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section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/victory-in-battle.svg" alt="Victory in battle"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Victory in <b>Battle</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/46bc" class="date">46 BC</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/julius-caesar">Julius Caesar</a> defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/julius-caesar"><img src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/julius-caesar.jpg" alt="Roman Military Commander and Statesman Julius Caesar"></a> <figcaption>Roman Military Commander and Statesman<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/julius-caesar">Julius Caesar</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list event-list--with-advert"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/274" class="date">274</a> St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope</li> </ul> <div class="event-list__banner"><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="ATF_300x250" data-ad-size="300x250"></div> <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20200620140035js_/https://tags-cdn.deployads.com/a/onthisday.com.js" async></script> <script>(deployads = window.deployads || []).push({});</script></div><ul class="event-list event-list--with-advert"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/871" class="date">871</a> Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex defeated by Danish invasion army</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1357" class="date">1357</a> Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1490" class="date">1490</a> Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1519" class="date">1519</a> -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1570" class="date">1570</a> Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1642" class="date">1642</a> King <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/king-charles-i">Charles I</a> with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/king-charles-i"><img src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/charles-i.jpg" alt="King of England Charles I"></a> <figcaption>King of England<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/king-charles-i">Charles I</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1698" class="date">1698</a> Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1717" class="date">1717</a> Netherlands, Great Britain & France sign Triple Alliance</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1725" class="date">1725</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/benjamin-franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/benjamin-franklin"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/benjamin-franklin.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin"></a> <figcaption>United States Founding Father<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/benjamin-franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1754" class="date">1754</a> Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1762" class="date">1762</a> Seven Years' War: Great Britain declares war on Spain & Naples</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1780" class="date">1780</a> Snowstorm hits <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-washington">George Washington</a>'s army at Morristown, New Jersey</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-washington"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/george-washington.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="First US President George Washington"></a> <figcaption>First US President<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-washington">George Washington</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1781" class="date">1781</a> Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1832" class="date">1832</a> Insurrection of Trinidad negroes</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_1" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1843" class="date">1843</a> Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1847" class="date">1847</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/samuel-colt">Samuel Colt</a> sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/samuel-colt"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/samuel-colt.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Inventor/Industrialist Samuel Colt"></a> <figcaption>Inventor/Industrialist<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/samuel-colt">Samuel Colt</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon lazyload" data-src="/images/book-release.svg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Book release"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Historic <b>Publication</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1847" class="date">1847</a> Manuscripts of <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emily-jane-bronte">Emily Brontë</a>'s "Wuthering Heights" and Anne Brontë's "Agnes Grey" sent to publisher T.C. Newby (published December 1847)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emily-jane-bronte"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/emily-bronte.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Writer Emily Brontë"></a> <figcaption>Writer<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emily-jane-bronte">Emily Brontë</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1853" class="date">1853</a> Solomon Northup, author of the memoir "Twelve Years a Slave", regains his freedom</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1854" class="date">1854</a> The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1861" class="date">1861</a> US Ft Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1862" class="date">1862</a> Romney Campaign: <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/stonewall-jackson">Stonewall Jackson</a> occupies Bath</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/stonewall-jackson"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/stonewall-jackson.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Confederate General Stonewall Jackson"></a> <figcaption>Confederate General<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/stonewall-jackson">Stonewall Jackson</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1863" class="date">1863</a> 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1863" class="date">1863</a> The New Apostolic Church is established in Germany</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1865" class="date">1865</a> New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St, near Wall Street in New York City</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1868" class="date">1868</a> Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" is first serialized in "All the Year Round" owned by Charles Dickins</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1878" class="date">1878</a> Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1881" class="date">1881</a> Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres in Breslau</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1883" class="date">1883</a> Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1884" class="date">1884</a> Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1884" class="date">1884</a> The Fabian Society is founded in London.