Historical Events on this Day in History
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Today's Significant Events
70 - Roman army under General Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem
1714 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1714 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
Today's Historical Events
Events 1 - 208 of 208
1251 BC - A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
70 - Roman army under General Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem
1159 - Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1497 - Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
1525 - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1543 - Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
1596 - Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java
1599 - Earl of Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
King Richard the Lionheart1652 - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
1701 - Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
1714 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
1812 - Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
1813 - "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)
1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1822 - Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 - Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1871 - Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 killed
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte1876 - Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1880 - Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" (BG)
1891 - Captain Frederick Lugard's army reaches Kavalli, Equatoria
1892 - James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1896 - A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI
1897 - George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
1901 - Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 - In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
1903 - Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1904 - British forces in Tibet force the Dalai Lhama to sign a treaty that grants Britain trading posts in Tibet and guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 - Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1910 - In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between Newfoundland (still seperate from Canada) and the US
Baseball Legend Eddie Collins1912 - Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit
1914 - NY Post Office Building opens to public
1915 - 35th US Men's Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8)
1915 - Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)
1915 - St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1916 - Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak
1916 - Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress
1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1922 - In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
1923 - Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
1923 - Interpol forms in Vienna
1923 - Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23
1927 - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1927 - The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos.
1928 - Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" premieres in NYC
1932 - Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
31st US President Herbert Hoover1936 - Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1936 - The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1939 - Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
1940 - 54th US Women's Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (6-2 6-3)
1940 - 60th US Men's Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert Riggs (4-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 7-5)
1940 - German Luftwaffe blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940 - Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England
1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1941 - 61st U.S. Men's National Championship: Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs (5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3)
1941 - 55th U.S. Women's National Championship: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (7-5, 6-2)
Tennis Player and Three-Time Major Champion Bobby Riggs1942 - 62nd US Men's Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker (8-6 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-2)
1942 - German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
1942 - Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1942 - 62nd U.S. Men's National Championship: Ted Schroeder beats Frank Parker (8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2)
1942 - 56th U.S. Women's National Championship: Pauline Betz Adddie beats Louise Brough Clapp (4-6, 6-1, 6-4)
1943 - 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1943 - Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas)
1944 - SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal, Belgium
1944 - Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)
1945 - Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
1945 - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1947 - Battles between Hindus & Muslims in New Delhi, India
1948 - 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1950 - Monasteries shut down in Hungary
1952 - 66th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75)
1952 - 72nd US Men's Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (6-1 6-2 6-3)
LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament
1952 - General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier
1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 - Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1952 - NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1952 - 3rd Formula One WDC: Alberto Ascari wins by 12 points
1953 - 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4)
1953 - 73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (6-3 6-2 6-3)
1953 - Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
1953 - 73rd U.S. Men's National Championship: Tony Trabert beats Vic Seixas (6-3, 6-2, 6-3)
1953 - 67th U.S. Women's National Championship: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4)
Tennis Player and Five-Time Major Champion Tony Trabert1954 - Integration begins in Wash DC & Balt MD public schools
1956 - Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1957 - 71st US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (6-3 6-2)
1957 - WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - 72nd US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (3-6 6-1 6-2)
1958 - 78th US Men's Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (6-2 3-6 4-6 10-8 8-6)
1958 - 78th U.S. Men's National Championship: Ashley Cooper beats Malcolm Anderson (6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6)
1958 - 72nd U.S. Women's National Championship: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (3-6, 6-1, 6-2)
1960 - Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1963 - WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 - American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday
1963 - Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
Tennis Player Darlene Hard1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open
