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href="/sport/events/february/19" class="">Sport</a></li></ul></div> <article class="section no-padding-top no-padding-bottom"> <div class="wrapper"><p class="section__sub-head">Events <b>1 - 200</b> of <b>206</b></p> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/victory-in-battle.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Battle of Lugdunum</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/date/197" class="date">197</a> Battle of Lugdunum [Battle of Lyon]: <a href="/people/septimius-severus">Lucius Septimius Severus</a>' army defeats Clodius Albinus at Lyon</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/septimius-severus"><figure><img src="/images/people/septimius-severus.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/septimius-severus.jpg?w=360 2x" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Roman Emperor <span class="blue">Septimius Severus</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/religious-leader.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Anti-Pagan policy</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/date/356" class="date">356</a> Roman Emperor <a href="/people/constantius-ii">Constantius II</a> closes all pagan temples</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/constantius-ii"><figure><img src="/images/people/constantius-ii.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/constantius-ii.jpg?w=360 2x" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Roman Emperor <span class="blue">Constantius II</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/date/607" class="date">607</a> Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope</li> <li class="event"><a href="/date/842" class="date">842</a> Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstates the veneration of icons in churches</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1512" class="date">1512</a> French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia in Italy</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/beatification.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Lady Chapel Consecrated</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1516" class="date">1516</a> Consecration of <a href="/people/henry-vii">Henry VII</a>'s Lady Chapel, part of Westminster Abbey, called "one of the most perfect buildings ever erected in England" <a href="https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/history/architecture" title="Architecture [of the Abbey] - Westminster Abbey" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/henry-vii"><figure><img src="/images/people/henry-vii.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/henry-vii.jpg?w=360 2x" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>King of England <span class="blue">Henry VII</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1539" class="date">1539</a> Jews of Tyrnau, Hungary (Trnava, Czechia) are expelled</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1574" class="date">1574</a> Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer, and Jisp in the Netherlands</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1582" class="date">1582</a> Francis, Duke of Anjou, gains the title Duke of Brabant, the hereditary sovereign of the Dutch United Provinces</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/crown.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Coronation of Sigismund III</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1594" class="date">1594</a> Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, <a href="/people/sigismund-iii-vasa">Sigismund III</a> of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/sigismund-iii-vasa"><figure><img src="/images/people/sigismund-iii-vasa.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/sigismund-iii-vasa.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>King <span class="blue">Sigismund III Vasa</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1600" class="date">1600</a> Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/england.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Happy Parliament</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1624" class="date">1624</a> English "Happy Parliament", the final Parliament of <a href="/people/james-i-stuart">King James I</a> opens at Westminster</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/james-i-stuart"><figure><img src="/images/people/james-i-stuart.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/james-i-stuart.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>King of Great Britain <span class="blue">James I and VI</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1634" class="date">1634</a> Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1674" class="date">1674</a> Dutch Republic and England sign Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War; North American colony of New Netherland returned to British [OS date, 02-09 NS]</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1700" class="date">1700</a> Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Alexander's Feast</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1736" class="date">1736</a> <a href="/people/george-frideric-handel">George Frideric Handel</a>'s opera "Alexander's Feast" premieres at the Covent Garden Theatre, London</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/george-frideric-handel"><figure><img src="/images/people/george-frideric-handel.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/george-frideric-handel.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer <span class="blue">George Frideric Handel</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/astronomer.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Messier Adds M46-M49</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1771" class="date">1771</a> French astronomer <a href="/people/charles-messier">Charles Messier</a> adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis & Hydra & galaxy in Virgo)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/charles-messier"><figure><img src="/images/people/charles-messier.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/charles-messier.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Astronomer <span class="blue">Charles Messier</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/agreement.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Treaty of Tolentino</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1797" class="date">1797</a> The Peace of Tolentino : Pope <a href="/people/pius-vi">Pius VI</a> cedes Papal territories of Avignon, Venaissin, Ferrara, Bologna, and the Romagna to France</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/pius-vi"><figure><img src="/images/people/pius-vi.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/pius-vi.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Pope <span class="blue">Pius VI</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1803" class="date">1803</a> US Congress accepts Ohio's bid for statehood, but neglects to ratify their constitution; oversight no corrected until1953 <a href="https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-admission-of-Ohio-as-a-state/" title="The Admission of Ohio as a State - US House of Representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1807" class="date">1807</a> British squadron under Admiral Duckworth attempts to force passage of Dardanelles</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/united-states-3.