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Today's Significant Events

1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1894 - 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1903 - Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
1912 - RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland
1935 - Black Sunday: The worst sandstorm ravages US midwest (creates the Dust Bowl)
1981 - 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth

Today's Historical Events

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43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is killed.
193 - Lucius Septimus Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
754 - Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
966 - Christianisation of Poland
972 - Notger becomes bishop of Liege
979 - Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
1028 - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
1191 - 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III

Roman Politician and General Mark Antony1341 - Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
1434 - The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1471 - Battle of Barnet - King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
1536 - English King Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries
1544 - Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1570 - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1574 - Battle of Mookerhei - D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
1611 - Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
1629 - England & France sign Peace of Susa
1671 - Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
1699 - Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

King of England Henry VIII1756 - Gov Glen of SC protests against 900 Acadia indians
1775 - 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Phila
1777 - NY adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 - France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
1818 - US Medical Corp forms
1828 - 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
1828 - First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication
1831 - Soldiers marching on a bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
1836 - Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1841 - Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" published
1847 - Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum

Lexicographer Noah Webster1849 - Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.
1860 - 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1861 - Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter (US Civil War)
1862 - Battle of Ft Pillow TN
1863 - William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1865 - Mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 - US Secret Service created to fight counterfeiting
1865 - U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1868 - SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1871 - Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills

US President Abraham Lincoln1872 - Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1872 - San Francisco organizes Bar Association
1881 - The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.
1883 - Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres in Paris
1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
1890 - Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
1894 - 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1895 - 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
1900 - Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley forms
1903 - Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
1904 - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" premiered in London
1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press, taken from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress
1909 - Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London

27th US President William Howard Taft1910 - President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1910 - Pan American Union forms
1912 - RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland
1913 - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1914 - Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
1915 - A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
1915 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1915 - The Turks invade Armenia.
1917 - Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
1918 - Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
1919 - Following Gandhi's nonviolent methods, Muslim and Hindu protest British rule; British troops fire on the crowds, killing 400
1921 - NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1921 - Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1922 - Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin
1923 - Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1925 - 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1927 - The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1928 - Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
1928 - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2
1930 - Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe" premieres in NYC
1931 - Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
1931 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2

Composer Georges Bizet1932 - Bizet, Massine & Mira's "Jeux d'Enfants" premieres in Monte Carlo
1935 - Black Sunday: The worst sandstorm ravages US midwest (creates the Dust Bowl)
1939 - John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published
1940 - Allied troops land in Norway
1940 - RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1941 - 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1941 - King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
1942 - Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast
1943 - Gen Alexander/Eisenhower/Anderson/Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
1943 - James Gow & A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World" premieres in NYC
1944 - 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
1944 - Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376

34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower1944 - Gen Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 - Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
1945 - American planes bomb Tokyo & damage the Imperial Palace
1945 - Arnhem/Zwolle freed from Nazis
1945 - WWII: US 7th Army & allies forces capture Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany
1945 - US forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 - US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
1946 - "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater NYC after 167 perfs
1946 - Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final HR
1948 - A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
1948 - NYC subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
1948 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1948 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1949 - International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment
1950 - 1st edition of British comic "Eagle"
1950 - Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1953 - Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
1953 - WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1954 - Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
1955 - Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1955 - WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 perfs
1956 - Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
1957 - Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
1957 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1958 - Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
1959 - (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
1959 - KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
1960 - 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
1960 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games
1961 - 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
1961 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961 - US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1962 - Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam

French President Georges Pompidou1962 - Georges Pompidou becomes Prime Minister of France after the resignation of Michel Debré
1963 - George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"
1964 - Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - General Gnassingbé Eyadéma becomes president of Togo
1967 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time
1967 - Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
1967 - Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1968 - 1st NBA game at Madison Sq Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers
1968 - 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
1968 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
1968 - Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
1969 - 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)

General and President of Togo Gnassingbé Eyadéma1969 - 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbara Striesand win
1969 - KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1969 - Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1970 - "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
1971 - Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
1971 - President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies" premieres in NYC
1971 - Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1972 - "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
1972 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-four bombs in towns and cities across Northern Ireland
1973 - Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal

Golfer Gary Player1974 - 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1977 - Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1978 - David Hare's "Plenty" premieres in London
1978 - Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1978 - WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
1978 - 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1979 - Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
1980 - 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980 - 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win
1980 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
1981 - 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth

Novelist Norman Mailer1983 - Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
1983 - President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
1983 - Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 - Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
1985 - "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1985 - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
1985 - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1985 - Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
1985 - Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
1985 - Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
1986 - 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire

LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel1986 - Desmond Tutu elected Anglican Archbishop of Capetown
1986 - Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
1986 - US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1987 - Turkey asks to join European market
1988 - "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
1988 - Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
1988 - USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
1989 - 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989 - In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury
1991 - "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 perfs
1991 - "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1991 - 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
1991 - Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
1992 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances
1992 - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester
1992 - Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
1992 - UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 - UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect

US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer
1994 - NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1994 - US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
1994 - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1995 - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1995 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
1996 - "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
1996 - 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
1996 - Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
1999 - NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees - Yugoslav officials say 75 people are killed.
1999 - A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$1.7 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship Winner Nick Faldo2000 - Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
2002 - 66th Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win in two consecutive years
2002 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 - The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 - U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 - The U.S. Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2007 - At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift2008 - 42nd CMT Music Awards: Taylor Swift & Trace Adkins wins
2010 - Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull begins erupting from the top crater in the centre of the glacier
2012 - J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website "Pottermore",
2013 - 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
2013 - 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru
2013 - 11 people are killed and 50 are injured after a hotel fire in Xiangyang, China
2013 - 77th Golf Masters Championship: Adam Scott wins, shooting a 279
2013 - Justin Trudeau, son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

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