This Day in History

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1494

Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.

1654

Louis XIV was crowned king of France.

1776

Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence.

1892

Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

1929

Vatican City became a sovereign state.

1948

President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.

1967

Dorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died.

2003

Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.


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421 - Eudocia A Athenais marries Oostromeins emperor Theodosius II
555 - Vigilius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
1340 - Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1413 - King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome
1420 - Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independenceo f the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America
1527 - Pope Clement VII surrenders to emperor Charles V's armies
1546 - England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland
1557 - England declares war on France


1601 - Louis Gunther of Nassau weds countess Anna Margaretha of Manderscheid
1614 - 2nd parliament of King James I, dissolves passing no legislation
1628 - English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights
1654 - Louis XIV crowned King of France
1672 - Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1692 - Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
1694 - English invasion army under Thomas Talmash reaches Brest


1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
1775 - United Colonies change name to United States
The Sun King Louis XIV 1776 - Richard Lee (VA) moves Decl of Independence in Continental Congress
1780 - Anti-Catholic riot in London, 100s die
1788 - Masses stone French government army at Grenoble
1798 - Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews


1800 - David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1832 - Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
1839 - Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed

1860 - Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, SF
1860 - 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
1862 - Skirmish at Union Church, VA (Peninsular)
1862 - Gen B Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed & destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
1862 - The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade.
1863 - Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt
1863 - Mexico City captured by French troops
1864 - Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
1866 - Irish Fenians raid Pigeon Hill, Quebec
1866 - 1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec.
1873 - 7th Belmont: James Roe aboard Springbok wins in 3:01.75

1880 - War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
1881 - 15th Belmont: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:47
1887 - Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC
1892 - John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is 1st to pinch hit in a baseball game
1892 - Republican convention in Minneapolis begins
1893 - Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience.
1896 - G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)
1898 - Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic


1900 - Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal
1905 - Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1906 - Chicago Cubs score 11 in 1st inning, beating NY Giants 19-0
1906 - Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches
1909 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
1909 - Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16.
1912 - St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"
1912 - US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1916 - Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
1919 - Sette giugno: Riot in Malta; four are killed.

1924 - 56th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Mad Play wins in 2:18.8
Mountain Climber George Mallory 1924 - George Leigh-Mallory disappears 775' from Everest's summit
1926 - Swedish government of Ekman forms
1929 - Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)
1929 - Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
1930 - 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6
1930 - NY Times agrees to capitalize the n in "Negro"
1932 - Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
1933 - George Balanchine/Kurt Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris
1936 - Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout
1938 - 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan & God"
1938 - Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown (Eddie Allen)
1938 - The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
1939 - 1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth
1939 - Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees


1940 - British/French troops evacuate Narvik
Queen Mother Elizabeth 1941 - 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Fort Worth
1941 - 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31 (triple crown)
1942 - Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1942 - Germany Armys march into Sebastopol
1942 - Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands
1944 - Achilles Veen soccer team forms in Veen
1944 - Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux
1944 - Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler
1946 - Pirates players vote 20-16 to walkout rather than play the Giants
1946 - US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel
1948 - Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns
1948 - KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election

1952 - "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 perfs
1952 - 7th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 5-4
1952 - 84th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard One Count wins in 2:30.2
US Admiral Chester Nimitz 1953 - 1st color network telecast in compatible color, (Boston Mass)
1953 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1953 - Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants
1953 - WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
1954 - 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
1955 - "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV
1955 - 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
1955 - India premier Nehru visit USSR
1956 - Singapore government of Marshall resigns
1957 - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
1958 - 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2
1958 - Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
1959 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1959 - KLX-AM in Oakland California changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW)


1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m
1963 - 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) & release 1st single, "Come on"
1964 - Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
1965 - Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
1965 - Morocco King Hassan suspends constitution, grabs power
1965 - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995
1965 - Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional
1965 - The Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1966 - NY Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
1967 - 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
1967 - Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho & Bethlehem
1967 - NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
1968 - Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Country Singer Johnny Cash 1969 - "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1969 - 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8
1969 - Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special
1969 - Tommy James & Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
1969 - Wash Senators draft Jeff Burroughs #1

