1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England “Defender of the Faith”
- 1531 Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
- 1540 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V secretly names his son Philip as Duke of Milan, not made public till 1554
- 1573 Battle of the South Seas: Dutch rebels defeat the Spanish navy
- 1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony
- 1634 Burchardi flood, known as the second “Grote Mandrenke,” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany
- 1737 An earthquake is reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India, now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane that claimed 3,000 of the city’s estimated 20,000 residents [1]
- 1746 Battle of Rocoux: French defeat British, Austrian and Dutch armies
- 1776 Brigadier-General Arnold’s Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British during the Battle of Valcour Island (American Revolutionary War)
- 1797 Battle of Camperdown: British North Sea fleet led by Admiral Adam Duncan decisively defeats a Dutch fleet led by Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter, capturing eleven Dutch ships
- 1811 John Stevens’s Juliana, the first steam-powered ferry, begins service
- 1852 Australia’s oldest university, the University of Sydney, is inaugurated in Sydney
- 1861 Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek)
- 1863 Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson’s Mill, Tennessee
- 1864 Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city
- 1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland
- 1865 Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion
- 1873 Toronto Argonaut Football Club 1st game losing to U of Toronto
- 1881 American inventor David Houston (26) patents roll film for cameras [1]
- 1883 US and Canadian railroads agree to the use of a five-time-zone system for North America based on the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1887 A. Miles patents the elevator
- 1890 Daughters of American Revolution founded
- 1890 First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington, D.C.
Menelik II Rejects Treaty
1895 Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia rejects a treaty with Italy
- 1914 German troops occupy Ghent
- 1915 Bulgarian anti-Serbian offensive begins
- 1918 Major tsumani shakes Caribbean
- 1922 Alaska Davidson becomes the first female FBI “special investigator”
- 1922 Armistice of Mudanya signed by Turkey and the Allies (Greece agrees 13 Oct) ending fighting in the Greco-Turkish War; Turkey to retain eastern Trace
- 1923 German Mark falls to 10 billion per £, 4 billion per $
- 1924 Bureau of Surrealist Research opens in Paris, directed by Antonin Artaud, resource centre for surrealist writers
- 1925 Belgian episcopelian speaks against Flemish activism
- 1925 NY Giants play their first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
Lou Gehrig AL MVP
1927 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig is named American League MVP; despite hitting MLB record 60 HR’s Babe Ruth as a former winner is not eligible
J. C. Penny Expands Nationwide
1929 JCPenney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, becoming a nationwide company with stores in all 48 US states
- 1929 Sean O’Casey’s “Silver Tassle” premieres in London
- 1930 Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, wins the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year
- 1931 100,000 extreme right-wing Germans form the “Harzburg Front”
- 1932 First political telecast is made by the Democratic National Committee on CBS in NYC
- 1936 “Professor Quiz” first radio quiz show premieres
Einstein’s Letter
1939 FDR and advisor Alexander Sachs meet to discuss Albert Einstein‘s letter warning about the possibilities of an atomic bomb [1]
- 1939 NAACP organizes Legal Defense & Education Fund
- 1942 -Oct 12] Naval battle at Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal
Laura
1944 “Laura” directed by Otto Preminger starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews is released in NYC, New York
- 1944 Allies bomb sea wall at Veere
- 1944 Tuvinian People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R
- 1945 First man-made object to escape the atmosphere (WAC Corporal) is fired from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, reaching 235,000 feet
- 1946 New York Yankees trade infielder Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allie Reynolds
- 1947 Brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR
- 1949 Costa Rica abolishes its army (decree 249)
- 1950 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
- 1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad
- 1956 1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day
- 1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
- 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia
- 1958 2nd US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back
- 1959 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
- 1960 Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers
- 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m
- 1961 USSR performs nuclear test
- 1962 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show
Second Vatican Council
1962 Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) is convened by Pope John XXIII
The Twilight Zone
1963 William Shatner stars in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” episode of CBS anthology series “The Twilight Zone”
- 1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele, and Cunningham) makes 163 orbits in 260 hours
- 1968 Coup d’état in Panama against President Arnulfo Arias
Twins Appoint Martin
1968 MLB star Billy Martin named manager of the Minnesota Twins
- 1969 -28] Rome: 2nd bishop synod
Muddy Waters Car Crash
1969 American blues musician Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
- 1969 Three people shot dead during street violence in the loyalist Shankill area of Belfast
- 1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show
- 1971 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
- 1972 Panama adopts constitution
- 1972 Prison uprising at Washington, D.C. jail
- 1972 World Hockey Association officially debuts as the Alberta Oilers defeat the Ottawa Nationals, 7-4 at the Ottawa Civic Centre
- 1973 Héctor José Cámpora is elected President of Argentina
- 1973 MLB Oakland A’s beat Baltimore Orioles 3 games to 2 to win AL pennant
Streetlife Serenade
1974 Columbia Records releases “Streetlife Serenade”, singer-songwriter Billy Joel‘s third studio album
Saturday Night Live
1975 “Saturday Night Live” created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host
Gould’s Laser Patent
1977 American inventor Gordon Gould is issued his first US patent for a optically pumped laser amplifier, 20 years after first claiming to have invented the laser