1965 - -10] Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss & La
1965 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
1966 - KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - 83rd US Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (6-2 6-2)
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open
1970 - Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1970 - PLO hijacks 4 planes
1970 - White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
1970 - Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
Comedian Jerry Lewis1970 - Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
1973 - Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
1973 - Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
1974 - "Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
1974 - Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1975 - Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
1975 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975 - 95th Men's U.S. Open: Manuel Orantes beats #1 seed Jimmy Connors (6-4, 6-3, 6-4)
1975 - 95th Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley (5-7, 6-4, 6-2)
Singer-Songwriter George Harrison1976 - US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1977 - Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
1977 - Pres Carter & Gen Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties
1978 - 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
1979 - 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, NY
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1980 - 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner & Barbara Bel Geddes win. Notable for going ahead despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
1980 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
1980 - Cape Verde adopts its constitution
1980 - Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1980 - Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel1980 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic
1980 - 100th Men's U.S. Open: U.S. Open John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4)
1980 - 100th Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1)
1981 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
1981 - Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1981 - Judge Wapner & People's Court premier on TV
1981 - West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
1983 - Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1984 - Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
1985 - 99th US Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)
Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Hana Mandlikova1985 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83)
1986 - 100th US Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62)
1986 - 106th US Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60)
1986 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 - Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
1986 - Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
1986 - Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
1986 - NBC premiere of "The French Connection" film based TV sequel "Popeye Doyle"
1986 - 106th Men's U.S. Open: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0)
1986 - 106th Women's U.S. Open: Martina Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2)
Tennis Player Martina Navratilova1987 - Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,723
1987 - Netherlands sends 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1987 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1987 - South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young
1988 - 5th MTV Video Music Awards: INXS wins
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 - NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
1988 - Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1990 - "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater NYC for 6 performances
1990 - Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991
1991 - 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
1991 - Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
1991 - 105th US Womens Tennis Open: Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) (76 61)
Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles1991 - Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
1992 - Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
1992 - Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
1992 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1993 - Brazil votes over importing monarchy
1993 - Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1994 - Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
1995 - STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
1995 - Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
1995 - 12th MTV Video Music Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna wins
1996 - Rap artist Tupac Shahur shot multiple times in drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later
1997 - 111th US Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
1997 - 117th US Men's Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75)
Tennis Player Martina Hingis1997 - Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic
1997 - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1997 - Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
1997 - Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
1997 - The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
1997 - 117th Men's U.S. Open: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5)
1997 - 117th Women's U.S. Open: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (6-0, 6-4)
1999 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
2000 - 17th MTV Video Music Awards: Eminem & Aaliyah wins
2001 - The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron's bid to buy Texaco
2003 - 123rd Men's U.S. Open: Andy Roddick beats Juan Carlos Ferrero (6-3, 7-6, 6-3)
Tennis Player and U.S. Open Champion Andy Roddick2003 - 123rd Women's U.S. Open: Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Kim Clijsters (7-5, 6-1)
2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2005 - First presidential election was held in Egypt.
2008 - The US Government takes control of the two largest largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2008 - 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears & Chris Brown win
2011 - Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
2012 - US drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia
2012 - 64 people are killed and 715 injured after a series of earthquakes in south-west China
2012 - Canada closes its Iranian embassy and expels Iranian diplomatic staff out of Canada
Singer Chris Brown2013 - 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus
2013 - 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia
2013 - Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election
2014 - Asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39,900 km; 24,800 mi)
2014 - Bob and Mike Bryan win their fifth US Open men's tennis doubles
2015 - British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under 3ft of earth at Durrington Walls
70 - Roman army under General Titus occupies & plunders Jerusalem
1159 - Ottaviano de Montecello elected as anti-Pope
1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1497 - Sailor Perkin Warbeck becomes English King Richard IV