1970 - 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire
1970 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 - The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
1971 - Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut
1972 - "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances
1972 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1972 - Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America
1972 - Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
1973 - Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1
1974 - Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
1975 - "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
1975 - Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 v Pakistan World Cup
1975 - Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
1975 - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
1975 - Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public.
1976 - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres
1977 - Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law
1977 - White Sox draft Harold Baines #1
1978 - 32nd NBA Championship: Wash Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3
1978 - Emmy 5th Daytime Award presentation
1979 - 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature
1979 - Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979 - Portugal government of Mota Pinto resigns
1979 - Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion


1980 - "Billy Bishop Goes to War" closes at Morosco NYC after 12 perfs
1980 - "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9
1980 - 112th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Temperence Hill wins in 2:29.8
1980 - 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)
1980 - Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 - Tommy John wins his 200th, 3-0 on a 2-hitter
1981 - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus & 42nd Street win
1981 - 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61)
1981 - Israeli F-15/F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
1981 - Sandra Post wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Classic
1982 - 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1982 - Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena
1982 - LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games
1982 - NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers
264th Pope John Paul II 1982 - Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth
1982 - Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4
1983 - Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
1986 - 118th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Danzig Connect wins in 2:29.8
1986 - 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63)
1986 - Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell weds Jodi Varble
1986 - Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1
1986 - Pirates draft 3rd baseman Jeff King #1
1987 - 41st Tony Awards: Fences & Les Miserables win
1987 - 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
1987 - Andy Van Slyke HRs off R McDowell in both ends of double header
1987 - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1988 - Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply
1989 - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
1989 - Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
Pop Star Madonna 1989 - For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
1989 - Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
1989 - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
1989 - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2

1990 - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
1990 - South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
1991 - Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time
1991 - Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson
1992 - "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1992 - 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61)
1992 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1992 - EUVE Launch
1993 - 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill
1993 - Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1993 - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
King of Pop Michael Jackson 1993 - Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
1994 - A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 1,100th career base
1995 - The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
1996 - Julia & Noah wed on "All My Children"
1997 - 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
1997 - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
1997 - Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
1997 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers
1998 - 68th French Mens Tennis:
1998 - James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death by Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russel Brewer, and John William King in Jasper, Texas in a racially-motivated hate crime.
2001 - Tony Blair's Labour Party wins another landslide victory in the General Election.
2006 - British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert.

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I was thinking about this too. But then I thought maybe we could have a broader section called "... Of the Day" and it could include more than history. Birthdays of famous people, info from the Farmers Almanac for the day, and maybe incorporate D.Gale's (I think it was her) idea of a quote of the day.

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I was thinking about this too. But then I thought maybe we could have a broader section called "... Of the Day" and it could include more than history. Birthdays of famous people, info from the Farmers Almanac for the day, and maybe incorporate D.Gale's (I think it was her) idea of a quote of the day.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

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American Revolution British customs vessel, Gaspee, burns off Rhode Island, 1772

Automotive"Cars" released, 2006

Civil War-Cavalry forces clash at the Battle of Brandy Station, 1863

Cold War-Joseph McCarthy meets his match, 1954

Crime-Best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is born, 1956

Disaster-Flash flood hits Rapid City, 1972

General Interest-Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River, 1534

British vessel burned off Rhode Island, 1772

Hollywood-“Hollywood madam” arrested, 1993

Literary-Patricia Cornwell is born, 1956

Music-Cole Porter is born, 1891

Old West-Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City, 1856

Presidential-Cleveland asks Congress to ratify extradition agreement with Japan, 1886

Sports-Secretariat wins Triple Crown, 1973

Vietnam War-CIA report challenges "domino theory", 1964

South Vietnamese soldiers reach An Loc, 1972

World War I-William Jennings Bryan resigns as U.S. secretary of state, 1915

World War II-The Red Army invades Karelian Isthmus in Finland, 1944

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1801

The Tripolitan War, between the United States and the Barbary States, began.

