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68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

1549 - Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.

1977 - Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks

1997 - British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

Today's Historical Events

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68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
641 - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
922 - French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075 - Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German King Henry IVbeats Saksen
1310 - Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.

Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV1456 - 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1525 - Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
1529 - Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons
1531 - Pope Clemens VII & Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1534 - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1549 - Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1549 - England enforces Act of Supremacy
1572 - Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
1628 - 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1650 - The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
1720 - Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm

French Explorer Jacques Cartier1732 - Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1742 - Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1752 - French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India
1772 - 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1772 - 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI
1784 - John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1789 - Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island
1790 - 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
1802 - US Academy at West Point founded
1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.
1822 - Charles Graham patents false teeth
1851 - SF Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1860 - 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
1862 - Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1863 - Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
1864 - Battle of Big Shanty, GA
1864 - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
1865 - Battle of Grand Gulf, MS
1868 - 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1869 - Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1870 - Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
1873 - Alexandra Palace burnt down, after being open for only 16 days.
1877 - 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
1883 - 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5
1887 - 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5
1888 - 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25
1890 - Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago
1891 - Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
1892 - 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1898 - China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries1899 - james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1900 - In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege.
1901 - NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1902 - 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1906 - Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1908 - Kind Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia
1909 - Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the USA, driving a Maxwell automobile 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days with three non-driving female companions.

Tsar Nicholas II1910 - A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
1914 - Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1915 - William Jennings Bryan quits as US Secretary of State
1915 - US President Wilson sends the second Lusitania note to Germany demanding reparations and prevention of 'recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare'; Wilson refuses to recognize the 'war zone' that Germany has proclaimed around the British Isles
1919 - General steel strike in France
1919 - Red Army captures Ufa
1922 - First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University.
1923 - 55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Zev wins in 2:19
1923 - Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

Politician William Jennings Bryan1923 - Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
1924 - "Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton
1928 - 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
1928 - Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1929 - Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free
1930 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
1931 - 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (Robert Goddard)
1931 - 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1933 - Spanish president Zamora takes power
1933 - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager

MLB Pitcher Walter Johnson1934 - 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1934 - 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934 - 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
1935 - Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
1936 - Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
1940 - 44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
1940 - General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill
1940 - Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1941 - Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
1941 - Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio
1942 - Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government
1942 - German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe

Dictator of Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler1942 - Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler’s order was given to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”.
1943 - "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
1944 - Russian offensive in Carelia
1945 - "Gruesome Twosome" premieres in USA
1945 - -10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
1945 - 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07
1945 - Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him
1946 - 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque, Iowa)
1946 - 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1946 - Bhumibol Adulyadej becomes King of Thailand after the death of his brother King Ananda Mahidol

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis1946 - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1946 - NY Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
1948 - WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 - Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
1951 - "Doodles Weaver Show" debuts on NBC-TV
1953 - "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV
1953 - South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
1953 - Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)
1954 - Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1955 - 100°F - Hottest day in Seattle, Washington
1955 - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
1956 - Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1957 - Anthony Eden resigns as British PM

US Senator Joseph McCarthy1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
1958 - "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1958 - HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
1959 - 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1960 - ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960 - Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1961 - Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1962 - "Bill of Hare" premieres in USA
1962 - 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
1962 - Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC
1963 - 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963 - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open

Singer-songwriter & ActressBarbra Streisand1963 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"
1963 - Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game
1963 - Equal Pay Act enacted
1963 - Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY
1964 - Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1965 - Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1966 - 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4
1967 - Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967 - Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 - Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
1968 - 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968 - 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational

Tennis Player and Two-Time Major Champion Nancy Richey1968 - Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
1969 - Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
1969 - Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1970 - Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Ongania
1970 - Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
1970 - Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1971 - Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1971 - Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
1972 - 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237
1972 - 1st all-nite grad parties
1972 - Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1972 - In a show of support for Iraq, OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq from increasing production elsewhere
1973 - 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years

Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1974 - Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert
1975 - 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
1975 - Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1975 - UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time
1975 - Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
1977 - 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
1977 - Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks
1978 - Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1978 - Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1979 - 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6

Tennis Legend Chris Evert1979 - 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979 - Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979 - Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
1979 - Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1980 - 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 - Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 - Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982 - General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982 - Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1983 - 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983 - Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election

British Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher1983 - Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
1984 - "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
1984 - 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
1984 - 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1984 - Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1984 - Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
1984 - Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 - NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509
1984 - Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 - Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1985 - 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
1985 - 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985 - Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1985 - American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander1985 - Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
1985 - USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1986 - 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1986 - Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 - Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986 - Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1988 - "Bloodsport (1987)" premieres in Germany
1988 - Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
1989 - "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" premieres in USA
1989 - Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989 - Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 - Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1990 - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
1990 - 60th French Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6 6-4)

Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles1990 - FIFA World Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA 5-1 in World Cup match
1990 - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
1990 - Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990 - Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
1991 - 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991 - 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
1991 - Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
1991 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991 - WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1993 - "Amantes" (1991) premieres in France
1993 - "Body Snatchers" (1993) premieres in France
1993 - "Ce que femme veut" (1993) premieres in France
1993 - "Passion Fish" (1992) premieres in France
1993 - "Tout capour ca!" (1993) premieres in France

LPGA Golfer Jane Geddes1993 - "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) premieres
1993 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
1993 - Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1994 - "Hudsucker Proxy" premieres in Germany
1994 - 5.6 earthquake strikes southern Mexico
1994 - Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1995 - Brady Bunch Movie (1995) premieres in UK
1995 - Congo (1995) premieres in USA
1995 - Dumb & Dumber (1994) premieres in Sweden
1995 - Killer (1994) premieres in UK
1995 - Kiss of Death (1995) premieres in UK
1995 - Man of the House (1995) premieres in UK
1995 - Neak Sre (1993) premieres in UK
1995 - Party Girl (1995) premieres in USA
1995 - Smoke (1995) premieres in USA
1995 - Wigstock The Movie (1994) premieres in USA
1996 - 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1996 - Sunday League cricket game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311
1997 - British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997 - Detroit Tigers baseball team bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning
1999 - Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
2001 - 133rd Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins in 2:26.80
2001 - Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche defeat New Jersey Devils 4-3

LPGA Golfer Se Ri Pak2002 - 48th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak
2003 - Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils defeat first time finalists Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-3
2006 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thialand celebrates the 1st of 3 national holidays to commemorate his 60 years on the throne.
2007 - 139th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Rags To Riches wins in 2:28.74
2009 - Brazil officially enters recession
2010 - 44th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins
2010 - Hungary leaves the recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures
2010 - Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009

Singer Carrie Underwood2010 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
2012 - It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks
2012 - Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down 300 houses
2012 - 144th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Union Rags wins in 2:30.42
2013 - 67th Tony Awards: Kinky Boots & Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike win
2013 - French Tennis Open: Rafael Nadel defeats David Ferrer to win his eighth French Open title (6–3 6–2 6–3)
2013 - 59th LPGA Championship won by Inbee Park
2013 - Edward Snowden publically makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents

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