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Aaron Burr Arrested</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1807" class="date">1807</a> US Vice President <a href="/people/aaron-burr">Aaron Burr</a> arrested in Alabama for treason; later acquitted</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/aaron-burr"><figure><img src="/images/people/aaron-burr.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/aaron-burr.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>3rd Vice President of the United States <span class="blue">Aaron Burr</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/discovery.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">South Shetland Islands</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1819" class="date">1819</a> British explorer William Smith discovers the uninhabited South Shetland Islands, near Antarctica, claims them in the name of King <a href="/people/george-iii">George III</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/george-iii"><figure><img src="/images/people/george-iii.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/george-iii.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>King of Great Britain and Ireland <span class="blue">George III</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1825" class="date">1825</a> Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck" premieres in Vienna</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1831" class="date">1831</a> 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run in Pennsylvania</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1846" class="date">1846</a> Texas state government formally installed in Austin</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1852" class="date">1852</a> The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1856" class="date">1856</a> Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1864" class="date">1864</a> Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington, D.C. (12 members)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1869" class="date">1869</a> US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--pl"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/invention.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Thomas Edison's Phonograph</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1878" class="date">1878</a> <a href="/people/thomas-edison">Thomas Edison</a> is granted a patent for his cylinder phonograph <a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/" title="History of the Cylinder Phonograph - Library Of Congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph.jpg?w=600 1x, /images/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph.jpg 2x" width="600" height="756"><img src="/images/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/thomas-edisons-phonograph.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="491" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>Thomas Edison with his second phonograph, photographed in 1878</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1881" class="date">1881</a> Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1884" class="date">1884</a> "Enigma Outbreak" of over 60 tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill hundreds, if not over a thousand (hence the "enigma") people</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1897" class="date">1897</a> Inaugural meeting of the Women's Institute at Stoney Creek, Ontario, set at the suggestion of Adelaide Hoodless, the organization will rapidly spread around the world <a href="https://fwio.on.ca/wi_history.php" title="Our History - Federated Women's Institute of Ontario" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1900" class="date">1900</a> British troops occupy Hlangwane, Natal</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/business-person.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Kellogg's Founded</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1906" class="date">1906</a> <a href="/people/will-keith-kellogg">Will Keith Kellogg</a> joins Charles D. Bolin in founding the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, now the multinational food manufacturer Kellogg's, after falling out with his brother over development credit and wanting to add sugar to cereal</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/will-keith-kellogg"><figure><img src="/images/people/will-keith-kellogg.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/will-keith-kellogg.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Industrialist and Founder of Kellogg Company <span class="blue">Will Keith Kellogg</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Elektra</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1910" class="date">1910</a> English premiere of <a href="/people/richard-strauss">Richard Strauss</a>' opera "Elektra"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/richard-strauss"><figure><img src="/images/people/richard-strauss.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/richard-strauss.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer and Conductor <span class="blue">Richard Strauss</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/face-mask.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Typhoid Mary Freed</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1910" class="date">1910</a> <a href="/people/typhoid-mary">Typhoid Mary</a> [Mary Mallon] is freed from her first periods of forced isolation and goes on to cause several further outbreaks of typhoid in the New York area</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/typhoid-mary"><figure><img src="/images/people/typhoid-mary-sml.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Cook <span class="blue">Typhoid Mary</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1913" class="date">1913</a> 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi section--poi-w"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-whole five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/mexico.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Ten Tragic Days</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1913" class="date">1913</a> Mexican General <a href="/people/victoriano-huerta">Victoriano Huerta</a> seizes power after a 10 day coup d'état in Mexico City with US support, deposing the elected President <a href="/people/francisco-i-madero">Francisco I. Madero</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/victoriano-huerta"><figure><img src="/images/people/victoriano-huerta.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/victoriano-huerta.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Dictator and President of Mexico <span class="blue">Victoriano Huerta</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/francisco-i-madero"><figure><img src="/images/people/francisco-i-madero.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/francisco-i-madero.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Revolutionary and President of Mexico <span class="blue">Francisco I. Madero</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--pl"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/photos/no-babies-in-the-post" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/united-states-3.