1865

Wagner's opera, Tristan and Isolde, premiered in Munich.

1935

Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W."

1942

The entire male population of the Czech village of Lidice was massacred in retaliation for the death of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.

1946

Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.

1967

The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan ended.

1978

Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.

2003

Ontario, Canada issued the first full same-sex marriage licenses in North America.


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1442
Alfonso V of Aragon is crowned King of Naples.

1812
Napoleon Bonaparte and his army invade Russia.

1849
The gas mask is patented by L. P. Haslett.

1862
Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart begins his ride around the Union Army outside of Richmond, Virginia.

1901
Cuba agrees to become an American protectorate by accepting the Platt Amendment.

1918
The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit occurs in France.

1920
Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for president and Calvin Coolidge for vice president.

1921
President Warren Harding urges every young man to attend military training camp.

1926
Brazil quits the League of Nations in protest over plans to admit Germany.

1931
Gangster Al Capone and 68 of his henchmen are indicted for violating Prohibition laws.

1937
Eight of Stalin's generals are sentenced to death during purges in the Soviet Union.

1942
American bombers strike the oil refineries of Ploesti, Rumania for the first time.

1963
Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated by a gunman outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi.

1967
The Supreme Court rules that states cannot ban interracial marriages.

1972
At a hearing in front the of a U.S. House of Representatives committee, Air Force General John Lavalle defends his orders on engagement in Vietnam.

1977
David Berkowitz gets 25 years to life for the Son of Sam murders in New York.

1985
The U.S. House of Representatives approves $27 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.

1991
Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines begins erupting for the first time in 600 years.

Born on June 12

1806
John Roebling, civil engineer, pioneer in designing suspension bridges.

1829
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (Heidi).

1897
Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister (1955-1957).

1915
David Rockefeller, international banker.

1924
George Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-1993).

1929
Anne Frank, German diarist, victim of the Holocaust.

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1880

John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.

1898

Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.

1939

The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.

1942

Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.

1963

Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.

1997

Interleague play began in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.


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The Miranda rights are established, 1966

American Revolution- Lafayette arrives in South Carolina, 1777

Automotive-First auto race held from Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, 1895

Civil War-Grant swings toward Petersburg, 1864

Cold War-"Pentagon Papers" damage credibility of Cold War policy, 1971

Crime-Jurors begin deliberations in Susan Polk trial, 2006

Disaste-rHurricane Agnes is born, 1972

General Interest-Alexander the Great dies, 323 B.C.

Peasant army marches into London, 1381

Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court, 1967

Pioneer 10 departs solar system, 1983

Tutu meets with Botha, 1986

Hollywood-Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita released, 1962

Literary-Dorothy Sayers is born, 1893

Music-Linda Ronstadt has her first #1 hit on the country-music charts, 1975

Old West-Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls, 1805

Presidential-Thomas Jefferson subpoenaed in Aaron Burr's treason trial, 1807

Sports-Christy Matthewson throws second no-hitter, 1905

Vietnam War-The New York Times publishes the "Pentagon Papers", 1971

Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign new peace agreement, 1973

World War I-Kaiser Wilhelm concludes meeting with Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914

World War II-Germans launch V-1 rocket attack against Britain, 1944

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Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes, 1777

American Revolution- Continental Congress chooses national flag, 1777

Automotive-"The Bourne Identity," featuring famous Mini chase scene, is released, 2002