- 1977 Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
- 1978 Aristides Royo elected president of Panama
- 1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
- 1978 Columbia Records releases “52nd Street”, singer-songwriter Billy Joel‘s sixth studio album; it becomes his 1st chart-topper, and wins 3 Grammy Awards
- 1979 Allan McLeod Cormack & Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scan
- 1979 German DR frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner
- 1980 Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set a space endurance record of 184 days
- 1980 Dallas Mavericks open debut NBA season with a 103-92 victory against interstate rival San Antonio Spurs at Reunion Arena
- 1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- 1981 LeRoy Irvin sets the record for yards gained on punt returns with 207 yards
- 1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
- 1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
- 1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire
Can’t Slow Down
1983 “Can’t Slow Down” second studio album by Lionel Richie is released
- 1983 The last hand-cranked telephones in the US go out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, switch over to direct-dial
- 1984 Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan completes the first spacewalk by an American woman
- 1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208
Vice President Candidates Debate
1984 US Vice Presidential candidates’ debate – Geraldine Ferraro (D) and George H. W. Bush (R), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1985 Atlantis (51-J) returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
- 1985 US intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
- 1987 200,000 march for gay and lesbian civil rights in Washington, D.C.
- 1990 Center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum
- 1990 Libya’s Qadhafi says Israel must be eliminated
- 1990 Mexican writer Octavio Paz is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature
- 1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
- 1990 UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd says force would be used if Iraq does not withdraw from Kuwait
- 1991 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
Anita Hill Testifies
1991 Law Professor Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her
Sanders Tries to Play Two Pro Sports in a Day
1992 Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) in Miami and then flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to play for the Atlanta Braves (MLB) and become the first athlete to play in two pro sports on the same day; however, Braves manager Bobby Cox does not let him play [1]
- 1992 Toronto down 6-1 in 7th beats A’s 7-6 in 11th in AL playoff
- 1993 Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack
- 1993 US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti
- 1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar
- 1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), lands
- 1996 Ford buys rights to name Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
Rodman Returns
1997 Dennis Rodman returns from second longest NBA suspension (11 games)
- 1998 Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people
Baseball History
1999 Pedro Martínez throws six hitless innings in relief to win and clinch the ALDS in Game 5
Life Ban for Cronje
2000 South African Cricket Board issues former captain Hansie Cronje a life ban due to match-fixing allegations
- 2000 The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown
Nobel Prize for Economics
2001 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences jointly awarded to George Akerlof, Joseph E. Stiglitz and A. Michael Spence for “their analyses of markets with asymmetric information”
- 2001 The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection
- 2002 Bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland, kills seven people
30 Rock
2006 US sitcom “30 Rock” created by and starring Tina Fey alongside Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan first premieres on NBC in the US
- 2013 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
- 2013 27 people are killed after a migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily
- 2013 The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
- 2015 Nepal’s parliament elects Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, leader of the Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist party, as Prime Minister
- 2016 South Korean firm Samsung announces it will permanently stop production of Note 7 phones after complaints devices caught fire
- 2017 TripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, as the world’s best restaurant
- 2018 Russian Soyuz spacecraft makes emergency landing when rocket fails two minutes after liftoff, with American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut aboard
- 2018 Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme is awarded the fourth $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
- 2018 World’s new longest flight flies from Singapore to Newark Airport, New Jersey takes 17 hours 52 mins
AI YoungBoy 2
2019 NBA YoungBoy releases the album mixtape “AI YoungBoy 2” which debuts at #1 on the US Billboard 200
Nobel Peace Prize
2019 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for the peace deal with Eritrea
2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix at Germany’s Nürburgring to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula 1 victories
- 2020 India records more than 7 million cases of COVID-19
- 2021 Australia’s largest city Sydney ends its 107-day lockdown, with restrictions easing for fully vaccinated people
- 2021 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden steps down after The NY Times details emails in which he made homophobic and misogynistic remarks; earlier reports alleged racist statements about a union leader
- 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens for their work on “natural experiments” [1]
Ringo’s All-Starr Band Tour
2022 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour with a show in Seattle, Washington after his testing positive for COVID-19
- 2024 England beats Pakistan by an innings & 47 runs in 1st cricket Test in Multan; first time in Test history a side conceding 500 in 1st innings has gone on to win by an innings; 7-823 England’s highest score since WWII
- 2024 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear organisation Nihon Hidankyo “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again” [1]
Possible Remains of Andrew Irvine
2024 Possible remains of mountaineer Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, including a foot, shoe, and labeled sock, are announced as discovered on Mt. Everest. He disappeared 100 years ago with George Mallory [1]
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