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1885" class="date">1885</a> Dr William Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy in America on Mary Gartside, aged 22</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1887" class="date">1887</a> Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco to San Francisco)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1893" class="date">1893</a> US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1894" class="date">1894</a> France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_2" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1896" class="date">1896</a> AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1896" class="date">1896</a> Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1898" class="date">1898</a> 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1902" class="date">1902</a> Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Arthur Jones, John Gunn and Sydney Barnes in successive balls to complete 2nd Test rout by 229 runs in Melbourne; Trumble's first of 2 Test hat-tricks</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1902" class="date">1902</a> The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million; this will tip the balance away from those favoring a canal through Nicaraugua</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest section--historical-photo-landscape"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/photos/topsy-the-elephant-is-electrocuted"><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon lazyload" data-src="/images/murder.svg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Murder of Interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt"><b>Topsy the Elephant is Electrocuted</b></span></h3></a></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1903" class="date">1903</a> Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park, Coney Island and filmed by <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/thomas-edison">Edison Manufacturing</a> movie company<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/photos/topsy-the-elephant-is-electrocuted"><b>Learn More >></b></a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/photos/topsy-the-elephant-is-electrocuted"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/photos/tospy-elephant-electrocuted-600.jpg" alt="Topsy the elephant is electrocuted to death at Luna Park in New York"></a><figcaption><i>Topsy the elephant is electrocuted to death at Luna Park in New York</i></figcaption></figure></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1904" class="date">1904</a> Stanley Cup, Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa HC beats Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2-0 for 2-1 challenge series victory</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1904" class="date">1904</a> In 'Gonzales v Williams', the US Supreme Court rules that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and may not be refused admission into continental United States; not until 1917 will citizenship rights be granted</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1906" class="date">1906</a> South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1907" class="date">1907</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-bernard-shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>'s "Don Juan in Hell" premieres in London</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-bernard-shaw"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/george-bernard-shaw.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Playwright George Bernard Shaw"></a> <figcaption>Playwright<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-bernard-shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1912" class="date">1912</a> Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1912" class="date">1912</a> The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1915" class="date">1915</a> 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1915" class="date">1915</a> Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1920" class="date">1920</a> 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1920" class="date">1920</a> Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1921" class="date">1921</a> Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1923" class="date">1923</a> 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1925" class="date">1925</a> French psychologist Emil Coué brings his self-esteem therapy to US "Every day in every way I am getting better & better"</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1926" class="date">1926</a> Theodoros Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1932" class="date">1932</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/donald-bradman">Bradman</a> scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/donald-bradman"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/donald-bradman.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Cricket Legend Donald Bradman"></a> <figcaption>Cricket Legend<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/donald-bradman">Donald Bradman</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1932" class="date">1932</a> British Viceroy of India Lord Willingdon arrests <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/mahatma-gandhi">Gandhi</a> & Nehru</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/mahatma-gandhi"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/mahatma-gandhi.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi"></a> <figcaption>Pacifist and Spiritual Leader<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/mahatma-gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a></figcaption></figure> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/jawaharlal-nehru"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/jawaharlal-nehru.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="1st Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru"></a> <figcaption>1st Prime Minister of India<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/jawaharlal-nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1932" class="date">1932</a> State of siege proclaimed in Honduras</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1934" class="date">1934</a> 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange" premieres</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1935" class="date">1935</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bob-hope">Bob Hope</a> 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bob-hope"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/bob-hope.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Entertainer Bob Hope"></a> <figcaption>Entertainer<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bob-hope">Bob Hope</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor sponsor--middle"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="Mid_Page_300x250" data-ad-size="300x250"></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1935" class="date">1935</a> Ft Jefferson National Monument, Florida established</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1936" class="date">1936</a> Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1936" class="date">1936</a> Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1939" class="date">1939</a> Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1939" class="date">1939</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/hermann-goering">Hermann Goering</a> appoints <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/reinhard-heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a> head of Jewish Emigration</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/reinhard-heydrich"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/reinhard-heydrich.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich"></a> <figcaption>Nazi leader<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/reinhard-heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a></figcaption></figure> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/hermann-goering"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/hermann-goering.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Nazi Politician Hermann Goering"></a> <figcaption>Nazi Politician<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/hermann-goering">Hermann Goering</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1941" class="date">1941</a> Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> 4th NFL All Star Game, Polo Grounds, NYC: Chicago Bears beat NFL All-Stars, 35-24</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly to Florida</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1942" class="date">1942</a> Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1943" class="date">1943</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/thomas-mann">Thomas Mann</a> completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/thomas-mann"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/thomas-mann.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Novelist Thomas Mann"></a> <figcaption>Novelist<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/thomas-mann">Thomas Mann</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1944" class="date">1944</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/ralph-bunche">Ralph Bunche</a> appointed 1st African American official in US State Department</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/ralph-bunche"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/ralph-bunche.