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class="section__sub-head">Events <b>1 - 200</b> of <b>201</b></p> <ul class="event-list event-list--with-advert"> <li class="event"><a href="/date/506" class="date">506</a> Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roman law</li> <li class="event"><a href="/date/962" class="date">962</a> Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor</li> <li class="event"><a href="/date/1119" class="date">1119</a> Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II</li> </ul> <div class="event-list__banner"><div class="cafemedia-onthisday-sidebar-short"></div></div> <ul class="event-list event-list--with-advert"> <li class="event"><a href="/date/1141" class="date">1141</a> Battle of Lincoln: English King Stephen captured by forces loyal to Empress Matilda and commanded by Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester</li> </ul><span class="list-clearfix"></span> </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/black-death" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/discovery.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Black Death</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/date/1349" class="date">1349</a> By this date at least 200 people a day were being buried in London as a result of the Black Death </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/black-death"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/black-death.jpg?w=600 1x, /images/photos/black-death.jpg 2x" width="600" height="338"><img src="/images/photos/black-death.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/black-death.jpg?w=780 2x" width="390" height="219" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>Medieval painting from 1353 showing the citizens of Tournai (today in Belgium) burying victims of the Black Death</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/date/1461" class="date">1461</a> Battle of Mortimer's Cross: in a major battle of the War of the Roses Yorkist army of Edward, Earl of March, defeats Lancaster force led by Jasper Tudor</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1536" class="date">1536</a> Pedro de Mendoza founds Argentine city of Buenos Aires</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1542" class="date">1542</a> Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1550" class="date">1550</a> Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and former Lord Protector is freed from the Tower of London</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/film-release-premier.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Film & TV History</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1602" class="date">1602</a> First recorded performance of <a href="/people/william-shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s comedy play "Twelfth Night", to celebrate Candelmas in the Middle Temple Hall, London (diary of John Manningham)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/william-shakespeare"><figure><img src="/images/people/william-shakespeare.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/william-shakespeare.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Playwright <span class="blue">William Shakespeare</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1633" class="date">1633</a> M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano" premieres in Rome</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1637" class="date">1637</a> Zorilla's "El más Impropio Verdugo Para Las" premieres in Madrid</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1653" class="date">1653</a> New Amsterdam becomes a city, later renamed New York City</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1654" class="date">1654</a> Dutch tragedy "Lucifer" by Joost van den Vondel, and regarded as his masterpiece, premieres in Amsterdam - banned three days later</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1714" class="date">1714</a> Nicholas Rowe's play "The Tragedy of Jane Shore" premieres in London</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">Poro</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1731" class="date">1731</a> <a href="/people/george-frideric-handel">George Frideric Handel</a>'s opera "Poro" premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England</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><div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1732" class="date">1732</a> King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia</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-kingdom.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Walpole Government Resigns</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1742" class="date">1742</a> British government of <a href="/people/robert-walpole">Robert Walpole</a> resigns</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/robert-walpole"><figure><img src="/images/people/robert-walpole.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/robert-walpole.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>First British Prime Minister <span class="blue">Robert Walpole</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">Artaxerxes</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1762" class="date">1762</a> <a href="/people/thomas-arne">Thomas Arne</a>'s opera "Artaxerxes" premieres at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, England</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/thomas-arne"><figure><img src="/images/people/thomas-arne.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/thomas-arne.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer <span class="blue">Thomas Arne</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <div class="section section--highlight section--pp"><div class="wrapper"><div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 five-twelfths--1024"> <header><h2 class="poi__heading"><a href="/photos/articles-of-confederation" 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">Articles of Confederation</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1787" class="date">1787</a> Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/articles-of-confederation"><figure><picture><img src="/images/photos/articles-of-confederation.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/articles-of-confederation.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="629" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States of America</figcaption></figure></a></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">Haydn's 102nd Symphony</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1795" class="date">1795</a> <a href="/people/joseph-haydn">Joseph Haydn</a>'s 102nd Symphony in B premieres at the King's Theatre in London, England</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/joseph-haydn"><figure><img src="/images/people/joseph-haydn.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/joseph-haydn.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer <span class="blue">Joseph Haydn</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1798" class="date">1798</a> Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1802" class="date">1802</a> 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1811" class="date">1811</a> Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of San Francisco</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">Semiramide</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1823" class="date">1823</a> <a href="/people/gioachino-rossini">Gioachino Rossini</a>'s opera "Semiramide" first performed at La Fenice in Venice, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/gioachino-rossini"><figure><img src="/images/people/gioachino-rossini.