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The marksman, a french noble named Pierre Basile, is executed. 1484 William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables. 1526 King François I returns Spanish captivity to France 1534 Lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1552 Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru. 1616 Bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km. 1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony 1636 Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands. 1668 England takes control of Bombay India 1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1780 The first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor) 1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency 1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France 1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine 1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase 1808 Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. 1808 Napoleon announces that France must guard the coast of Spain against Britain, he orders upwards of 70,000 men to cross the Spanish frontier in January, French forces occupy the fortresses of San Sebastian, Pamplona, Figuera, and Barcelona by treachery in February, and by mid-March there are nearly 100,000 French troops in Spain Their commander in chief Joachim Murat occupies Madrid and Carlos IV abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand, 23 1812 An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela. 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die 1812 In Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed. 1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held - UK 1845 Joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat 1845 Montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin & Dominick Daly fight a harmless duel without injuring each other; one of Canada's last duels 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1856 New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won 1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves 1871 Paris Commune founded 1872 The Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States 1872 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher 1878 Hastings College of Law founded 1878 Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens 1881 Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again. 1885 Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film 1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan 1889 Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England 1889 Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands 1889 South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England 1892 Walt Whitman died at the age of 72. He was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. Often called the father of free verse. 1895 King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day 1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam 1908 The Prince Edward Island Assembly passes a law to ban all automobiles from its roads, since rescinded 1910 US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick 1910 William H Lewis appointed Assistant Attorney General of US 1913 Balkan War: Bulgarian forces take Adrianople. 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War 1913 Dayton OH almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, & Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1916 Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary 1924 Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan", in London 1926 ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies 1926 The first lip-reading tournament held in America 1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1927 Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms 1931 Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty 1931 New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capitol of British-Indies 1934 Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom. 1935 "RvJ" Mitchell & Major Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire fighter aircraft decide on 8 .303 machine guns 1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech 1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska 1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat 1937 Spinach growers of Crystal City TX, erect statue of Popeye 1937 William H Hastie becomes first black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1941 HMS YORK, lost Eastern Mediterranean, in Suda Bay, north Crete - badly damaged by Italian explosive motor boats, beached and later wrecked by bombing 1941 The German Army High Command gives approval to RSHA and Heydrich on the tasks of SS murder squads (Einsatzgruppen) in occupied Poland. 1942 20 tons of gelignite kills 21 in a stone quarry in Easton PA 1942 ADM King becomes both Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, U.S. Fleet 1942 German offensive in North-Africa under Colonel-General Rommel 1942 The first "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps 1942 The first 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1943 Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwi NGARIMU, 28th NZ (Maori) Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia 1943 The first woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott) 1944 705 British bombers attack Essen 1945 Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine 1945 Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima 1945 Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto 1945 US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms 1945 Venray soccer team forms 1945 World War II: In Iwo Jima, US forces declare Iwo Jima as "secure." 1951 USAF flag approved 1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis] 1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett", becomes the #1 record in US 1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms 1956 Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One 1958 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness & Joanne Woodward win 1958 US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" 1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days 1960 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem 1960 Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances 1965 A truck loses control down Moosic Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas." 1965 Visitor posting - Nancy Rogers born - USA 1966 Operation Jackstay in Navy's first amphibious assault in Vietnam's inland waters 1967 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming & Cabaret win 1967 Ten thousand people gather for the Central Park Be-In. 1968 Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta 1969 Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV 1969 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use 1969 Number one hit on UK music charts - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1970 "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances 1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945 1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark 1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl 1971 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings 1971 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1971 East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins. 1973 Soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premieres 1973 Susan Shaw, is first woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange 1974 George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1974 Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President 1975 "Tommy" premieres in London 1975 Ottawa raises minimum wage for federal employees from $2.20 to $2.60 per hour. 1975 The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force. 1976 American League approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M 1976 Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. 1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album 1977 Elvis Costello releases his first record "Less Than Zero" 1977 Focus on the Family is founded by Dr. James Dobson 1979 Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC. 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt 1980 Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police) 1981 Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia 1981 Soyuz T-4 lands 1982 A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC. 1982 Ground-breaking in Washington DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1982 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK 1982 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know 1985 In Ottawa Ontario Brian Mulroney 1939- announces that his government is ending the National Energy Program, Alberta starts singing "Happy Days are Here Again" 1986 Geffen records signs Guns & Roses 1987 Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - Aswad - Don't Turn Around 1989 Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic 1990 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win 1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, New York NY 1991 Visitor posting - My Best Friend Cameron Sherwood was born - New Zealand 1992 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington 1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years 1992 Visitor posting - March 26,1992 Brandie Bates was born to Corliss Norah & Stacey Bates. 1992 Visitor posting - Lauren Hermelink was born 1993 Visitor posting - Matthew & Rebecca James were born to Beth & Steve James. 1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman 1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins 1995 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen 1995 Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup 1995 Ottawa passes legislation ordering 30,000 striking railway employees back to work 1995 Visitor posting - Paige Danielle Reichel born - USA 1995 The Schengen Treaty goes into effect. 1996 Canada's Anik E-1 communications satellite suffers electronic fault in Space, loses 50% of its capacity. 1997 NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan 1997 Visitor posting - My daughter,Brenda, is born. happiest days of my life. she is so pretty!! - USA 1997 Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides. 1998 Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria; 52 people killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of 2. 1999 A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. 1999 The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world. 2000 Vladimir Putin is elected 2nd President of Russia. 2005 The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. 2006 In Scotland, the prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force. 2006 The military junta ruling Myanmar officially named Naypyidaw, a new city in Mandalay Division, as the new capital. Yangon had formerly been the nation's capital. 2010 Now Mazda is DOOMED too - Toyota to supply key hybrid parts to Mazda - Nikkei 2010 Visitor posting - Asst.Prof.(Sr.),VIT University,Vellore-14 - India sugudeep@gmail.com More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at: info @ datesinhistory.com (remove the spaces) "This site contains links to other Internet sites. These links are not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information in such site has been endorsed or approved by this site. We are not responsible for the content of external sites. 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