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Diplomat and Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche"></a> <figcaption>Diplomat and Nobel Laureate<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/ralph-bunche">Ralph Bunche</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1944" class="date">1944</a> Operation Carpetbagger begins (aerial dropping of supplies and weapons to resistance fighters in Europe)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1945" class="date">1945</a> Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1945" class="date">1945</a> US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1947" class="date">1947</a> "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 72 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1947" class="date">1947</a> "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1947" class="date">1947</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emilio-g-segre">Emilio G. Segrè</a> and Carlo Perrier announce technetium, a previously unknown element and the first artificially synthesized chemical element</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emilio-g-segre"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/emilio-segre.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Physicist and Nobel Laureate Emilio G. Segrè"></a> <figcaption>Physicist and Nobel Laureate<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/emilio-g-segre">Emilio G. Segrè</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1948" class="date">1948</a> Burma declares independence from UK</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1951" class="date">1951</a> Korean War: Chinese forces recapture Seoul</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1953" class="date">1953</a> KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon lazyload" data-src="/images/music-release.svg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Music release"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Music <b>Recording</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1954" class="date">1954</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/elvis-presley">Elvis Presley</a> records his 1st demo for Sun Records at a recording studio in Memphis, "It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You" and "I'll Never Stand In Your Way"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/elvis-presley"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/elvis-presley.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley"></a> <figcaption>Singer & Cultural Icon<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/elvis-presley">Elvis Presley</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1954" class="date">1954</a> Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1957" class="date">1957</a> "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1957" class="date">1957</a> Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1958" class="date">1958</a> Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1958" class="date">1958</a> NZ team led by <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/edmund-hillary">Edmund Hillary</a> reaches the South Pole, the 1st to reach the Pole overland using motor vehicles and the 1st since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/edmund-hillary"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/edmund-hillary.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Mountaineer and Explorer Edmund Hillary"></a> <figcaption>Mountaineer and Explorer<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/edmund-hillary">Edmund Hillary</a></figcaption></figure> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/roald-amundsen"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/roald-amundsen.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen"></a> <figcaption>Polar Explorer<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/roald-amundsen">Roald Amundsen</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1959" class="date">1959</a> Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1960" class="date">1960</a> European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1961" class="date">1961</a> Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers' assistants end a 33 year strike</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1962" class="date">1962</a> 1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_3" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1963" class="date">1963</a> Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1965" class="date">1965</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson">LBJ</a>'s "Great Society" State of the Union Address</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/lyndon-b-johnson.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson"></a> <figcaption>36th US President<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1966" class="date">1966</a> Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1966" class="date">1966</a> WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1966" class="date">1966</a> Military coup in Upper Volta leads to a new national constitution</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1967" class="date">1967</a> English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1968" class="date">1968</a> Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1968" class="date">1968</a> Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million to CBS</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1969" class="date">1969</a> "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 4 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1969" class="date">1969</a> France begins arms embargo against Israel</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1969" class="date">1969</a> A People's Democracy march between Belfast and Derry is repeatedly attacked by loyalists and off-duty police officers</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> Beatles last recording session at EMI studios</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/walter-cronkite">Walter Cronkite</a> ends hosting weekly documentary</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/walter-cronkite"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/walter-cronkite.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite"></a> <figcaption>Broadcast Journalist<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/walter-cronkite">Walter Cronkite</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> More than 15,000 people are killed in Tonghai County, China after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> AFL Championship, Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland: Kansas City Chiefs beat <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/john-madden">Oakland Raiders</a>, 17-7; Chiefs defence forces 4 interceptions</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/john-madden"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/john-madden.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="NFL Coach and Sportscaster John Madden"></a> <figcaption>NFL Coach and Sportscaster<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/john-madden">John Madden</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> NFL Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns, 27-7</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> Philadelphia's Veteran's Stadium dedicated</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1972" class="date">1972</a> Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1974" class="date">1974</a> Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> "Good News" closes at St James Theater NYC after 16 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 120 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 341 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the US (No 11828)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> New Orleans Jazz set a then NBA record (with 24-second shot clock) by scoring only 20 points in the first half of a 111-89 loss in Seattle; unwanted record stands for nearly 25 years</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_4" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> "Home Sweet Homer" opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 co-ordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> Australian Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Mark Edmondson upsets John Newcombe 