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/gioachino-rossini.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Composer <span class="blue">Gioachino Rossini</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1829" class="date">1829</a> Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral on fire, does £60,000 damage</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1843" class="date">1843</a> US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1848" class="date">1848</a> 1st Chinese immigrants arrive by boat in San Francisco, California</li> <li class="event"><b>1848</b> Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican–American War. Mexico loses 55 percent of its territory to the US, including California, Nevada and Utah in exchange for $15 million.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1852" class="date">1852</a> 1st British public men's toilet opens in Fleet St, London</li> <li class="event"><b>1852</b> Alexandre Dumas Jr's play, an adaptation of his novel "La Dame aux Camélias" premieres in Paris</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1854" class="date">1854</a> Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1861" class="date">1861</a> The "Organized Incorporated Territory of Nevada" is created, lasting until October 31st, 1864</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1864" class="date">1864</a> -Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1869" class="date">1869</a> American industrialist James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1870" class="date">1870</a> Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1876" class="date">1876</a> Baseball's National League forms at the Grand Central Hotel, NYC with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and St Louis</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1878" class="date">1878</a> Greece declares war on Turkey</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1880" class="date">1880</a> SS Strathleven arrives in London with first shipment of frozen Australian mutton</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1887" class="date">1887</a> First Groundhog Day observed at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1888" class="date">1888</a> Frank Sprague opens the first successful U.S. electric street railway system, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1892" class="date">1892</a> Bottle cap for beverages patented by US inventor William Painter - still used today <a href="https://www.invent.org/inductees/william-painter" title="William Painter - National Inventors Hall of Fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></li> <li class="event"><b>1892</b> Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the SCG</li> <li class="event"><b>1892</b> Longest boxing match under modern rules: 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois, between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1894" class="date">1894</a> US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1899" class="date">1899</a> The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1900" class="date">1900</a> Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres at the Salle Favart, in Paris France; performed by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messageri</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1901" class="date">1901</a> Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization</li> <li class="event"><b>1901</b> Mexican government troops are ambushed by Yaqui Indians, 100 killed</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/queen-victorias-funeral" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/flags/united-kingdom.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Queen Victoria's Funeral</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1901" class="date">1901</a> <a href="/people/victoria">Queen Victoria</a>'s funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/queen-victorias-funeral"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/queen-victoria-funeral.jpg?w=600 1x, /images/photos/queen-victoria-funeral.jpg 2x" width="600" height="487"><img src="/images/photos/queen-victoria-funeral.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/queen-victoria-funeral.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="316" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>The funeral cortege of Queen Victoria outside St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on February 2, 1901</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1901</b> The US Congress passes the Army Reorganization Act, placing the minimum number of men under arms at 58,000</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1906" class="date">1906</a> Pope encyclical against separation of church & state</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1909" class="date">1909</a> Italian writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes "Manifest o of Futurism" in Paris, France</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1912" class="date">1912</a> Frederick R. Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)</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">Trees</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1913" class="date">1913</a> American poet <a href="/people/joyce-kilmer">Joyce Kilmer</a> writes his famous poem "Trees" in Mahwah, New Jersey</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/joyce-kilmer"><figure><img src="/images/people/joyce-kilmer.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/joyce-kilmer.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Poet <span class="blue">Joyce Kilmer</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1913</b> NYC's Grand Central Terminal train station opens <a href="https://gcthistory.com/" title="Grand by Design - New York Transit Museum" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="ref">[1]</a></li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1914" class="date">1914</a> James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1919" class="date">1919</a> Monarchist riot in Portugal</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1920" class="date">1920</a> France occupies (German) Memel territory</li> <li class="event"><b>1920</b> Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence</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">Ulysses</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1922" class="date">1922</a> <a href="/people/james-joyce">James Joyce</a>'s novel "Ulysses" is first published by Sylvia Beach in Paris (1,000 copies)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/james-joyce"><figure><img src="/images/people/james-joyce.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/james-joyce.