
1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1863 Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada
1863 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
1863 Idaho Territory forms
1863 Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1865 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established
1865 Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races
1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
1871 Congress establishes the civil service system
1873 Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps
1873 U.S. Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively
1875 Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president
1879 U.S. Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior
1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
1883 Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy
1885 U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail
1892 1st cattle tuberculosis test in U.S. made, Villa Nova, Penn
1893 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized
1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
1894 1st Greek-language publication in U.S. begins, "NY Atlantis"
1894 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns
1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar
1899 George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy
1900 U.S. Steel Corporation organizes
1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce
1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses
1905 U.S. Forest Service forms
1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France
1909 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3
1911 1st U.S. federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri
1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington D.C.
1917 Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar
1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign
1919 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia
1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike
1920 Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
1921 Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin
1922 Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka
1922 WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions
1923 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague
1924 German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed
1924 Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock," premieres in Dublin
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem
1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated
1933 New York City premiere of "King Kong"
1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa
1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down
1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
1941 Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Goring in Berlin
1942 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
1943 Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die
1943 F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in New York City
1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea
1944 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony
1945 U.S. and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
1952 Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution
1953 Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
1955 Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance
1956 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns
1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
1958 Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq
1959 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched
1959 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
1959 San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park
1960 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5"
1961 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco
1962 British Antarctic Territory forms
1963 Senegal adopts constitution
1965 Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1966 James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in New York City
1966 Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee
1966 Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms
1966 Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die
1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City
1968 Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague
1971 South African Broadcasting lifts its ban on the Beatles
1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
1973 "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances
1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000
1974 "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 9 performances
1974 Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4
1974 George Foreman KOs Ken Norton
1974 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1975 "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 104 performances
1975 Linda McCartney is charged in U.S. with possession of marijuana
1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals
1981 New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres
1985 "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances
1985 Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike
1987 Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame
1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1991 Iraqi generals and Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire
1991 Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R.
1991 Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tome e Principal
1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18
1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25
1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die
1994 "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 510 performances
1994 "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels
1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
1995 Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce
1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final

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