Civil War-Union defeated at the Second Battle of Winchester, 1863

Cold War-First nationwide civil defense drill held, 1954

Crime-TWA flight 847 is hijacked by terrorists, 1985

Disaster-Flash flood devastates Oregon town, 1903

General Interest-Bounty mutiny survivors reach Timor, 1789

UNIVAC computer dedicated, 1951

Falkland Islands War ends, 1982

Hollywood-Queen Elizabeth makes Helen Mirren a Dame, 2003

Literary-Harriet Beecher Stowe is born, 1811

Music-Folk singer Burl Ives is born, 1909

Old West-California's Bear Flag revolt begins, 1846

Presidentia-lHarding becomes first president to be heard on the radio, 1922

Sports-Jordan leads Bulls to sixth NBA title, 1998

Vietnam War-Dr. Spock convicted for aiding draft resisters, 1968

U.S. command announces troop withdrawal, 1969

World War I-U.S. President Woodrow Wilson gives Flag Day address, 1917

World War II-Germans enter Paris, 1940

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Magna Carta sealed, 1215

American Revolution- Delaware declares independence, 1776

Automotive-Richard Petty makes 1,000th start, 1986

Civil War-Lincoln calls for help, 1863

Cold War-The United States presents the Baruch Plan, 1946

Crime-Police search Van der Sloot home in Holloway disappearance, 2005

Disaster-River excursion ends in tragedy, 1904

General Interest-U.S.-Canadian border established, 1846

Battle of Petersburg begins, 1864

First African American graduate of West Point, 1877

Hollywood-Judy Garland marries Vincente Minnelli, 1945

Literary-Dante is named prior of Florence, 1300

Music-Kyu Sakamoto tops the charts with "Sukiyaki", 1963

Old West-Francis Parkman arrives at Fort Laramie, 1846

Presidentia-lGeorge Washington assigned to lead the Continental Army, 1775

Sports-Vander Meer pitches second consecutive no-hitter, 1938

Vietnam War-Johnson decides against submitting resolution to Congress, 1964

U.S. planes bomb North Vietnam, 1965

World War I-U.S. Congress passes Espionage Act, 1917

World War II-The "Blobel Commando" begins its cover-up of atrocities, 1943

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First roller coaster in America opens, 1884

American Revolution- Patriot printer, publisher and postmistress, Mary Katharine Goddard, born, 1738

Automotive-Ford Motor Company incorporated, 1903

Civil War-Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville, 1862

Cold War-Russian ballet star Nureyev defects, 1961

Crime-SLA member captured after more than 20 years, 1999

Disaster-Tsunami ravages Japanese coast, 1896

General Interest-Leader of Hungarian uprising executed, 1958

First woman in space, 1963

Brezhnev is Soviet president, 1977

Hollywood-Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill, 1943

Literary-James Joyce meets his future wife, Nora, 1904

Music-Bob Dylan records "Like A Rolling Stone", 1965

Old West-Alaskan explorer Fred Fickett leaves Army, 1890

Presidentia-lLincoln warns that America is becoming a "house divided", 1858

Sports-Lee Trevino wins his first U.S. Open, 1968

Vietnam War-Kennedy agrees to send instructors to train troops, 1961

More troops to be sent to Vietnam, 1965

Communists isolate Phnom Penh, 1970

World War I-Battle of the Piave River, 1918

World War II-Marshal Petain becomes premier of occupied France, 1940

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Statue of Liberty arrives, 1885

American Revolution- Battle of Bunker Hill begins, 1775

Automotive-O.J. Simpson leads L.A. police on a high-speed chase, 1994

Civil War-Union Colonel Strong Vincent is born, 1837

Cold War-Soviets crush antigovernment riots in East Berlin, 1953

Crime-Nixon's re-election employees are arrested for burglary, 1972

Disaster-Bridge collapses, killing workers, 1958

General Interes-tDrake claims California for England, 1579

The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775

France to surrender, 1940

Watergate burglars arrested, 1972

O.J. Simpson arrested after flight from justice, 1994

Hollywood-Cyd Charisse dies, 2008

Literary-Watergate break-ins set the stage for All the President's Men, 1972

Music-New Kids on the Block land at the top of the pops, 1989

Old West-Indians hammer U.S. soldiers at the Battle of the Rosebud, 1876

Presidential-FDR's secretary of war stifles Truman's inquiry into suspicious defense plant, 1943

Sports-Marciano beats Charles, 1954

Vietnam War-North Vietnamese reoccupy Ap Bia Mountain, 1969

Watergate burglars arrested, 1972

World War I-Portuguese army sees first action in Flanders, 1917

World War II-British and Allied troops continue the evacuation of France, as Churchill reassures his countrymen, 1940