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 for his first and only Grand Slam title</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/john-madden">Oakland Raiders</a>, 16-10</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> NFC Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams, 37-7</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1977" class="date">1977</a> Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> "Red Right 88", trailing 14–12 Clevelands Browns attempt an end zone pass play (Red Right 88) and a game-winning field goal in the final minute, but pass intercepted by Raiders safety Mike Davis and Oakland wins</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1981" class="date">1981</a> Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Brian Teacher wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats home favourite Kim Warwick 7-5, 7-6, 6-3</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1983" class="date">1983</a> US Football League holds its 1st player draft</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> Adrian Dantley ties Wilt Chamberlain's NBA record for most free throws made in a game by converting 28 of 29 free throws in Utah's 116-111 win over Houston at Las Vegas</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1986" class="date">1986</a> David Boon's second Test century, 131 v India at Adelaide</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1986" class="date">1986</a> NCAA basketball's <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/david-robinson">David Robinson</a> blocks a record 14 shots</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/david-robinson"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/david-robinson.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="NBA Center David Robinson"></a> <figcaption>NBA Center<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/david-robinson">David Robinson</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1986" class="date">1986</a> Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson scores twice as he rushes for an NFL postseason record 248 yards in 20-0 victory over Dallas Cowboys in NFC divisional playoff in Anaheim, California</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1987" class="date">1987</a> 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-h-w-bush">George H. W. Bush</a> is 1st Vice President since <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/martin-van-buren">Martin Van Buren</a> to declare himself President of the United States</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-h-w-bush"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/george-h-w-bush.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="41st US President George H. W. Bush"></a> <figcaption>41st US President<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/george-h-w-bush">George H. W. Bush</a></figcaption></figure> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/martin-van-buren"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/martin-van-buren.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="8th US President Martin Van Buren"></a> <figcaption>8th US President<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/martin-van-buren">Martin Van Buren</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1990" class="date">1990</a> 307 dead and 700 injured after overloaded passenger train collides with empty freight train in Pakistan</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> 12 year old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia; youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_5" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Goran Prpić beats American David Wheaton 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, (ends 2-1) and Yugoslavia's first title</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1992" class="date">1992</a> 8th= largest wrestling crowd NJPW Starcade (60,000-Tokyo Dome)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1992" class="date">1992</a> Boston's Robert Parish becomes 5th player in NBA history to register 2,000 career blocks during Celtics' 100-96 loss at Minnesota - others <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, Mark Eaton, Wayne Rollins and George Johnson</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"></a> <figcaption>NBA Legend<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/kareem-abdul-jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1993" class="date">1993</a> 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1994" class="date">1994</a> 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1995" class="date">1995</a> <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> (R) becomes speaker of the US House of Representatives</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/newt-gingrich"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/newt-gingrich.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich"></a> <figcaption>US Speaker of the House<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1996" class="date">1996</a> "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1997" class="date">1997</a> Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Justin Gimelstob & Chanda Rubin clinch first title for the US; beat South African pair Wayne Ferreira & Amanda Coetzer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 for a 2-1 victory</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" closes at St James NYC after 715 perform</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> "Ivanov" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> "Triumph of Love" closes at Royale Theater NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1999" class="date">1999</a> Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as Governor of Minnesota</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1999" class="date">1999</a> Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1999" class="date">1999</a> College Football, 1st BCS National Championship, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ: #1 Tennessee beats #2 Florida State, 23-16, at 28th Fiesta Bowl</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2000" class="date">2000</a> A day after accepting the head coaching position at the New York Jets, <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bill-belichick">Bill Belichick</a> resigns and moves to the New England Patriots</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bill-belichick"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/bill-belichick.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="NFL Coach Bill Belichick"></a> <figcaption>NFL Coach<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/bill-belichick">Bill Belichick</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2000" class="date">2000</a> After 2 months, Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill, reach the South Poll, the same day as Edmund Hillary 48 years before</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2000" class="date">2000</a> 19 are killed after two trains collide in Asta, Norway</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2000" class="date">2000</a> American businessman and investor Mark Cuban purchases a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise for $285m from H. Ross Perot, Jr.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2001" class="date">2001</a> Rapper <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/vanilla-ice">Vanilla Ice</a> spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during a row</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/vanilla-ice"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/vanilla-ice.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Rapper Vanilla Ice"></a> <figcaption>Rapper<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/vanilla-ice">Vanilla Ice</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2001" class="date">2001</a> Washington Wizards forward <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/michael-jordan">Michael Jordan</a> becomes 4th player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; hits a free throw in 2nd quarter of an 89-83 win against his old team, the Chicago Bulls</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/michael-jordan"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/michael-jordan.