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- 1263 The battle of Largs: Scots defeat the Norwegians on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, returning the Western Isles to Scotland and ending 500 years of Viking invasions
- 1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan
Cartier at Hochelaga
1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier first visits the Iroquois settlement of Hochelaga (later Montreal) [1]
- 1540 Venice and Turkey signs peace
Conquest of Kazan
1552 Conquest of Kazan by Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Louis XIII an Adult
1614 French King Louis XIII declared an adult at 13
Bill of Rights Sent to the States
1789 George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification
- 1792 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London
- 1795 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao
- 1799 Duke of York & Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands
- 1804 Britain mobilizes to protect against French invasion
- 1833 NY Anti-Slavery Society organized
- 1835 Battle of Gonzales fought between Texan settlers and Mexican forces. First engagement of the Texas revolution
Darwin Returns to England
1836 After 5 years at sea Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle
- 1851 The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass(a contraption built to test the pseudo-scientific hypothesis that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they mate) is demonstrated but proves to be a fake.
- 1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land
- 1861 Former US VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky
- 1864 Battle of Saltville, Virginia
- 1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener
- 1870 Italy annexes Rome & Papal States; Rome made Italian capital
Brigham Young Arrested
1871 US Mormon leader Brigham Young arrested for bigamy
- 1872 Morgan State University founded
- 1872 Phileas Fogg sets out on his journey as depicted in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days"
- 1889 1st Pan American conference (Washington, D.C.)
- 1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
- 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane (Great October Storm) - 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 in Louisiana (one of the 1st to be classified as a category 4 storm)
- 1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper
- 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes
- 1901 First Royal Navy submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
1902 Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London
- 1904 German General Lothar von Trotha issues order to exterminate native Herero and Namaqua peoples of German South West Africa (present day Namibia); 1st genocide of the 20th Century, kills 65,000 Herero and 10,000 of the Namaqua tribe
- 1904 White Sox left-hander Doc White's streak of 45 consecutive MLB scoreless innings is snapped by the New York Highlanders in Chicago; White Sox win, 7-1 at South Side Park III
Burns KOs Flynn
1906 Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs American challenger 'Fireman' Jim Flynn in 15 rounds to retain his title in Los Angeles, California
- 1916 Pitching in his 3rd start in 5 days, Philadelphia Phillies right hander Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 20th century MLB record 16th shutout of year, a 2-0 win v Boston Braves
- 1916 Zoological Society of San Diego founded, in San Diego, California
- 1919 First edition of the Dutch newspaper "Volkskrant" (The People's Paper) is published
Woodrow Wilson Paralyzed
1919 US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
- 1920 Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates play first and only MLB triple header in the 20th century; Reds win the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3; Pirates avoid the sweep in the finale, 6-0
- 1920 The Chinese sign an agreement with the Russo-Asiatic Bank, largely French and Russian controlled, which will oversee the Chinese Eastern Railway, but give local supervision to China
- 1921 Chicago White Sox backstop Ray Schalk becomes the first and only MLB catcher to make a putout at all bases; White Sox beat Indians 7-4
Josephine Baker
1925 Josephine Baker first performs in Paris in La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
- 1926 Bert Gibb kicks 9 singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Inter-provincial Rugby Football Union opening round
- 1928 "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", known as Opus Dei, founded by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá in Madrid, Spain
- 1932 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play franchise's debut NFL game; lose 14-0 to Brooklyn Dodgers at Braves Field
Ah, Wilderness!
1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy play "Ah, Wilderness!" premieres in NYC
Bob Feller
1938 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Detroit Tigers; his Cleveland Indians still lose 4-1 at Cleveland Stadium
- 1939 Prototype for the Ilyushin Il-2, world's most-produced military airplane designed by Sergey Ilyushin, takes it first flight. Over 36,000 made for Soviet airforce in WWII.