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">No Babies Please!</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1914" class="date">1914</a> Four-year old Charlotte May Pierstorff mailed by train from Grangeville, Idaho to her grandparents’ house 73 miles away in most famous 'child in the post' instance </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/no-babies-in-the-post"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/baby-post-usa.jpg?w=600 1x, /images/photos/baby-post-usa.jpg 2x" width="600" height="528"><img src="/images/photos/baby-post-usa.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/baby-post-usa.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="343" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>Children "mailed" by their parents because it was cheaper to mail them - if a child came in under the 50 pound parcel weight limit, than other ways to travel</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1914</b> Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1915" class="date">1915</a> British fleet opens fire on Dardanelles coast</li> <li class="event"><b>1915</b> WWI: Germany sinks American Merchant ship Evelyn with mine in the North Sea</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/conference-meeting.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Pan-African Congress</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1919" class="date">1919</a> Pan-African Congress, organized by American civil rights activist <a href="/people/web-du-bois">W.E.B. Du Bois</a> is held at the Grand Hotel in Paris, France</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/web-du-bois"><figure><img src="/images/people/web-du-bois.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/web-du-bois.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Civil Rights Activist and Sociologist <span class="blue">W.E.B. Du Bois</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1920" class="date">1920</a> Netherlands joins League of Nations</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1922" class="date">1922</a> Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li></ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Symphony No. 6</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1923" class="date">1923</a> <a href="/people/jean-sibelius">Jean Sibelius</a>' 6th Symphony premieres</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/jean-sibelius"><figure><img src="/images/people/jean-sibelius.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/jean-sibelius.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer <span class="blue">Jean Sibelius</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1923</b> Philip Barry's play "You & I" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1927" class="date">1927</a> General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1928" class="date">1928</a> Canada retains the Olympic ice hockey title when they rout Switzerland, 13-0 in the final round in St. Moritz; Canadian left-wing Dave Trottier top scores with 15 points</li> <li class="event"><b>1928</b> Gillis Grafström of Sweden wins his 3rd consecutive Olympic men’s figure skating gold medal at St. Moritz; one of only 2 athletes to win gold at both Winter & Summer Games (won figure skating Antwerp 1920)</li> <li class="event"><b>1928</b> II Winter Olympic Games close at St Moritz, Switzerland</li> <li class="event"><b>1928</b> World champion French team Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet win the Olympic pairs figure skating gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Games; the couple marry in 1929 and take 2nd straight gold in 1932</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1929" class="date">1929</a> Medical diathermy machine 1st used in Schenectady, NY</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/book-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Light in August</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1932" class="date">1932</a> <a href="/people/william-faulkner">William Faulkner</a> completes his novel "Light in August"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/william-faulkner"><figure><img src="/images/people/william-faulkner.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/william-faulkner.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Author and Nobel Laureate <span class="blue">William Faulkner</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/germany.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Catholic Newspapers Banned</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1933" class="date">1933</a> <a href="/people/hermann-goering">Hermann Göring</a> bans all Catholic newspapers in Cologne, claiming that Catholics illegally engage in politics</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/hermann-goering"><figure><img src="/images/people/hermann-goering.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/hermann-goering.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Nazi Politician <span class="blue">Hermann Goering</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1934" class="date">1934</a> US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 months</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/person-of-interest.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Event of Interest</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1935" class="date">1935</a> <a href="/people/clifford-odets">Clifford Odets</a>' "Awake & Sing" premieres in NYC</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/clifford-odets"><figure><img src="/images/people/clifford-odets.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/clifford-odets.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Dramatist <span class="blue">Clifford Odets</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/electoral-defeat.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">PM Manuel Azaña</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1936" class="date">1936</a> <a href="/people/manuel-azana">Manuel Azaña</a> becomes Prime Minister of Spain for the second time</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/manuel-azana"><figure><img src="/images/people/manuel-azana.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/manuel-azana.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>President of the Spanish Republic <span class="blue">Manuel Azaña</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1938" class="date">1938</a> Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1941" class="date">1941</a> Nazi police attacked & driven away from Koco, Amsterdam (by young Jews)</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> An estimated 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin</li> <li class="event"><b>1942</b> Bill Longson beats Managoff & Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ</li> <li class="event"><b>1942</b> Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/united-states-3.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Japanese American Internment</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> <a href="/people/franklin-roosevelt">FDR</a> orders the detention and internment of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/franklin-roosevelt"><figure><img src="/images/people/franklin-d-roosevelt.