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Novelist and Poet <span class="blue">James Joyce</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1923" class="date">1923</a> Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio</li> <li class="event"><b>1923</b> US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1924" class="date">1924</a> International Ski Federation (FIS) forms</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/1st-winter-olympics" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/olympics.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">1st Winter Olympics</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1924" class="date">1924</a> Norway’s Thorleif Haug takes the cross-country double at the Chamonix Winter Olympics when he wins the 18k event; Haug also 50k gold medalist </p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole--768 seven-twelfths--1024"> <a href="/photos/1st-winter-olympics"><figure><picture><source media="(min-width:600px)" srcset="/images/photos/1st-winter-olympics.jpg?w=600 1x, /images/photos/1st-winter-olympics.jpg 2x" width="600" height="444"><img src="/images/photos/1st-winter-olympics.jpg?w=390" srcset="/images/photos/1st-winter-olympics.jpg?w=780 2x" loading="lazy" width="390" height="288" alt=""></picture> <figcaption>Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924</figcaption></figure></a></div> </div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1925" class="date">1925</a> Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism & socialism</li> <li class="event"><b>1925</b> Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km</li> <li class="event"><b>1925</b> NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1926" class="date">1926</a> 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1927" class="date">1927</a> Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy's musical "Rio Rita" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><b>1927</b> Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave & 54th St NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1931" class="date">1931</a> 1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students</li> <li class="event"><b>1931</b> 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)</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/1932" class="date">1932</a> Australian spin bowler <a href="/people/clarrie-grimmett">Clarrie Grimmett</a> takes 14 wickets v South Africa (7-116 & 7-83)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/clarrie-grimmett"><figure><img src="/images/people/clarrie-grimmett.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/clarrie-grimmett.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Cricket Spin Bowler <span class="blue">Clarrie Grimmett</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1932</b> Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries</li> <li class="event"><b>1932</b> Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) organized in the US to provide financial support to state and local governments and to make loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses</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/flags/germany.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Goering Bans Communist Gatherings</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1933" class="date">1933</a> <a href="/people/hermann-goering">Hermann Goering</a> bans Communist meetings and demonstrations in Germany</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"><b>1933</b> Ucicky's "Rotten Morning" premieres in Berlin</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1934" class="date">1934</a> Dutch Roman Catholic Bishops warn against fascism and Nazism</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1935" class="date">1935</a> Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals, who are later convicted of assault based on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin</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">Sinatra in Indianapolis</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1940" class="date">1940</a> <a href="/people/frank-sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana, his first as featured singer with the <a href="/people/tommy-dorsey">Tommy Dorsey</a> Orchestra</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/frank-sinatra"><figure><img src="/images/people/frank-sinatra.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/frank-sinatra.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Jazz Singer and Actor <span class="blue">Frank Sinatra</span></figcaption></figure></a> <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/1942" class="date">1942</a> LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans</li> <li class="event"><b>1942</b> US auto factories switch from commercial to war production</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1943" class="date">1943</a> German 6th Army surrenders after the Battle of Stalingrad in a major turning point in Europe during World War II</li> <li class="event"><b>1943</b> MLB Chicago Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest style</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1944" class="date">1944</a> 4th US marine division conquers Roi, Marshall Islands</li> <li class="event"><b>1944</b> Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory</li> <li class="event"><b>1944</b> Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action</li> <li class="event"><b>1944</b> Edward Chodorov's play "Decision" premieres in NYC</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1945" class="date">1945</a> Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1946" class="date">1946</a> The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic made</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1948" class="date">1948</a> President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program</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/golfer.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Hogan Injured</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1949" class="date">1949</a> American golfing champ <a href="/people/ben-hogan">Ben Hogan</a> seriously injured in an auto accident</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/ben-hogan"><figure><img src="/images/people/ben-hogan.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/ben-hogan.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Golfer <span class="blue">Ben Hogan</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1950" class="date">1950</a> 1st broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1951" class="date">1951</a> -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)</li> <li class="event"><b>1951</b> 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/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">3 O’Clock Blues</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1952" class="date">1952</a> <a href="/people/bb-king">B.B. King</a>'s “3 O’Clock Blues” hits #1 on the US Billboard's R&B hit parade to become his first national hit</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/bb-king"><figure><img src="/images/people/bb-king.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/bb-king.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Blues Musician <span class="blue">B.B. King</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/fashion-designer.