1525 - Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague
1543 - Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
1596 - Dutch fleet bombards Banten, Java
1599 - Earl of Essex & Irish rebel Tyrone signs treaty
King Richard the Lionheart1652 - Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English1701 - Germany, England & Netherlands sign anti-French covenant
1714 - Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine
1800 - Zion AME Church dedicated (NYC)
1812 - Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
1813 - "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to US (Troy Post of NY)
1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1822 - Pedro I, son of King Joao VI declares Brazil's independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 - Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1863 - Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1871 - Bay of Biscay: British warship HMS Captain capsizes, 500 killed
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte1876 - Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)1880 - Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" (BG)
1891 - Captain Frederick Lugard's army reaches Kavalli, Equatoria
1892 - James Corbett KOs John Sullivan in 21 for heavyweight boxing title
1896 - A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI
1897 - George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
1901 - Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 - In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
1903 - Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
1904 - British forces in Tibet force the Dalai Lhama to sign a treaty that grants Britain trading posts in Tibet and guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
1906 - Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
1907 - Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire
1909 - Eugene Lefebvre (1878-1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
1910 - In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between Newfoundland (still seperate from Canada) and the US
Baseball Legend Eddie Collins1912 - Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit1914 - NY Post Office Building opens to public
1915 - 35th US Men's Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8)
1915 - Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)
1915 - St Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0
1916 - Giants beat Brooklyn 4-1, to launch NY's record 26-game winning streak
1916 - Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress
1921 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
1922 - In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
1923 - Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Phila A's, 4-0
1923 - Interpol forms in Vienna
1923 - Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23
1927 - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
1927 - The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos.
1928 - Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" premieres in NYC
1932 - Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
31st US President Herbert Hoover1936 - Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation1936 - The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
1939 - Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmission
1940 - 54th US Women's Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (6-2 6-3)
1940 - 60th US Men's Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert Riggs (4-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 7-5)
1940 - German Luftwaffe blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
1940 - Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England
1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1941 - 61st U.S. Men's National Championship: Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs (5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3)
1941 - 55th U.S. Women's National Championship: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (7-5, 6-2)
Tennis Player and Three-Time Major Champion Bobby Riggs1942 - 62nd US Men's Tennis: F Schroeder Jr beats F Parker (8-6 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-2)1942 - German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
1942 - Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1942 - First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
1942 - 62nd U.S. Men's National Championship: Ted Schroeder beats Frank Parker (8-6, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2)
1942 - 56th U.S. Women's National Championship: Pauline Betz Adddie beats Louise Brough Clapp (4-6, 6-1, 6-4)
1943 - 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1943 - Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas)
1944 - SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal, Belgium
1944 - Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)
1945 - Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
1945 - Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1947 - Battles between Hindus & Muslims in New Delhi, India
1948 - 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1950 - Monasteries shut down in Hungary
1952 - 66th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75)
1952 - 72nd US Men's Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (6-1 6-2 6-3)
LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls1952 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament1952 - General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier
1952 - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tenn)
1952 - Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters
1952 - NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1952 - 3rd Formula One WDC: Alberto Ascari wins by 12 points
1953 - 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4)
1953 - 73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (6-3 6-2 6-3)
1953 - Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
1953 - 73rd U.S. Men's National Championship: Tony Trabert beats Vic Seixas (6-3, 6-2, 6-3)
1953 - 67th U.S. Women's National Championship: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4)
Tennis Player and Five-Time Major Champion Tony Trabert1954 - Integration begins in Wash DC & Balt MD public schools1956 - Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+
1957 - 71st US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (6-3 6-2)
1957 - WWL TV channel 4 in New Orleans, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - 72nd US Women's Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (3-6 6-1 6-2)
1958 - 78th US Men's Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (6-2 3-6 4-6 10-8 8-6)
1958 - 78th U.S. Men's National Championship: Ashley Cooper beats Malcolm Anderson (6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6)
1958 - 72nd U.S. Women's National Championship: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (3-6, 6-1, 6-2)
1960 - Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
1963 - WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 - American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday
1963 - Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio
Tennis Player Darlene Hard1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open1965 - -10] Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss & La
1965 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