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/franklin-d-roosevelt.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>32nd US President <span class="blue">Franklin D. Roosevelt</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1942</b> Japanese troops land on Timor</li> <li class="event"><b>1942</b> NY Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">I'll Take Tallulah</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> <a href="/people/tommy-dorsey">Tommy Dorsey</a> and his orchestra record "I'll Take Tallulah"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tommy-dorsey"><figure><img src="/images/people/tommy-dorsey.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tommy-dorsey.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Jazz Trombonist and Big Band Leader <span class="blue">Tommy Dorsey</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1943" class="date">1943</a> German tanks under Major General Karl Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass, Tunisia</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1944" class="date">1944</a> 823 British bombers attack Berlin</li> <li class="event"><b>1944</b> U-264 sinks off Ireland</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1945" class="date">1945</a> 980 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in two days on Ramree Island, Burma</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--pl"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/photos/raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/victory-in-battle.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Invasion of Iwo Jima</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1945" class="date">1945</a> US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 US Marines </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima.jpg?w=600" width="600" height="400"><img src="/images/photos/raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/raising-the-flag-on-iwo-jima.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="260" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1946" class="date">1946</a> NY Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is the first major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican Baseball League for a fee of $10,000</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1947" class="date">1947</a> CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/philosopher.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">First Bollingen Prize</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1949" class="date">1949</a> First Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to <a href="/people/ezra-pound">Ezra Pound</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/ezra-pound"><figure><img src="/images/people/ezra-pound.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/ezra-pound.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Poet <span class="blue">Ezra Pound</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1949</b> Mass arrests of communists in India</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1950" class="date">1950</a> Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mississippi Vocational College (later Mississippi Valley State University)</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/skater.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">First Triple Jump</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1952" class="date">1952</a> American defending champion <a href="/people/dick-button">Dick Button</a> becomes 1st figure-skater to land a triple jump in competition; performs triple loop in Olympic free skate in Oslo; wins gold medal ahead of Austria’s Helmut Seibt</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/dick-button"><figure><img src="/images/people/dick-button.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/dick-button.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Figure Skater <span class="blue">Dick Button</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1952</b> First Indochina War: French offensive at Hanoi</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1953" class="date">1953</a> Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board</li> <li class="event"><b>1953</b> William Inge's "Picnic" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1955" class="date">1955</a> South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1956" class="date">1956</a> Doo-wop vocal group The Five Satins record leader and songwriter Fred Parris's tune "In the Still of the Nite" in the basement of St. Bernadette's Church in New Haven, Connecticut</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/musician.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Perkins Leaves Sun Records</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1958" class="date">1958</a> <a href="/people/carl-perkins">Carl Perkins</a> leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/carl-perkins"><figure><img src="/images/people/carl-perkins.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/carl-perkins.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Rockabilly Guitarist and Singer-Songwriter <span class="blue">Carl Perkins</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1959" class="date">1959</a> Britain, Turkey, and Greece sign an agreement granting Cyprus independence</li> <li class="event"><b>1959</b> Gabon adopts its constitution</li> <li class="event"><b>1959</b> USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), at Holloman AFB, New Mexico</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1960" class="date">1960</a> Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts</li> <li class="event"><b>1960</b> Protest strike in Poznan, Poland</li> <li class="event"><b>1960</b> Swedish cross country skier Sixten Jernberg follows his 50k gold medal in Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) with victory in 30k event at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><b>1960</b> Three time Canadian world champions Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul win the pairs figure skating Olympic gold medal at Squaw Valley, California</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1961" class="date">1961</a> Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"</li> <li class="event"><b>1961</b> Dutchman Henk van der Grift becomes world champ all-round skater</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1962" class="date">1962</a> US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/book-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">The Feminine Mystique</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1963" class="date">1963</a> "The Feminine Mystique" by <a href="/people/betty-friedan">Betty Friedan</a>, widely credited as the start of second-wave feminism, is published</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/betty-friedan"><figure><img src="/images/people/betty-friedan.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/betty-friedan.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Writer <span class="blue">Betty Friedan</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/philosopher.