- 164 BC Judas Maccabeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Second Temple during the Maccabean Revolt, commemorated since as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah
- 235 St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope, will only rule for 40 days
- 533 The Institutes published – an official textbook of Roman law, part of Roman Emperor Justinian’s program of legal reforms
- 695 Pope Sergius names Willibrord as Archbishop Clemens of Friezen
- 1317 Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht
Columbus Loses the Pinta
1492 The caravel Pinta, commanded by Martín Alonso Pinzón, separates from Christopher Columbus‘s fleet off the coast of Cuba to search for treasure on its own
- 1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
- 1696 J Vanbrughe’s “Relapse or Virtue in Danger” premieres in London
- 1759 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
- 1783 Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes make 1st manned free balloon flight in a Montgolfier balloon
Jackson Admitted to the Bar
1787 Future US president Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar aged 20
Jewish Rights in Europe
1818 Russia’s Tsar Alexander I has his delegation submit a petition to the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle calling for greater civil rights for Jews in Europe, an effort driven by English activist Lewis Way
- 1824 First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, South Carolina
- 1831 Giacomo Meyerbeer’s opera “Robert le diable” (Robert the Devil) premieres at the Paris Opéra
- 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile
- 1847 Steamer “Phoenix” is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
- 1848 Alfred de Musset’s “Andre del Sarto” premieres in Paris
- 1848 Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded
- 1849 Friedrich Hebbel’s play “Der Rubin” premieres in Vienna
- 1852 Duke University founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College
- 1864 Two-day Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia begins
- 1865 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC
- 1871 Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
- 1876 Skirmish between HM Stanley’s expedition & natives
First Surviving Motion Picture
1890 Edison Lab records the first surviving motion picture, “Monkeyshines No. 1,” shot by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and William Heise [date disputed between June 1889 and November 21–27, 1890]
- 1901 Richard Strauss‘ opera “Feuersnot” premieres in Dresden
- 1902 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
- 1902 Baseball’s Philadelphia Athletics & Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League
- 1902 The Canadian government appoints a commission to consider revising, classifying, and consolidating the many public statutes passed over the years
- 1905 First match ever played in the Australian National Tennis Championships
Theory of Relativity
1905 Physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein‘s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?” His general theory of relativity introduces the equation E = mc²
- 1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
- 1918 Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia, Poland
- 1918 The German High Seas Fleet of 5 battlecruisers, 9 battleships, 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers surrendered to the British Grand Fleet and were shepherded into the Firth of Forth
Palazzo d’Accursio Massacre
1920 Fascist Blackshirts attack the inauguration of the socialist city council in Bologna, leaving 11 dead in the Palazzo d’Accursio massacre and sparking the rise of violent Squadrismo militias
Soviet Contract Cancelled
1924 British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin cancels Labour contract with USSR
- 1925 Red Grange plays his final University of Illinois game and signs with the Chicago Bears
Frankenstein
1931 Horror film “Frankenstein” is released, starring Boris Karloff as the monster, directed by James Whale and based on Mary Shelley‘s 1818 novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus”
- 1933 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
- 1934 “Uiver” returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
- 1934 NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
- 1935 Jean Giraudoux’s play “La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu” (The Trojan War Will Not Take Place) premieres at Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris
- 1937 Australian endurance athlete Tom Morris sets a world record by skipping rope 22,806 times in a single session
Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony
1937 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 5th Symphony premieres in Leningrad, the ovation lasts for over an hour
Hitler Appoints Manstein
1942 Adolf Hitler names field marshal Erich von Manstein commander of the newly-created Army Group Don (Heeresgruppe Don)
Britten’s String Quartet No. 2
1945 Benjamin Britten‘s String Quartet No. 2 premieres at the Wigmore Hall, London, played by the Zorian Quartet
- 1945 General Motors workers go on strike
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 “The Best Years of Our Lives,” based on MacKinlay Kantor’s novella “Glory for Me,” directed by William Wyler, and starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1947)
Veeck Sells the Cleveland Indians
1949 Bill Veeck sells MLB Cleveland Indians for $22 million, to fund his divorce settlement
- 1952 The first US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) is introduced
1953 Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce the “Piltdown Man” skull, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax
- 1953 WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Peron Return Request
1955 Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Juan Peron
- 1955 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
- 1961 “La Ronde,” the first revolving restaurant in the US, designed by architect John Graham Jr., opens atop the 23-floor Ala Moana Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1962 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
- 1964 The Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, the world’s longest at the time
- 1965 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port, Israel
- 1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk, USSR
- 1966 Dutch government of Zijlstra forms
- 1967 Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet (8,534,4 meters)
1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.”