1966 - KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - 83rd US Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (6-2 6-2)
1969 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open
1970 - Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1970 - PLO hijacks 4 planes
1970 - White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
1970 - Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
Comedian Jerry Lewis1970 - Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.1973 - Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
1973 - Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
1974 - "Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
1974 - Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1975 - Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
1975 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975 - 95th Men's U.S. Open: Manuel Orantes beats #1 seed Jimmy Connors (6-4, 6-3, 6-4)
1975 - 95th Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley (5-7, 6-4, 6-2)
Singer-Songwriter George Harrison1976 - US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)1977 - Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
1977 - Pres Carter & Gen Herrera sign Panama Canal treaties
1978 - 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
1979 - 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at Madison Square Garden, NY
1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1980 - 32nd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ed Asner & Barbara Bel Geddes win. Notable for going ahead despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
1980 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
1980 - Cape Verde adopts its constitution
1980 - Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
1980 - Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel1980 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Barth Golf Classic1980 - 100th Men's U.S. Open: U.S. Open John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4)
1980 - 100th Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1)
1981 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
1981 - Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
1981 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1981 - Judge Wapner & People's Court premier on TV
1981 - West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
1983 - Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
1984 - Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
1985 - 99th US Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76)
Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Hana Mandlikova1985 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83)1986 - 100th US Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62)
1986 - 106th US Men's Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60)
1986 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1986 - Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 - Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
1986 - Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
1986 - Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
1986 - NBC premiere of "The French Connection" film based TV sequel "Popeye Doyle"
1986 - 106th Men's U.S. Open: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0)
1986 - 106th Women's U.S. Open: Martina Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2)
Tennis Player Martina Navratilova1987 - Jerry Lewis' 22nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $39,021,7231987 - Netherlands sends 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1987 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1987 - South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young
1988 - 5th MTV Video Music Awards: INXS wins
1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
1988 - NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
1988 - Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1990 - "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater NYC for 6 performances
1990 - Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991
1991 - 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
1991 - Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
1991 - 105th US Womens Tennis Open: Monica Seles (17) defeats Martina Navratilova (34) (76 61)
Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major Champion Monica Seles1991 - Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards1992 - Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
1992 - Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
1992 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1993 - Brazil votes over importing monarchy
1993 - Cards Mark Whiten, hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 2nd game of doubleheader
1994 - Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
1995 - STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
1995 - Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
1995 - 12th MTV Video Music Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna wins
1996 - Rap artist Tupac Shahur shot multiple times in drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later
1997 - 111th US Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
1997 - 117th US Men's Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75)
Tennis Player Martina Hingis1997 - Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic1997 - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1997 - Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
1997 - Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
1997 - The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place.
1997 - 117th Men's U.S. Open: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5)
1997 - 117th Women's U.S. Open: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (6-0, 6-4)
1999 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
2000 - 17th MTV Video Music Awards: Eminem & Aaliyah wins
2001 - The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron's bid to buy Texaco
2003 - 123rd Men's U.S. Open: Andy Roddick beats Juan Carlos Ferrero (6-3, 7-6, 6-3)
Tennis Player and U.S. Open Champion Andy Roddick2003 - 123rd Women's U.S. Open: Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Kim Clijsters (7-5, 6-1)2004 - Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
2005 - First presidential election was held in Egypt.
2008 - The US Government takes control of the two largest largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2008 - 25th MTV Video Music Awards: Britney Spears & Chris Brown win
2011 - Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
2012 - US drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia
2012 - 64 people are killed and 715 injured after a series of earthquakes in south-west China
2012 - Canada closes its Iranian embassy and expels Iranian diplomatic staff out of Canada
Singer Chris Brown2013 - 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus2013 - 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia
2013 - Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election
2014 - Asteroid 2014 RC makes a close approach to Earth (39,900 km; 24,800 mi)
2014 - Bob and Mike Bryan win their fifth US Open men's tennis doubles
2015 - British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under 3ft of earth at Durrington Walls
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