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War of 1812 begins, 1812

American Revolution- British abandon Philadelphia, 1778

Automotive-Checker Cab produces first taxi at Kalamazoo factory, 1923

Civil War-Union hero Joshua Chamberlain is wounded at Petersburg, 1864

Cold War-Carter and Brezhnev sign the SALT-II treaty, 1979

Crime-A radio host is gunned down for his controversial views, 1984

Disaster-Mysterious crash at Heathrow, 1972

General Interest-Napoleon defeated at Waterloo, 1815

First American woman in space, 1983

Hollywood-Film critic Roger Ebert born, 1942

Literary-Novelist Gail Godwin is born, 1937

Music-The Monterey Pop Festival reaches its climax, 1967

Old West-Alexander Murray departs for the Yukon, 1847

Presidential-Adams passes first of Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798

Sports-Arnold Palmer wins U.S. Open, 1960

Vietnam War-SAC B-52s are used for the first time in South Vietnam, 1965

Westmoreland requests more troops, 1966

World War I-French troops halt fighting in Artois region, 1915

World War II-Hitler and Mussolini meet in Munich, 1940

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Rosenbergs executed, 1953

Automotive-Controversy at U.S. Grand Prix, 2005

Civil War-USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama, 1864

Cold War-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed, 1953

Crime-A bloody fingerprint elicits a mother's evil tale in Argentina, 1892

Disaster-Montana flood causes train wreck, 1938

General Interest-First Republican national convention ends, 1856

CSS Alabama sinks off coast of France, 1864

Emperor of Mexico executed, 1867

Hollywood-First nickelodeon opens, 1905

Literary-Nathanael West's A Cool Million is published, 1934

Music-Carole King has her first #1 hit as a performer, 1970

Old West-Father De Smet talks peace with Sitting Bull, 1868

Presidential-Taft marries Helen Herron, 1886

Sports-Curt Flood case decided, 1972

Vietnam War-Ky becomes premier of South Vietnam, 1965

South Vietnamese president signs general mobilization bill, 1968

World War I-Britain's King George V changes royal surname, 1917

World War II-United States scores major victory against Japanese in Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1944

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American Revolution- Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States, 1782

Automotive-Ford signs first contract with autoworkers' union, 1941

Civil War-West Virginia enters the Union, 1863

Cold War-United States and Soviet Union will establish a "hot line", 1963

Crime-Bugsy Siegel, organized crime leader, is killed, 1947

Disaster-Coal mine explosion kills 111 in China, 2002

General Interest-Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath, 1789

Boxer Rebellion begins in China, 1900

Oil flows in Alaska, 1977

Hollywood-Jaws released, 1975

Literary-Lillian Hellman is born, 1905

Music-Beatles and Disco equals a #1 pop hit for Stars on 45, 1981

Old West-Mountain man Joe Meek dies, 1875

Presidential-Solar-energy system installed at White House, 1979

Sports-Duran outpoints Leonard for welterweight title, 1980

Vietnam War-Westmoreland becomes Commander of MACV, 1964

Abrams appointed as Army Chief of Staff, 1972

World War I-German cabinet resigns over Versailles deadlock, 1919

World War II-Britain launches Operation Bellicose, 1943

[Potemkin]

Originally Posted by blue gecko

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War of 1812 begins, 1812

Came for the War of 1812.

We still owe the Canadians for that White House thing.

You know, I read a Turtledove book about that war. The US won a lot of Canada and the British left. The story centered around a Canadian family dealing.

