| 0535 |
St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 0609 |
Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
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| 0641 |
Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
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| 1106 |
Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans
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| 1110 |
Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
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| 1364 |
Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
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| 1497 |
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
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| 1559 |
Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
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| 1568 |
Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
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| 1588 |
King Henri III flees Paris
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| 1607 |
English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
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| 1624 |
Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
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| 1637 |
Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
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| 1643 |
Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
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| 1643 |
Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
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| 1652 |
Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
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| 1654 |
Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
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| 1767 |
Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
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| 1777 |
University library at Vienna opens
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| 1779 |
War of Bavarian Succession ends
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| 1787 |
Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
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| 1820 |
Opera "Die Jägarsbraut" is completed
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| 1828 |
US passes Tariff of Abominations
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| 1830 |
Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
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| 1835 |
1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
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| 1846 |
US declares war on México, 2 months after fighting begins
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| 1861 |
Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
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| 1864 |
-16] Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia
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| 1865 |
S Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
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| 1874 |
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
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| 1876 |
Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
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| 1877 |
César Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres
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| 1882 |
Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition
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| 1884 |
Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms
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| 1887 |
15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39«
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| 1888 |
DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
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| 1888 |
Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery
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| 1890 |
18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
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| 1890 |
Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
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| 1891 |
17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52¬
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| 1905 |
James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ
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| 1906 |
Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
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| 1909 |
Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
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| 1911 |
37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
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| 1911 |
NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
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| 1912 |
Royal Flying Corps forms in England
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| 1913 |
1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
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| 1916 |
1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
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| 1916 |
42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
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| 1916 |
Native American Day is 1st observed
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| 1917 |
1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
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| 1917 |
Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo," premieres
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| 1918 |
1st US airmail stamps issued (24›)
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| 1922 |
48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
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| 1922 |
48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
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| 1923 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
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| 1926 |
German govt of Luther falls
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| 1927 |
"Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
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| 1927 |
VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
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| 1930 |
Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas
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| 1930 |
Only known fatality due to hail
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| 1931 |
Paul Doumer elected president of France
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| 1932 |
Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
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| 1933 |
59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
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| 1934 |
Great dustbowl storm
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| 1936 |
Quiroga govt takes office in Spain
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| 1939 |
65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
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| 1939 |
SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
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| 1940 |
British bomb factory at Breda
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| 1940 |
Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
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| 1940 |
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
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| 1940 |
German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
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| 1941 |
Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
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| 1941 |
Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
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| 1941 |
Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
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| 1942 |
Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
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| 1942 |
Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game
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| 1943 |
German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
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| 1943 |
German occupiers confiscate all radios
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| 1944 |
70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
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| 1945 |
US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
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| 1946 |
Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey
|
| 1946 |
US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
|
| 1946 |
Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
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| 1947 |
Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
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| 1949 |
1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
|
| 1950 |
Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
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| 1952 |
Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
|
| 1952 |
Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
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| 1953 |
NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple
|
| 1954 |
"Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
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| 1954 |
Labour Party wins British municipal elections
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| 1954 |
Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row
|
| 1954 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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| 1955 |
Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'
|
| 1956 |
Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
|
| 1958 |
French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
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| 1958 |
Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation
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| 1958 |
Pierre Pflimlin forms French govt
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| 1958 |
Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
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| 1958 |
Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
|
| 1959 |
Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
|
| 1960 |
1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
|
| 1960 |
Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
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| 1960 |
WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
|
| 1962 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
|
| 1965 |
Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
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| 1965 |
Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
|
| 1966 |
Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
|
| 1966 |
Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
|
| 1967 |
NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
|
| 1967 |
Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
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| 1968 |
1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
|
| 1970 |
Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
|
| 1971 |
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
|
| 1972 |
115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan)
|
| 1972 |
Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
|
| 1973 |
"Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
|
| 1973 |
Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in Calif
|
| 1973 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
|
| 1975 |
"Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
|
| 1975 |
Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
|
| 1975 |
Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
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| 1976 |
9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
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| 1977 |
Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
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| 1978 |
"Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
|
| 1978 |
"Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
|
| 1978 |
Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
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| 1978 |
Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
|
| 1978 |
Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC
|
| 1979 |
"Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
|
| 1979 |
Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
|
| 1979 |
Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
|
| 1980 |
Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
|
| 1981 |
Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
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| 1981 |
Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
|
| 1982 |
Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
|
| 1982 |
Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
|
| 1982 |
Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
|
| 1982 |
Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space
|
| 1982 |
Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
|
| 1983 |
Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
|
| 1984 |
"Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
|
| 1984 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
|
| 1984 |
Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
|
| 1985 |
Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
|
| 1985 |
Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
|
| 1985 |
Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
|
| 1987 |
Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
|
| 1989 |
Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
|
| 1989 |
Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
|
| 1989 |
Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
|
| 1990 |
"Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs
|
| 1990 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
|
| 1991 |
"Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
|
| 1991 |
Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
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| 1991 |
South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
|
| 1991 |
Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
|
| 1992 |
3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
|
| 1992 |
Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
|
| 1992 |
Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
|
| 1992 |
Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
|
| 1992 |
Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
|
| 1993 |
6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
|
| 1993 |
Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
|
| 1993 |
CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
|
| 1993 |
KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
|
| 1993 |
Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
|
| 1994 |
Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field
|
| 1995 |
6.5 earthquake hits Greece
|
| 1995 |
New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
|
| 1995 |
Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
|
| 1996 |
OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
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| 1997 |
Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
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