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Frost Wins Bollingen</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1963" class="date">1963</a> <a href="/people/robert-frost">Robert Frost</a> wins Bollingen Prize in Poetry</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/robert-frost"><figure><img src="/images/people/robert-frost.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/robert-frost.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Poet <span class="blue">Robert Frost</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/hammer-and-sickle.png" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Soviets Withdraw Troops</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1963" class="date">1963</a> USSR informs <a href="/people/john-f-kennedy">JFK</a> it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/john-f-kennedy"><figure><img src="/images/people/john-f-kennedy.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/john-f-kennedy.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>35th US President <span class="blue">John F. Kennedy</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1964" class="date">1964</a> UK flies ½ ton of Beatles wigs to the US</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1965" class="date">1965</a> NFL adds 6th official - the line judge</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1967" class="date">1967</a> Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1968" class="date">1968</a> Children's educational TV program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)</li> <li class="event"><b>1968</b> First statewide teachers' strike in the US begins in Florida [note: a two-day walkout in Utah in 1963 is considered first by some]</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi section--poi-w"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-whole five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/musician.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Beatles Travel to India</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1968" class="date">1968</a> <a href="/people/paul-mccartney">Paul McCartney</a>, his girlfriend Jane Asher, and <a href="/people/ringo-starr">Ringo Starr</a> and his wife Maureen travel to India, joining John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives to study Transcendental Meditation for two months with <a href="/people/maharishi-mahesh-yogi">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a> at his ashram in Rishikesh; Ringo only stays for 2 weeks</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/maharishi-mahesh-yogi"><figure><img src="/images/people/maharishi-mahesh-yogi.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/maharishi-mahesh-yogi.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Guru <span class="blue">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/paul-mccartney"><figure><img src="/images/people/paul-mccartney.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/paul-mccartney.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Musician and Beatle <span class="blue">Paul McCartney</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/ringo-starr" class="third-photo"><figure><img src="/images/people/ringo-starr.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/ringo-starr.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Beatles Drummer, Singer, and Actor <span class="blue">Ringo Starr</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/sports-record-broken.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Denny McLain Suspended</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> AL Cy Young Award winner <a href="/people/denny-mclain">Denny McLain</a> suspended for bookmaking</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/denny-mclain"><figure><img src="/images/people/denny-mclain-sml.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Baseball Pitcher <span class="blue">Denny McLain</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1970</b> USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li></ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/appears-on-tv-show.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Parkinson</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> British TV chat show "Parkinson" debuts on BBC1 presented by <a href="/people/michael-parkinson">Michael Parkinson</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/michael-parkinson"><figure><img src="/images/people/michael-parkinson.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>TV Host <span class="blue">Michael Parkinson</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Another Day</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> <a href="/people/paul-mccartney">Paul McCartney</a> releases single "Another Day" in UK</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/paul-mccartney"><figure><img src="/images/people/paul-mccartney.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/paul-mccartney.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Musician and Beatle <span class="blue">Paul McCartney</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">The Yes Album</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> Progressive rock <a href="/people/steve-howe">band Yes</a> release their break-through third studio album "The Yes Album"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/steve-howe"><figure><img src="/images/people/steve-howe.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/steve-howe.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Rock Guitarist <span class="blue">Steve Howe</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Without You</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1972" class="date">1972</a> American singer <a href="/people/harry-nilsson">Harry Nilsson</a>'s single "Without You" begins a 4 week run at the top of the charts. The song was originally written and performed by the English band Badfinger in 1970, and would reach the top ten again with Mariah Carey's 1994 cover.</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/harry-nilsson"><figure><img src="/images/people/harry-nilsson.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/harry-nilsson.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer and Songwriter <span class="blue">Harry Nilsson</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1972</b> NZ cricketer Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* vs West Indies at Kingston</li> <li class="event"><b>1972</b> The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1973" class="date">1973</a> "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" single released by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (Billboard Song of the Year 1973)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1977" class="date">1977</a> 19th Grammy Awards: "This Masquerade" by George Benson, and Starland Vocal Band win</li> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000</li> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> Doug Walters scores 250 v NZ, 217 stand for 7th wicket with Gilmour</li> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Blinded By The Light</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1977" class="date">1977</a> Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of <a href="/people/bruce-springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>'s song "Blinded By The Light" goes to #1</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/bruce-springsteen"><figure><img src="/images/people/bruce-springsteen.