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U.S. Constitution ratified, 1788

American Revolution- Spain declares war against Great Britain, 1779

Automotive-Mille Miglia race is reborn after World War II, 1947

Civil War-Grant extends the Petersburg line, 1864

Cold War-French withdraw navy from NATO, 1963

Crime-The KKK kills three civil rights activists, 1964

Disaster-Earthquake devastates Iran, 1990

General Interest-French defeated in Spain, 1813

Pershing attacked by Mexican troops, 1916

Civil rights workers disappear, 1964

Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity, 1982

Hollywood-Pickford and Fairbanks mobbed by crowds, 1920

Literary-Arthur Miller refuses to name communists, 1956

Music-Tambourine Man is released, and the folk-rock revolution is on, 1965

Old West-Lot Smith, Mormon soldier, is killed by Indians, 1892

Presidential-Zachary Taylor and Richard Nixon marry their future first ladies, 1810, 1940

Sports-Pele leads Brazil over Italy, 1970

Vietnam War-Rolling Thunder raids continue, 1966

Communists storm U.S. base near Tay Ninh, 1969

World War I-U.S. soldiers attacked by Mexican government troops, 1916

World War II-Allies surrender at Tobruk, Libya, 1942

[CanadaSue]

I'm really enjoying these - thanx!

[blue gecko]

You're Welcome Sue! I'm rather enjoying it myself. I just wish I had more time to explore some of the topics. Maybe other folks will become interested and contribute with that.

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Disaster-Mysterious crash in Guadeloupe, 1962

General Interest-Hudson set adrift by mutineers, 1611

Louis becomes champ, 1937

Battle of Okinawa ends, 1945

Hollywood-George Carlin dies, 2008

Literary-Anne Morrow Lindbergh is born, 1906

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is born, 1964

Music-Bernstein, Copland, Seeger and others are named as Communists, 1950

Old West-General Santa Anna dies in Mexico City, 1876

Presidential-FDR signs GI bill, 1944

Sports-Hand of God helps out Maradona, 1986

Vietnam War-South Vietnamese fight for Fire Base Fuller, 1971

New troops sent to An Loc, 1972

World War I-Erich Maria Remarque born, 1898

World War II-Germany launches Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of Russia, 1941

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Teflon Don sentenced to life, 1992

American Revolution- Commodore Parker prepares for a naval strike on Charleston, 1776

Automotive-"Mercedes" registered as a brand name, 1902

Civil War-Lee confers with his generals before the Seven Days' Battles, 1862

Cold War-Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Aleksei Kosygin, 1967

Crime-Even without the corpse, a murderer is uncovered, 1934

Disaster-Tornadoes hit West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1944

General Interest-Nasser elected president, 1956

Klaus Fuchs released, 1959

Hollywood-Batman released, 1989

Literary-Michael Shaara, author of The Killer Angels, is born, 1929

Music-Tiffany visits the mall on her way to stardom, 1987

Old West-Frontiersman Martin Sweeny is murdered, 1878

Presidential-Newspaper reveals Coolidge will be adopted into Sioux tribe, 1927

Nixon signs Higher Education Act, 1972

Haldeman encourages Nixon to ward off FBI, 1973

Sports-Title IX enacted, 1972

Vietnam War-Johnson announces new ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964

North Vietnamese encircle Ben Het, 1969

World War I-First Battle of the Isonzo, 1915

World War II-Hitler takes a tour of Paris, 1940

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U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell, 1997

American Revolution- New Hampshire Patriot Matthew Thornton dies, 1803

Automotive-Senate passes landmark auto safety bill, 1966

Civil War-Lincoln consults Winfield Scott, 1862

Cold War-Soviets blockade West Berlin, 1948

Crime-Mail bomb injures Yale professor, 1993

Disaster-Eastern Flight 66 crashes at J.F.K., 1975

General Interest-King Philip's War begins, 1675

Napoleon's Grande Armee invades Russia, 1812

Picasso exhibited in Paris, 1901

Eamon de Valera resigns, 1973

Hollywood-Tom Cruise raises eyebrows, 2005

Literary-Pete Hamill is born, 1935

Music-Disney pulls album on release day, 1997

Old West-Colorado Governor orders Indians to Sand Creek, 1864

Presidential-Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Axson in Savannah, Georgia, 1885

Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement, 1953

Sports-Mandela cheers on South African rugby team, 1995

Vietnam War-Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1970

Martin becomes the U.S. ambassador in Saigon, 1973

World War I-First operational flight of new German fighter plane, 1915

World War II-Russians enjoy a victory parade, 1945