- 1940 17 German aircraft shot down over England
- 1940 British Council receives Royal Charter
- 1940 British liner Empress, loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk
- 1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo
- 1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow
- 1942 RMS Queen Mary, carrying thousands of US troops, slices cruiser HMS Curacao in half, killing 239
- 1942 WWII: British Royal Navy boards floundering German U-boat U-559 retrieving abandoned Enigma code machine before it sinks; 2 British sailors go down with the sub
- 1943 Japanese troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
- 1943 New York Yankees sweep 14th MLB doubleheader of year, beating St. Louis Browns, 5-1 & 7-6 at Yankee Stadium
- 1944 Polish resistance fighters capitulate in the Warsaw Uprising, with some 250,000 people killed
- 1944 US B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren
- 1946 1st network soap opera "Faraway Hill" begins broadcasting on DuMont Television Network
- 1947 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra hits the first pinch-hit home run in Baseball World Series history off Ralph Branca in the 7th inning of a 9-8 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3
- 1947 Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted
- 1949 For first time in 41 years pennant races in both MLB leagues are decided on the final day of the season; (AL) Yankees upend rival Boston Red Sox, 5-3; (NL) Dodgers beat the Phillies, 9-7 for 97-57 record; Cardinals 96-58
- 1949 USSR recognizes People's Republic of China
Li'l Folks
1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks", later "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schulz published in seven nationwide papers
- 1950 Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions in 55-13 win against Baltimore Colts; Cardinals quarterback Jim Hardy tosses 6 touchdown passes
- 1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel)
- 1954 Don Liddle beats Bob Lemon 7-4 as the New York Giants complete an unlikely World Series sweep of the powerful Cleveland Indians; Cleveland season record of 111-43 sets American League mark for regular season wins
- 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal, India
- 1955 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres on CBS television in the US
- 1955 Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania
- 1955 WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins
- 1956 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 "The Bridge on the River Kwai", directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)
- 1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
- 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
- 1958 Musical show "Valmouth" 1st produced in London
- 1958 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- 1959 Rod Serling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV
Golf Tournament
1960 Mickey Wright becomes first player in LPGA Tour history to average fewer than 74 strokes per round to win the Vare Trophy after a season average of 73.25; first of 5 consecutive Vare Trophies for Wright
- 1961 American medical drama series "Ben Casey", starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe, premieres on ABC-TV
- 1961 USSR performs 250 kilo-ton nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR
- 1961 WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1961 WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Vitginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1962 San Francisco Giants beat rival LA Dodgers, 8-7 in 4 hours 18 minutes in Game 2 NL tie-break series; longest 9-inning game in MLB history; Giants win series, 2-1
- 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
Event of Interest
1963 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to USSR
Baseball Record
1964 Philadelphia's Alex Johnson-Bobby Wine-Tony Taylor-Vic Power combine for Phillies' 3rd triple play of the season (tying MLB record) in 4-3 win v Cincinnati Reds
- 1965 NY Yankees pitcher Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
- 1966 Australian Robert 'Nat' Young puts on a dominating performance to win the World Surfing Championship at Ocean Beach, San Diego; Joyce Hoffman of Capistrano Beach, California takes women's title
Baseball History
1966 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax wins his 27th game of the season, 6-3 v Philadelphia Phillies; clinches Dodgers 3rd National League pennant in 4 years
- 1967 All Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California
- 1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
- 1968 First time, two soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other - St. Louis Cardinals Bob Gibson beats Detroit Tigers Denny McLain 4-0 in Game 1 of World Series at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis
- 1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
- 1968 Redwood National Park established to preserve the tallest trees on earth, by an act of US Congress with 58,000 acres (later extended) [1]
- 1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic)
- 1969 Seattle Pilots' last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season
- 1969 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
- 1970 14 members of the Wichita State University Football team as well as 17 administrators and supporters are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains
Contract of Interest
1970 Detroit general manager Jim Campbell gives controversial Billy Martin a 2-year deal (1971-72) to manage the Tigers at a well above MLB average annual salary of $65,000
- 1971 Homing pigeon averages a record 133kph in an 1100km race in Australia
- 1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105
- 1972 Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0
- 1972 Danish population votes for membership of the European Common Market
- 1972 Montreal Expos' pitcher Bill Stoneman no-hits the New York Mets, 7 - 0 at Parc Jarry; first MLB no-hitter ever pitched in Canada
- 1972 Ron Johnson becomes 1st NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs Philadelphia)
Baseball Record
1974 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron hits his final home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves, in a 13-0 drubbing of the Cincinnati Reds; Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
- 1975 Four Ulster Volunteer Force members killed after a bomb they are carrying prematurely explodes in Farrenlester, near Coleraine
- 1975 The Ulster Volunteer Force kill 7 civilians in a series of attacks across Northern Ireland; 6 were Catholic civilians and 1 was a Protestant civilian
F1 World Champion
1977 Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race
Baseball Record
1977 Dusty Baker hits his 30th homer of the season against Astros' J.R. Richard; Dodgers become the first team in MLB history to have 4 players hit 30 or more HRs; joins Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32) and Ron Cey (30)
- 1977 Pakistani general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition
Baseball Record
1978 NY Yankees win 3rd straight AL East title beating Boston Red Sox, 5-4 in a dramatic single playoff game; Ron Guidry wins #25 aided by Bucky Dent's 3-run homer
- 1978 Syrian & Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed
Papal Visit
1979 Pope John Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture
Holmes vs. Ali
1980 38-year-old Muhammad Ali comes out of a two-year retirement to challenge undefeated world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Ali is pounded unmercifully for ten rounds before his corner throws in the towel.