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/bruce-springsteen.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter <span class="blue">Bruce Springsteen</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> Right wing Rod Gilbert scores a goal and adds an assist in a 5-2 defeat at the NY Islanders to become first player in NY Rangers history (11th in NHL) to score 1,000 career points</li> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li></ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/sport/motor-sport/nascar/daytona-500" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/car.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Daytona 500</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1978" class="date">1978</a> 20th Daytona 500: <a href="/people/bobby-allison">Bobby Allison</a> takes lead with 11 laps remaining; lowest starting position (33rd) for winner until 2007</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/bobby-allison"><figure><img src="/images/people/bobby-allison.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/bobby-allison.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Auto Racer <span class="blue">Bobby Allison</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1978</b> Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/olympics.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Olympic Gold</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1980" class="date">1980</a> American speed skater <a href="/people/eric-heiden">Eric Heiden</a> wins 1,000m in Olympic record 1:15.18; third of record 5 gold medal sweep of events at Lake Placid</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/eric-heiden"><figure><img src="/images/people/eric-heiden.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/eric-heiden.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Speed Skater <span class="blue">Eric Heiden</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1980</b> Ian Botham scores a century and takes 13 wickets in the Jubilee cricket Test at Bombay</li> <li class="event"><b>1980</b> Swedish alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark wins the giant slalom from Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; also takes slalom gold</li> <li class="event"><b>1980</b> Ulrich Wehling of East Germany wins his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the Nordic combined event at Lake Placid; winner Sapporo (1972), Innsbruck (1976)</li> <li class="event"><b>1980</b> Washington beats Montreal, 3-1 to end the Canadiens' 34 game unbeaten streak against Capitals; Caps 0-32-2 against Montreal since entering NHL in 1974</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/musician.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Music History</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> <a href="/people/george-harrison">George Harrison</a> is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" of his song "My Sweet Lord" from Ronnie Mack's song "He's So Fine"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/george-harrison"><figure><img src="/images/people/george-harrison.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/george-harrison.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter <span class="blue">George Harrison</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> Hanneke Jagersma installed as the 1st Communist mayor in the Netherlands</li> <li class="event"><b>1982</b> Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853</li> <li class="event"><b>1982</b> USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/sports-record-broken.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Sports History</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1983" class="date">1983</a> Baseball pitcher <a href="/people/fernando-valenzuela">Fernando Valenzuela</a> wins his salary arbitration of $1 million</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/fernando-valenzuela"><figure><img src="/images/people/fernando-valenzuela.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/fernando-valenzuela.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher <span class="blue">Fernando Valenzuela</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1983</b> Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi section--poi-w"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-whole five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/sport/motor-sport/nascar/daytona-500" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/car.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Daytona 500</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> 26th Daytona 500: <a href="/people/cale-yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> wins for 2nd consecutive year and 4th time in career; last-lap pass to beat <a href="/people/darrell-waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/cale-yarborough"><figure><img src="/images/people/cale-yarborough.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/cale-yarborough.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Auto Racer <span class="blue">Cale Yarborough</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/darrell-waltrip"><figure><img src="/images/people/darrell-waltrip.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/darrell-waltrip.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Racing Car Driver <span class="blue">Darrell Waltrip</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1984</b> Soviet Union wins its 6th Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 2-0 win over silver medallists Czechoslovakia at the Sarajevo Winter Games</li> <li class="event"><b>1984</b> Swedish cross country skier Thomas Wassberg wins 50k event at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; his second gold of the Games (4 x 10k relay) and 3rd of his career (15k Lake Placid 1980)</li> <li class="event"><b>1984</b> USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan</li> <li class="event"><b>1984</b> XIV Winter Olympic Games close in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1985" class="date">1985</a> 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashes approaching Bilbao, Spain</li> <li class="event"><b>1985</b> ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy</li> <li class="event"><b>1985</b> British soap opera "Eastenders" premieres on the BBC</li> <li class="event"><b>1985</b> Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola</li> <li class="event"><b>1985</b> Mickey Mouse welcomed in China</li> <li class="event"><b>1985</b> William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spends 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1986" class="date">1986</a> King Hussein of Jordan severs ties with PLO</li> <li class="event"><b>1986</b> US Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later</li> <li class="event"><b>1986</b> USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/sports-record-broken.