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0421 : Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp1526 : Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die1575 : University of Leiden Neth opens1600 : Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death1601 : Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London1622 : King James I disbands the English parliament1672 : Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London1690 : French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire1690 : Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal1693 : William & Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US1735 : 1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC1743 : Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth1744 : French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon1750 : Minor earthquake in London1775 : Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner1776 : Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg1802 : Simon Willard patents banjo clock1807 : Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau1809 : Franz I of Austria declares war on France1837 : 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)1861 : Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala1862 : Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound1862 : Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London1865 : 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany1883 : Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen1887 : Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club1887 : Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)1889 : Flood ravages Dutch coast1894 : Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks1895 : Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg1896 : Georges Feydeaus' "Le Dindon," premieres in Paris1896 : Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf1898 : John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming mach (Mass)1904 : Russo-Japanese War begins1905 : Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people1908 : Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth1909 : France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco1910 : Boy Scouts of America incorporated & chartered (William D Boyce-Chic)1911 : US helps overthrow Pres Miguel Devila of Honduras1911 : Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in NYC1912 : 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla1914 : General Zamon becomes president of Haiti1915 : "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA1916 : French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 3741916 : NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 seats1918 : "Stars & Stripes," weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published1920 : Swiss men vote against women's suffrage1922 : Radio arrives at the White House1923 : Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 1201923 : German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily1924 : 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic1925 : Kaufman & Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in NYC1925 : Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta1926 : German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership1926 : Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin1926 : Walt Disney Studios forms1927 : Belgian-Swiss treaty signed1928 : 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY1928 : Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV1929 : KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions1930 : "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #11931 : Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,0001933 : -23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)1933 : 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 2471934 : Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC1934 : Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt1935 : 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL1936 : 1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger1936 : 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn1936 : 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers1936 : Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party1937 : Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC1940 : Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in NYC1940 : Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland1941 : Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore1941 : NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio1942 : Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles1942 : Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort1943 : Red Army recaptures Kursk1944 : 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin1944 : U-762 sunk off Ireland1945 : Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald1946 : Bla Bartks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Phila1946 : Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties1947 : Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)1947 : KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting1948 : 5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland1949 : Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison1952 : "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV1953 : Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open1953 : WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins1955 : Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him1956 : Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die1957 : SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall1958 : Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia1958 : French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die1958 : KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting1960 : Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)1960 : Congress opens hearings looking into payola1962 : KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting1962 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1963 : 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)1963 : AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs1963 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1964 : Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London1964 : Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act1965 : Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 841965 : Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"1967 : Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)1967 : Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership1967 : Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down1967 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1968 : Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)1969 : Last edition of Saturday Evening Post1969 : Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mxico1971 : Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ1971 : South Vietnamese troops invade Laos1972 : Josh Gibson & Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame1973 : Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in NYC1973 : Mushtaq & Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket v NZ1973 : Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal1974 : "Good Times," debuts on CBS TV1974 : Ringo releases "You're 16"1974 : Skylab 4's astronauts land1974 : Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run1975 : 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea1975 : Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders1976 : Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR1976 : Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic1976 : Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)1977 : Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 19661977 : Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to1978 : Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait1979 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1981 : "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 12 perfs1981 : "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances1981 : Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic1981 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak1981 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton1982 : Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)1983 : 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander1983 : Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino1983 : Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days1983 : Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in NYC1983 : Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period1983 : Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance1984 : 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia1984 : 1st time 8 people in space1984 : A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation1984 : Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 71985 : 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados1985 : Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot1985 : Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)1985 : Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea1986 : 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition1986 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano1987 : 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle1987 : Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic1988 : NASA launches DOD-21989 : 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles1989 : Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days1989 : US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die1990 : David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London1990 : "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine1991 : Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract1992 : "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #11992 : 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France1992 : Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter1993 : Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die1993 : GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires1994 : Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car1994 : Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 4321994 : Mtley Cre drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm1995 : 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)1996 : NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind1998 : 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-01998 : 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at NYC1998 : NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
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