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Pompey's Third Triumph
61 BC Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 219 Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
- 235 St Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
- 855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II
- 1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells
- 1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French in Brittany
- 1564 Robert Dudley becomes Earl of Leicester
- 1567 At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Hoorn for treason
Second War of Religion
1567 War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX
- 1580 Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours signed between Duke of Anjou and Dutch Staten-Generaal
- 1608 Captain Christopher Newport arrives in Virginia, for the second time, with supplies from England for colonists
- 1650 2nd Fronde, the Fronde of the Princes uprising ends in France
- 1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
- 1668 English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch (beginning of Hudson Bay Company) [1]
- 1678 France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty
- 1785 Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Kraków, Poland
- 1789 US War Department establishes a regular army
- 1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
- 1815 Dutch King William I forms the Dutch Order of the Lion, oldest and highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherlands
‘Bobbies’ Take To The Streets Of London
1829 The first units of the London Metropolitan Police appear on the streets of the British capital, the city's 1st modern police force
- 1848 Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the War of Independence
- 1849 1st passenger train service to Peekskill, New York (New Haven Railroad)
- 1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
- 1859 Great auroral display in US
- 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights in Henrico County, Virginia
- 1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta & Big Tree
- 1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
- 1880 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings
- 1885 First practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England
- 1898 Wassoulou Empire leader Samori Ture captured by French troops in West Africa ending his 20 year rule
- 1899 American Veterans of Foreign Service, later known as Veterans of Foreign War (VFW), support group is established in Columbus, Ohio by a group of Spanish-American war veterans
- 1902 Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater
- 1904 1st monument honoring Spanish–American War erected, in Monroeville, Ohio
- 1906 US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
- 1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
- 1908 Calgary Rugby Football Union forms
- 1910 National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes in New York City
Italo-Turkish War
1911 Italy declares war on Turkey, starting the Italo-Turkish War
- 1913 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
- 1913 Shubert Theater, named after Sam S. Shubert, opens at 225 W 44th St NYC
- 1913 The Treaty of Constantinople between Turkey and Bulgaria restores peace; the Turks recover Adrianople and Maritza River line
- 1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
- 1915 1st transcontinental radio telephone message sent by U.S. naval radio station at Arlington, Virginia. to naval radio station at Mare Island, San Francisco
- 1915 British army conquers Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamia
- 1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
- 1915 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat" premieres in NYC
- 1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta
- 1915 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
World's 1st Billionaire
1916 American oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire
- 1921 Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL
Mussolini Asks Vatican for Support
1922 Benito Mussolini asks the Vatican for support of his fascist party program
- 1923 Steinhart Aquarium opens to public in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California [1]
- 1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
- 1924 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
- 1925 French General of Morocco, Marshal Lyautey, is dismissed
- 1925 Greek republican constitution enforced
- 1927 Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
- 1927 Tornado strikes St Louis, Missouri, 85 die
- 1927 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators
- 1928 Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston
- 1928 Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
- 1930 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC
- 1930 Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute
- 1930 Lowell Thomas makes his debut on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
- 1930 NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising
Bill of Divorcement
1932 Film "Bill of Divorcement" starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn, directed by George Cukor premieres at the Mayfair
- 1933 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debuts
- 1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
- 1937 Frans Slaats cycles a world hour record time (45,563 km)
- 1938 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in NYC
- 1940 "Double or Nothing", a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net
SS Booker T. Washington
1940 1st US merchant ship "Booker T. Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
Strike Up the Band
1940 Musical film "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens
- 1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
- 1941 Nazi massacre at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine begins, 33,771 mostly Jews murdered
- 1942 32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in September
- 1942 French Government in exile of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich
- 1943 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel
- 1943 Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchuk (Ukraine)
- 1944 Browns last in AL attendance, only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
- 1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
- 1945 Chicago Cubs clinch NL pennant with record of 98–56
- 1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
- 1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards & Dodgers)
- 1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 secs
- 1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
- 1946 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms
- 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presents his 1st Carnegie Hall concert, NYC
Joe McCarthy Joins Red Sox
1947 Former New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Boston Red Sox
Hamlet
1948 "Hamlet" directed by and starring Laurence Olivier's opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)
- 1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins
- 1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 "Front Page" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1949 "Inside USA With Chevrolet" debuts on CBS-TV
Pinky
1949 Elia Kazan's dramatic film "Pinky" starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, and Ethel Waters premieres at Rivoli Theater, NYC
- 1950 "Tin Pan Alley TV" last airs on ABC-TV
- 1950 Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
Baseball History
1950 Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
- 1951 American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers Ananke, 12th moon of Jupiter from Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles County, California
- 1951 CBS broadcasts 1st football game in color, University of California against the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia
- 1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile
- 1952 "Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
- 1953 "Buick-Berle Show" debuts on NBC-TV
Make Room for Daddy
1953 "Make Room for Daddy" starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
Milton Berle Show
1953 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC in the US
- 1953 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois
- 1953 Baltimore, Maryland Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000
- 1953 US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
Barefoot Contessa
1954 "Barefoot Contessa" film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart premieres at the Capitol
- 1954 "Masquerade Party" TV game show moves from CBS to ABC for two seasons
- 1954 Bennekom (Netherlands) soccer team forms
- 1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
The Catch
1954 New York Giants Willie Mays makes famous over-the-shoulder catch of Cleveland Indians Vic Wertz' 460' drive during Game One of the World Series, at the Polo Grounds in NYC
- 1954 The first remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Judy Garland & James Mason premieres at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
- 1955 "Sergeant Preston" debuts on CBS
- 1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia
View From The Bridge
1955 Arthur Millers play "View From The Bridge" premieres in NYC
- 1956 "Oh! Susanna" debuts on CBS-TV
I Love Mickey
1956 Music single "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
- 1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
- 1957 "DuPont Show of the Month" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1957 "The Paul Winchell Show" debuts on ABC-TV
- 1957 An explosion at the Mayak plutonium production plant in the Soviet Union spreads radiation over 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2)
Oh Boy!
1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets release 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
- 1957 NFL NY Giants play their last game at Polo Grounds, 9-1 loss to Pittsburgh
- 1957 Passenger train & oil train crash in Gambar, West Pakistan, killing 300
- 1958 "Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
- 1958 "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8 in US; #18 in UK
- 1958 "Texan" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1959 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1959 "Philip Marlowe" debuts on ABC-TV
- 1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant
- 1959 Little Anthony & the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop"
- 1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
- 1960 "Johnny Ringo" TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
- 1960 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
- 1960 "Outlaws" TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
- 1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
- 1961 "Detectives" TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV
- 1961 Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria
- 1962 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
- 1962 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3
- 1962 "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV
- 1962 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
- 1962 Indians & Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader
- 1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
1962 Music single "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48
- 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1963 "My Favorite Martian" starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV
- 1963 "The Judy Garland Show" debuts on CBS-TV
- 1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opened in Rome by Pope Paul
Baseball Record
1963 Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th total hits (475 HRs)
- 1963 Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game
1st Rolling Stones Tour
1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour, as opening act for Bo Diddley & the Everly Brothers
- 1964 Greece & Bulgaria close boundaries
- 1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
- 1965 St L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleve (49-13)
- 1965 WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Baseball Record
1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
- 1966 The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
- 1967 -Oct 29] Rome: 1st bishop synod
Griffith vs. Benvenuti
1967 American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights
Music History
1967 Gladys Knight & Pips are the first to release Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
- 1967 International Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system
- 1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead for the 1st time, playing at the Straight Theater in San Francisco, California
Baseball History
1968 Boston Red Sox arl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
- 1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
- 1969 "Bright Promise" TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Letters To Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Love American Style" premieres on ABC-TV
- 1969 "Name Droppers" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 "Sale Of Century" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1969 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
- 1969 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
- 1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
- 1969 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
- 1970 "NET Festival" last aired
- 1971 "McMillan & Wife" debuts on NBC-TV
- 1971 Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000
- 1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
- 1971 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
- 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1972 Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
Artist Assaults McNamara
1972 Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, is almost thrown overboard on a ferry by an artist wanting to confront him on his role in escalating US involvement in the Vietnam war (no charges pressed)
- 1973 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
- 1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
- 1973 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
- 1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