- 1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
- 1981 17-year-old gelding Behavin Jerry, the oldest winning racehorse in modern times, sets record for most career starts by a thoroughbred, 307
- 1981 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
- 1982 Bomb attack in Tehran, kills 60, injures 700
The Portland Building
1982 The Portland Building, designed by Michael Graves, considered the 1st postmodern building is opened in Portland Oregon
- 1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat
- 1983 Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
- 1983 Wide receiver Art Monk begins NFL streak of 183 consecutive games with a reception in the Washington Redskins' 37-35 win over the LA Raiders
- 1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
- 1984 Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
- 1984 Papa John's Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana; it would go on to become the fourth-largest pizza delivery restaurant chain in the United States
- 1984 Richard Miller becomes 1st (former) FBI agent to be charged with espionage
- 1985 A Mayor Richard Caliguiri led coalition of public and private groups committed to keeping the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates in town for at least 5 years reach agreement to buy the baseball team for $22 million
- 1985 Detroit 1st baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #40 in Tigers' 4-2 win over Toronto Blue Jays; first to record 40 x HRs in a MLB season in both Leagues
- 1986 Astros starter Mike Scott finishes MLB regular season with 306 strikeouts with 8 in a 2-1 win in San Francisco; 3rd NL pitcher to reach 300 in a season
Baseball Record
1986 New York Mets' Dwight Gooden becomes first pitcher to collect 200 strikeouts in each of his first 3 seasons when he records 7 in 8-2 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
Assassination Attempt
1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Olympic Gold
1988 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, representing Canada, wins super-heavyweight gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; beats American Riddick Bowe by 2nd round TKO
- 1988 Gelindo Bordin of Italy wins the men's marathon in 2:10:32 at the Seoul Olympics; beats world champion Douglas Wakiihuri of Kenya by 15 seconds
- 1988 In a season ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets' outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a MLB record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season
Sports History
1988 Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his mansion in Bernardsville, NJ, during a domestic dispute
- 1988 Minnesota Twins total 3,030,672 in attendance at Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome; first AL club ever to break 3 million in a MLB season
- 1988 New Zealand horseman Mark Todd wins individual eventing gold medal aboard Charisma at the Seoul Olympics; his 2nd consecutive gold after winning in 1984
- 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections
- 1988 South Korean light middleweight boxer Park Si-hun is controversially awarded the Seoul Olympic gold medal after appearing well beaten by future 4 weight class world champion Roy Jones Jr
- 1989 TV true life drama "A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story" premieres on NBC in the US
- 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die
- 1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
- 1990 US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter's appointment to Supreme Court
- 1990 WW2 Allied nations cede any remaining rights as occupiers of Germany
NHL History
1991 NHL #1 draft pick Eric Lindros rejects Quebec Nordiques' offer of a 10 year, $50m contract
Steffi Graf Wins #500
1991 Steffi Graf beats Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-2 in the Volkswagen Cup in Leipzig to become the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches
- 1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East title with a 6-5 win v California Angels; become first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season
- 1992 The Carandiru Massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1992 VP Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil
- 1994 "Show Boat" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
- 1994 Pakistan cricket batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq & Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs in 8 overs for highest last-wicket partnership ever to win a Test, as the home team beats Australia by 1 wicket in the 1st Test in Karachi
- 1994 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test
- 1997 The Bruins beat the LA Kings, 6-5 in Boston to extend their NHL opening game unbeaten streak to 11-straight years (9-0-2)
- 1998 With his team struggling at 28 for 3, Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh smashes a brilliant 157 to guide the tourists to an innings & 99 run win over Pakistan in the 1st Test in Rawalpindi
- 1999 #21 University of Alabama football team beats #3 Florida, 40-39 in overtime to snap the Gators' 30-game home win streak; future Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander crosses for 4 touchdowns for the Crimson Tide
- 1999 Atlanta Thrashers play first regular-season game in franchise history, a 4-1 loss to the visiting NJ Devils, before a crowd of 18,545 at Philips Arena; Kelly Buchberger scores first goal in Thrashers history
NHL Record
1999 Boston's Ray Bourque becomes highest goal-scoring defenseman in NHL history; 386th career goal in Bruins' 3-1 win v Carolina Hurricanes moves him 1 ahead of Paul Coffey
Scrubs
2001 American sitcom "Scrubs", starring Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, premieres on NBC
Baseball Record
2001 Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa becomes first player in MLB history to total 60 home runs in three seasons; Chicago slugger connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach milestone in 5-4 loss
9/11 Attack on NY's World Trade Towers
2001 NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11
Baseball Record
2004 Jeff Kent becomes all-time home run leader for MLB 2nd basemen when he hits 2 in Astros' 9-3 win v Rockies; 302 overall HR to break Ryne Sandberg's major league record established in 1997
- 2004 Montreal Expos earn the last win in the franchise's MLB history, beating New York Mets, 6 - 3 at Shea Stadium; Brad Wilkerson hits the Expos' final home run in 9th inning, his 32nd of the year
- 2005 NFL plays first regular season game outside the United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
- 2005 The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people
- 2006 Charles Carl Roberts murders five schoolgirls in a shooting incident at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania; he then commits suicide.