- 1968 Cin trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
1968 The Supremes & The Temptations release “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”
- 1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, TX (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Syrian Military Coup
1970 General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup known as the Corrective Revolution
- 1970 NY Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavaliers, Knicks win 102-94 at Madison Square Garden
- 1971 Battle of Garibpur: Indian troops aided by the Mukti Bahini, Bengali guerrillas, defeat the army of Pakistan
- 1971 NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
- 1971 Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
- 1972 MLB Boston Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, New York Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
- 1973 US President Richard Nixon‘s attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
Freedom of Information Act
1974 Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act broadening public access to US government actions passed by Congress over President Gerald Ford‘s veto [1]
- 1974 Birmingham pub bombings: 21 civilians killed when bombs explode at two pubs in Birmingham, England (deadliest attack in England during “the Troubles”)
- 1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
Rocky
1976 Sports action film “Rocky,” directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone, premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
- 1977 “All ‘N All” 8th studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1978)
- 1977 Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year
- 1978 Atlanta Braves infielder Bob Horner wins NL Rookie of Year Award
- 1979 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack US embassy, 1 dies
- 1980 “Hi Infidelity” 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released
- 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
- 1980 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
- 1980 TV show “Dallas” episode “Who Done It” reveals ‘Who Shot J.R.?’, gets a then record 53.3 rating (over 83 million viewers, 76% of television watchers) in the US
- 1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
- 1981 Olivia Newton-John‘s single “Physical” goes to #1 and stays for ten weeks
- 1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution
- 1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
Inflight Smoking Ban
1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights is signed by US President George H. W. Bush
- 1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
France Backs Use of Force
1990 French President François Mitterrand voices support for a proposed UN resolution that would authorize the use of force in the Persian Gulf
Junk Bond King Sentenced
1990 Junk bond king Michael Milken is sentenced to ten years in prison for securities law violations
Bob Packwood Apologies
1992 Oregon Senator Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
- 1993 Neo-fascist MSI wins 36% of municipal elections in Rome
The Ghost of Tom Joad
1995 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen‘s 11th studio album “The Ghost of Tom Joad”; wins Grammy Award for best Contemporary Folk Album
- 1995 Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 for 1st time
- 1995 Israel grants jailed US spy Jonathan Pollard citizenship
- 1996 “Rehearsal” opens at Criterion Theater NYC
- 1996 A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.
- 1996 Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples says relationship between indigenous people and non-indigenous people should be completely re-structured [1]
- 1999 Elian Gonzalez, Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, departs from Cuba with his mother
- 2002 NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
- 2004 Island of Dominica hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. Damage concentrated in the north and the town of Portsmouth. Also felt in neighboring Guadeloupe, where one person is killed.
- 2004 The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq’s external debt.
- 2004 The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election’s integrity.
- 2006 Anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
- 2006 Daughtry release their debut album “Daughtry” (2007 Billboard Album of the Year, American Music Awards Favorite Pop-Rock Album 2007)
- 2012 An Israel and Hamas ceasefire is negotiated
- 2012 Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez
Happy
2013 “Happy” single is released by Pharrell Williams (Billboard Song of the Year 2014, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance 2015)
- 2013 31 people are killed, and dozens more injured during a truck bomb attack of an open-air vegetable market in Sadiyah, in northeastern Iraq
- 2013 54 people are killed after the roof of a supermarket collapses in Riga, Latvia
- 2013 The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys
- 2016 Adam Ondra completes the second free ascent of The Dawn Wall on El Capitan, leading every pitch and finishing in 8 days
- 2016 India celebrates 50th anniversary of IR8, a high-yielding rice variety that helped avert famine across Asia
- 2017 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women
- 2017 Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting
- 2017 Pixar animation head John Lasseter takes 6 month leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims, leave eventual becomes permanent
2017 Robert Mugabe‘s resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe’s parliament during impeachment proceedings
- 2018 Former Guatemalan soldier Santos López Alonzo sentenced to 5,160 years for killing 171 people in Dos Erres during the civil war
- 2018 RIBA’s best building in the world biennial international prize awarded to Canuanã school in Brazil
- 2019 22 killed in displacement camp in attack by Syrian government in Idlib province, Syria
- 2019 44% of Americans work in low-wage jobs with medium annual wage of just $18,000, with most aged 25-54 according to analysis by Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program
- 2019 First of a series of national strikes in Colombia against the government of President Iván Duque and proposed cuts to pensions
- 2019 WHO says Measles has killed more than 5,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, in world’s largest and fastest-moving epidemic
- 2020 Texas National Guard mobilized to help El Paso County, deal with a morgue crisis as COVID-19 cases and deaths surge
- 2021 “Voiceless Mass” by Raven Chacon, premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee – first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music [1]
- 2021 British driver Lewis Hamilton wins 1st Qatar Grand Prix Formula One motor race at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar
- 2022 China reports new COVID-19 outbreaks, with 28,127 new cases, with half in Guangzhou and the municipality of Chongqing and public venues closed in Beijing and Shanghai [1]
- 2022 Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near the city of Cianjur, on the Indonesian island of Java, killing at least 268 people, with over 1000 injured [1]
- 2023 Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleads guilty to allowing customers to launder money – will pay $4.3 billion in fines to US government [1]
- 2024 Controversial artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall by Maurizio Cattelan sells for $6.2 million at auction in New York; new owner Justin Sun says he will eat it [1]
- 2024 Evidence is presented of the earliest known alphabet on clay cylinders, 4,400 years old, 500 years older than previous writing, discovered in tombs in Umm el-Marra, Syria [1]
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