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1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Rose
1528 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
1558 Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
1579 Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht
1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
1743 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
1750 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City
1760 Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French
1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
1807 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
1821 Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
1836 Mexico attacks Alamo
1836 Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S.
1868 Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould
1868 U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson
1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains
1877 Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th U.S. president
1894 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in U.S.
1896 Italian premier Crispi resigns
1897 American Negro Academy forms
1899 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D
1900 American Hall of Fame found
1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn
1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
1908 1st ascent of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
1910 Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon," premieres
1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1
1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die
1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released
1919 Louis Hirsch and Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in New York City
1922 "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin
1923 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada
1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
1924 Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
1927 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property
1928 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Kopenick," premieres in Berlin
1931 Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday
1944 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony
1945 Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands
1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Patch meet in Luneville
1945 U.S. 7th Army Corps captures Cologne
1945 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson
1948 U.S. rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height
1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30
1952 Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London
1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 115 performances
1955 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show
1956 "King Kong," 1st televised
1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland
1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
1959 Iran and U.S. sign economic / military treaty
1960 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in U.S. Army
1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest
1965 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony
1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec director of Players' Association
1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
1969 Gustav Heinemann elected president of West-Germany
1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw," premieres in London
1970 Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St. New York City
1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
1970 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St. in New York City
1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives
1974 "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 740 performances
1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot
1976 British pounds falls below $2 for 1st time
1978 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 152 performances
1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California
1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
1981 "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 4 performances
1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus
1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
1984 U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas
1985 New York Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons
1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000
1989 Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266
1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
1994 Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship
1994 PBA National Championship won by David Traber
1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins
1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election
1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg

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