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Sports History</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1987" class="date">1987</a> Less than a month after re-signing, Oakland A's pitcher <a href="/people/vida-blue">Vida Blue</a> retires</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/vida-blue"><figure><img src="/images/people/vida-blue.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/vida-blue.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Major League Baseball pitcher <span class="blue">Vida Blue</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1987</b> Minnesota sheriff's office arrest FBI's most wanted, Thomas G. Harrelson</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li></ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/person-of-interest.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Event of Interest</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1987" class="date">1987</a> US <a href="/people/ronald-reagan">President Reagan</a> lifts trade boycott against Poland</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/ronald-reagan"><figure><img src="/images/people/ronald-reagan.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/ronald-reagan.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>US President and Actor <span class="blue">Ronald Reagan</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1988" class="date">1988</a> Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/sport/motor-sport/nascar/daytona-500" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/car.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Daytona 500</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> 31st Daytona 500: <a href="/people/darrell-waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a> wins when Hendrick Racing team decides to use fuel strategy, being the only car not to pit in the closing laps</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/darrell-waltrip"><figure><img src="/images/people/darrell-waltrip.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/darrell-waltrip.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Racing Car Driver <span class="blue">Darrell Waltrip</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1989</b> Edgar Bowers wins the Bollingen Prize in Poetry</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1990" class="date">1990</a> Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal</li> <li class="event"><b>1990</b> Soyuz TM-9 lands</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Night Ride Home</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> Geffen Records releases "Night Ride Home", Canadian singer-songwriter <a href="/people/joni-mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>'s 14th studio album</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/joni-mitchell"><figure><img src="/images/people/joni-mitchell.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/joni-mitchell.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter <span class="blue">Joni Mitchell</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1992" class="date">1992</a> American porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie</li> <li class="event"><b>1992</b> In a blockbuster NHL trade, Pittsburgh Penguins send Mark Recchi, Brian Benning & LA's 1st round 1992 pick (Jason Bowen) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet & Ken Wregget</li> <li class="event"><b>1992</b> Professional Spring Football League announces end of operations, 10 days before the scheduled season opener; 10 teams had players in camp and practicing, and rosters cut down to 60 players</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1993" class="date">1993</a> "Happy Nation" debut studio album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base is released</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1995" class="date">1995</a> 37th Daytona 500: Sterling Marlin wins for 2nd straight year; 3rd driver to achieve back-to-back titles (Richard Petty, <a href="/people/cale-yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a>)</li> <li class="event"><b>1995</b> British composer Michael Tippett's last major work "Rose Lake," premieres at Barbican Hall in London, with the London Symphony led by Colin Davis</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/appears-on-tv-show.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">A Woman of Independent Means</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1995" class="date">1995</a> Dramatic mini-series "A Woman of Independent Means" starring <a href="/people/sally-field">Sally Field</a>, premieres on NBC-TV, airing 6 hours over 3 nights</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/sally-field"><figure><img src="/images/people/sally-field.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/sally-field.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Actress <span class="blue">Sally Field</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1995</b> Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize for One Train (1994) and On The Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems 1950-1988 (1994)</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><b>1995</b> Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) and European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1996" class="date">1996</a> Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York, Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1997" class="date">1997</a> FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> After being eliminated by the Czech Republic, the US ice hockey team trashes three dorm rooms at the Olympic Village in Nagano, Japan</li> <li class="event"><b>1998</b> Soyuz TM-26 lands</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2001" class="date">2001</a> An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2002" class="date">2002</a> NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2004" class="date">2004</a> Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal of Austria, is awarded an honorary British knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2006" class="date">2006</a> 48th Daytona 500: Jimmie Johnson driving from Hendrick Motorsports wins 203 lap race; goes on to win his first championship</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2007" class="date">2007</a> Blogging website Tumblr is founded by David Karp in New York</li> <li class="event"><b>2007</b> Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2008" class="date">2008</a> Serzh Sargsyan wins the Armenian Presidential Election</li> <li class="event"><b>2008</b> Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video format, ending the format war with Sony's Blu-ray Disc</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2012" class="date">2012</a> 44 people killed in prison brawl in Apocada, Mexico, between two rival drug cartels</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 12 people are killed and 11 are injured after a Yemeni Air Force plane crashes in Sana'a</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2014" class="date">2014</a> After winning the combined gold in Turin (2006), American alpine skier Ted Ligety has to wait 8 years for his next Olympic success, gold in the giant slalom in Sochi</li> <li class="event"><b>2014</b> Canadian team Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyes win their second consecutive Olympic 2-woman bobsleigh