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan"></a> <figcaption>Basketball Superstar<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/michael-jordan">Michael Jordan</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Event of interest"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt">Event of <b>Interest</b></span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2003" class="date">2003</a> Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/serena-williams">Serena Williams</a> & James Blake beat Australian pair Alicia Molik & Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-2 for a 3-0 win, and 2nd American title</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/serena-williams"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/serena-williams.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="Tennis Player Serena Williams"></a> <figcaption>Tennis Player<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/serena-williams">Serena Williams</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2004" class="date">2004</a> Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2004" class="date">2004</a> Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2005" class="date">2005</a> Adam Gilchrist of Australia becomes the most prolific century scoring wicket keeper in cricket history when he smashes 113 from just 120 balls in the 3rd Test against Pakistan in Sydney</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2006" class="date">2006</a> Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="section section--highlight section--person-of-interest"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"><div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h3 class="person-of-interest__heading"><img class="section--icon lazyload" data-src="/images/electoral-defeat.svg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/person-of-interest.svg" alt="Electoral defeat"><span class="person-of-interest__heading-txt"><b>Election</b> of Interest</span></h3></header> <p><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2007" class="date">2007</a> The 110th United States Congress convenes and elects <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> as the 1st female Speaker of the House</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="person-of-interest__list"> <figure><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/nancy-pelosi"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/people/nancy-pelosi.jpg" src="/web/20200620140035im_/https://www.onthisday.com/images/placeholder.png" alt="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi"></a> <figcaption>US Speaker of the House<br/><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a></figcaption></figure> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2008" class="date">2008</a> Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Americans <a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/people/serena-williams">Serena Williams</a> & Mardy Fish beat Serbian pair Novak Đoković & Jelena Janković 7-6, 6-2 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and the 5th US title</li> <br/> <div class="sponsor sponsor--center"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_728x90_middle_6" data-ad-size="auto"></div></div> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2009" class="date">2009</a> Phil Taylor, with a 7–1 victory in the final over Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld wins his 12th PDC World Darts title, his 14th in all; his 110.94 average remains a record for the PDC World Darts Championship final</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2010" class="date">2010</a> The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2010" class="date">2010</a> The Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building at 829.8 m (2,722 ft), officially opens in Dubai</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 9 people are killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit, the Philippines</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 6 people are killed a 2 are seriously injured after a snowmobile veers off a ski slope on Mt Cermis, Italy</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 3 people are killed after a Beechcraft BE35 crashes into a house in Florida</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2014" class="date">2014</a> 14 people are killed after a three-story building construction site collapses in Goa, India</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2014" class="date">2014</a> Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: France wins first title; Alizé Cornet & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska & Grzegorz Panfil 6-0, 6-2 to clinch 2-1 victory</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2015" class="date">2015</a> Gary Anderson of Scotland beats 16-time world champion Phil Taylor, 7-6 to win his first PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace, London</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2016" class="date">2016</a> Colombo's Gemology Institute certifies world's largest ever blue star sapphire at 1404.49 carats, found in a Sri Lankan mine in August 2015</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2018" class="date">2018</a> Truck hits a train near Kroonstad city, South Africa killing 19 passengers</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2018" class="date">2018</a> 'Bomb Cyclone' hits US Northeast prompting flooding and snow in New York subway system</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2018" class="date">2018</a> Liverpool and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah is named African Football Player of the Year</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2019" class="date">2019</a> Indian cricket batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara scores 193 and Rishabh Pant 159no as the tourists declare at 622/7 on Day 2 of 4th Test against Australia in Sydney; Pant, first Indian wicketkeeper to hit a century in Australia</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2019" class="date">2019</a> Thailand's worst storm in 30 years, Tropical Storm Pabuk makes landfall on country's east coast</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2020" class="date">2020</a> Australian bushfires death toll reaches 23 as PM Scott Morrison announces national defense force will be employed to help fight the more than 200 fires, amid criticism of his leadership</li> <li class="event"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/2020" class="date">2020</a> Floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in Jakarta, Indonesia, kill at least 53</li> </ul> <div class="sponsor sponsor--bottom"><div class="no-ad-tag" data-ad-name="BTF_300x250" data-ad-size="300x250"></div></div> <ul class="share-buttons"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200620140035/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4" class="facebook" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Share<span> On Facebook</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200620140035/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Historic, notable and important events that happened on the 4th of January&url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4&via=OnThisDaycom" class="twitter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Share<span> On Twitter</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="pagination"> <div class="wrapper"> <ul class="pagination__list"> <li class="pagination__item"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/3" class="pagination__link pagination__link--left">3 Jan</a></li> <li class="pagination__item pagination__item--title"><b><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events-calendar.php" class="pagination__link">Historical Events Calendar</a></b></li> <li class="pagination__item"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/5" class="pagination__link pagination__link--right">Jan 5</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="section no-padding-bottom"> <div class="wrapper"> <header class="section__heading"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/articles.php" class="section__link"><h2>January in History</h2></a> </header> <ul class="article-list"> <li class="article-list__item"><a href="/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/articles/the-beatles-have-no-future-in-show-business"><img class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="/images/articles/the-original-beatles-sml.jpg" alt="The Beatles? 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