| 1096 |
Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
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| 1291 |
Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
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| 1302 |
Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
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| 1385 |
Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts
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| 1596 |
Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
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| 1619 |
Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
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| 1631 |
English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
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| 1631 |
John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
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| 1642 |
Montreal Canada founded
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| 1652 |
Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
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| 1703 |
Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
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| 1756 |
England declares war on France
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| 1794 |
2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
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| 1803 |
Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
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| 1804 |
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
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| 1828 |
Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
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| 1830 |
Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever
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| 1843 |
United Free Church of Scotland forms
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| 1846 |
US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
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| 1851 |
Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
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| 1852 |
Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
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| 1860 |
Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
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| 1861 |
Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
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| 1861 |
Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar
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| 1863 |
Siege of Vicksburg, MS
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| 1864 |
Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
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| 1866 |
French Govt of De Putte resigns
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| 1880 |
6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37«
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| 1887 |
Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis," premieres in Paris
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| 1889 |
Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris
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| 1896 |
US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson)
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| 1897 |
Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
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| 1897 |
NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
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| 1897 |
Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres
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| 1899 |
World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
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| 1900 |
Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
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| 1904 |
American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
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| 1910 |
Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
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| 1911 |
Pres/dictator José Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
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| 1912 |
A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension
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| 1912 |
Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies
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| 1916 |
US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
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| 1917 |
Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
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| 1917 |
US passes Selective Service act
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| 1918 |
Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
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| 1918 |
TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale Penn kills 200
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| 1920 |
46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
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| 1922 |
Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
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| 1926 |
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped
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| 1927 |
"Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
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| 1927 |
Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood Calif
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| 1927 |
Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
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| 1929 |
55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
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| 1929 |
Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
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| 1933 |
Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
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| 1933 |
1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
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| 1934 |
Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
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| 1934 |
Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense
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| 1934 |
Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers
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| 1934 |
TWA began commercial service
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| 1935 |
Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
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| 1940 |
German troops conquer Brussels
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| 1941 |
An Egyptian steamer sinks
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| 1941 |
Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia
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| 1941 |
Jewish veterans honor their dead
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| 1942 |
NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
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| 1943 |
Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea
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| 1944 |
Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino Italy
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| 1944 |
Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
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| 1945 |
Tigers & A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
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| 1947 |
A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
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| 1948 |
"Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances
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| 1948 |
Arab Legion captures fort on Mt Scopus
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| 1948 |
Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
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| 1949 |
Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates
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| 1950 |
"Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
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| 1950 |
Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
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| 1951 |
UN moves HQ to NYC
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| 1951 |
US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
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| 1952 |
Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
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| 1953 |
1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
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| 1953 |
Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier
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| 1954 |
European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
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| 1955 |
28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
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| 1955 |
Atkinson & Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day v Aust
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| 1955 |
Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
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| 1956 |
Hungarian party leader Matyas R kosi enforces his own policy
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| 1956 |
Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
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| 1956 |
Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
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| 1957 |
83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2
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| 1958 |
Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
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| 1959 |
"Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
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| 1959 |
"Judy" by David Seville hits #86
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| 1959 |
"Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
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| 1960 |
Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs)
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| 1960 |
Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris
|
| 1961 |
"Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances
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| 1963 |
"Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
|
| 1963 |
"If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
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| 1963 |
89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2
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| 1964 |
David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC
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| 1964 |
Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
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| 1965 |
Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt
|
| 1965 |
WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
|
| 1967 |
Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
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| 1967 |
Tenn Gov Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
|
| 1968 |
94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8
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| 1968 |
AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
|
| 1968 |
Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games
|
| 1969 |
"Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 perfs
|
| 1969 |
Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
|
| 1969 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
|
| 1971 |
4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
|
| 1971 |
Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
|
| 1971 |
Pres Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
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| 1971 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
|
| 1971 |
Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
|
| 1972 |
"Me & The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV
|
| 1972 |
John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
|
| 1973 |
Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
|
| 1973 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill
|
| 1974 |
"Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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| 1974 |
100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
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| 1974 |
India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
|
| 1977 |
A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
|
| 1977 |
Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
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| 1977 |
Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
|
| 1977 |
Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164
|
| 1978 |
Italy legalizes abortion
|
| 1978 |
Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
|
| 1980 |
Belgium 3rd govt of Martens forms
|
| 1980 |
China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
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| 1980 |
Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
|
| 1980 |
Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
|
| 1980 |
Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
|
| 1982 |
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
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| 1982 |
Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
|
| 1983 |
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
|
| 1985 |
"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
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| 1985 |
111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
|
| 1985 |
1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
|
| 1986 |
"Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 perfs
|
| 1986 |
Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
|
| 1986 |
Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups
|
| 1986 |
David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
|
| 1986 |
South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
|
| 1986 |
Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
|
| 1988 |
Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
|
| 1988 |
In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
|
| 1989 |
Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
|
| 1990 |
2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty
|
| 1990 |
Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
|
| 1990 |
Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
|
| 1990 |
Return To Green Acres TV movie airs
|
| 1991 |
117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
|
| 1991 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
|
| 1991 |
USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
|
| 1992 |
Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
|
| 1993 |
Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
|
| 1993 |
Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
|
| 1994 |
AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
|
| 1994 |
Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
|
| 1994 |
Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
|
| 1995 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
|
| 1996 |
122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2
|
| 1996 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
|
| 1997 |
"King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
|
| 1997 |
43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
|
| 1997 |
Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
|
| 1997 |
Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
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