gold medal at the Sochi Winter Games</li> <li class="event"><b>2014</b> Czech speed skater Martina Sáblíková retains her Olympic 5,000m title (Vancouver 2010) in Sochi; also Vancouver 3,000m gold</li> <li class="event"><b>2014</b> Death toll in Ukraine reaches 26 after Government crackdown on protesters</li> <li class="event"><b>2014</b> Norwegian biathletes Ole Einar Bjørndalen (sprint gold) and Emil Hegle Svendsen (mass start gold), each win their 2nd gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics in the mixed relay</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2018" class="date">2018</a> At least 17 killed when a garbage mound collapses in Maputo, Mozambique</li> <li class="event"><b>2018</b> Canadian team of Justin Kripps & Alexander Kopacz dead-heat in 3:16.86 with Germans Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis for the 2-man bobsleigh gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics</li> <li class="event"><b>2018</b> Nigeria says 110 girls missing, presumed kidnapped by Boko Haram after attack on school in Dapchi, Yobe state</li> <li class="event"><b>2018</b> Syrian government forces bombard Gouta in deadliest day in 3 years, killing over 100 civilians</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/electoral-defeat.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Election of Interest</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2019" class="date">2019</a> <a href="/people/bernie-sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> announces he is running for President for a second time</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/bernie-sanders"><figure><img src="/images/people/bernie-sanders.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/bernie-sanders.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>US Senator <span class="blue">Bernie Sanders</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>2019</b> Four-time MLB All-Star at 3B Manny Machado agrees to the biggest free-agent contract in American sports history, a 10 year deal worth $300 million with the San Diego Padres</li> <li class="event"><b>2019</b> New York city bans hair discrimination, to limit racial stereotyping</li> <li class="event"><b>2019</b> Vatican confirms secret church guidelines for children of priests</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2020" class="date">2020</a> German gunman opens fire in a bar in Hanau, Germany, killing nine in a racially motivated attack</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2021" class="date">2021</a> In a softening of 4-year WADA ban on Russia from all international sport, Russia to compete under acronym "ROC" after name of the Russian Olympic Committee</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2022" class="date">2022</a> Alexander Bolshunov, representing Russian Olympic Committee, wins men's 50k freestyle cross country gold in Beijing to become only 2nd man to achieve 30k/50k double at a Winter Olympics</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2023" class="date">2023</a> 65th Daytona 500: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins for JTG Daugherty Racing in double overtime and under caution over a record 212 laps; former NBA player Brad Daugherty first Black car owner to win the race</li> </ul></div> <div class="section section--highlight section--poi"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/film-tv/awards/baftas" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/film-tv-awards.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">BAFTA Awards</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2023" class="date">2023</a> 76th BAFTA awards: Best Film "All Quiet on the Western Front", Best Director Edward Berger, acting awards <a href="/people/cate-blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a>, Austin Butler <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64510093" title="Baftas 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front dominates ceremony - BBC News" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/cate-blanchett"><figure><img src="/images/people/cate-blanchett.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/cate-blanchett.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Actress <span class="blue">Cate Blanchett</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>2023</b> Brazilian state of Sao Paulo hit by flooding and landslides after heavy rain, with at least 44 killed and 800 homeless <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/2/21/photos-deadly-floods-and-landslides-in-brazil" title="Brazil hit by deadly floods and landslides - Al Jazeera" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></li> </ul> <ul class="pag"> <li><span class="pag__prev disabled">Previous</span></li> <li>1</li> <li><a href="/events/february/19?p=2" rel="next">2</a></li> <li><a href="/events/february/19?p=2" class="pag__next" rel="next"><span>Next</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="sponsor--footer"></div><br></div><div class="pagination"><div class="wrapper"><ul class="pagination__list"> <li class="pagination__item"><a href="/events/february/18" class="pagination__link pagination__link--left">18 Feb</a></li> <li class="pagination__item pagination__item--title"><b><a href="/events-calendar.php" class="pagination__link">Historical Events Calendar</a></b></li> <li class="pagination__item"><a href="/events/february/20" class="pagination__link pagination__link--right">Feb 20</a></li></ul></div></div> <div class="section no-padding-bottom"><div class="wrapper"> <header class="section__heading"><a href="/articles.php" class="section__link"><h2>February in History</h2></a> </header> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="article-list__item"><a href="/articles/britain-joins-the-european-community"><img src="/images/articles/margaret-thatcher-sml.jpg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="225" alt="Margaret Thatcher campaigning to stay in Europe during the 1975 referendum"><h3>Britain Joins the European Community</h3> <span class="linked_date">February 17, 1972</span></a></li> <li class="article-list__item"><a href="/articles/buried-at-sea-the-casket-that-carried-jfk"><img src="/images/articles/casket-containing-jfk-is-carried-aboard-air-force-one-sml.jpg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="225" alt="Watched by widowed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the slain JFK's casket is carried aboard Air Force One for its flight from Dallas to Washington DC"><h3>Buried at Sea: The Casket That Carried JFK</h3> <span class="linked_date">February 18, 1966</span></a></li> <li class="article-list__item"><a href="/articles/theory-that-put-the-world-to-rights"><img src="/images/articles/copernican-planisphere-sml.jpg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="225" alt="The Copernican Planisphere, illustrated in 1661 by the cartographer Andreas Cellarius"><h3>Theory That Put The World To Rights</h3> <span class="linked_date">February 19, 1473</span></a></li> <li class="article-list__item"><a href="/articles/final-deadly-performance-of-a-twisted-actor"><img src="/images/articles/assassination-of-abraham-lincoln-sml.jpg" loading="lazy" width="270" height="225" alt="The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 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