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Givenchy's First Collection</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1952" class="date">1952</a> <a href="/people/hubert-de-givenchy">Hubert de Givenchy</a> presents his first collection in Paris with Bettina Graziani opening the show</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/hubert-de-givenchy"><figure><img src="/images/people/hubert-de-givenchy.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/hubert-de-givenchy.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Courtier and Fashion Designer <span class="blue">Hubert de Givenchy</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <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/music-release.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">The Nutcracker</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1954" class="date">1954</a> "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by <a href="/people/george-balanchine">George Balanchine</a> with <a href="/people/maria-tallchief">Maria Tallchief</a> as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/george-balanchine"><figure><img src="/images/people/george-balanchine.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/george-balanchine.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Ballet Choreographer <span class="blue">George Balanchine</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/maria-tallchief"><figure><img src="/images/people/maria-tallchief.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/maria-tallchief.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Ballerina <span class="blue">Maria Tallchief</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/general.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">First Hydrogen Bomb</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1954" class="date">1954</a> President <a href="/people/dwight-d-eisenhower">Eisenhower</a> announces the detonation of the world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/dwight-d-eisenhower"><figure><img src="/images/people/dwight-d-eisenhower.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/dwight-d-eisenhower.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>34th US President and WWII General <span class="blue">Dwight D. Eisenhower</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1954</b> Rio Grande College basketball forward Bevo Francis scores NCAA record 113 points vs Hillsdale College</li> <li class="event"><b>1954</b> Snow falls on Gibraltar</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1955" class="date">1955</a> 1st presidential news conference on network TV-<a href="/people/dwight-d-eisenhower">Eisenhower</a> on ABC</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">Albright Olympic Champion</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1956" class="date">1956</a> Despite a severe ankle injury <a href="/people/tenley-albright">Tenley Albright</a> leads an American 1-2 in the women's figure skating at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; Carol Heiss takes the silver medal</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tenley-albright"><figure><img src="/images/people/tenley-albright.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tenley-albright.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Figure Skater <span class="blue">Tenley Albright</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1956</b> The Coasters sign with Atlantic Records</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1957" class="date">1957</a> UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1958" class="date">1958</a> Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic</li> <li class="event"><b>1958</b> WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting</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-concert.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Holly's Last Performance</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1959" class="date">1959</a> <a href="/people/buddy-holly">Buddy Holly</a>'s last performance at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa <a href="https://www.npr.org/1992/02/02/100211928/buddy-hollys-last-concert" title="Buddy Holly's Last Concert - NPR" 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/buddy-holly"><figure><img src="/images/people/buddy-holly.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/buddy-holly.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter <span class="blue">Buddy Holly</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">Lombardi to the Packers</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1959" class="date">1959</a> <a href="/people/vince-lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a> signs a 5 year contract to coach NFL Green Bay Packers</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/vince-lombardi"><figure><img src="/images/people/vince-lombardi.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/vince-lombardi.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>NFL Coach <span class="blue">Vince Lombardi</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1960" class="date">1960</a> Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1961" class="date">1961</a> Dutch Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1962" class="date">1962</a> 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)</li> <li class="event"><b>1962</b> 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years</li> <li class="event"><b>1962</b> USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1963" class="date">1963</a> British pop singer Helen Shapiro begins an English tour, the Beatles are part of undercard</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/baseball/baseball-hall-of-fame" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/hall-of-fame.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Baseball Hall of Fame</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1964" class="date">1964</a> Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, <a href="/people/tim-keefe">Tim Keefe</a>, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tim-keefe"><figure><img src="/images/people/tim-keefe.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tim-keefe.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Major League Baseball Pitcher <span class="blue">Tim Keefe</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1964</b> GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy</li> <li class="event"><b>1964</b> Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1965" class="date">1965</a> Joe Orton's play "Loot" premieres in Brighton</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1966" class="date">1966</a> Pakistan suggests six-point agenda, with Kashmir dispute as number one item, for proposed Indo-Pak ministerial talks after 1965 war</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1967" class="date">1967</a> Bolivia adopts its constitution</li> <li class="event"><b>1967</b> Formation of American Basketball Association is announced</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1968" class="date">1968</a> Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1969" class="date">1969</a> KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting</li> <li class="event"><b>1969</b> Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into Baseball Hall of Fame</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/basketball.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Maravich 1st to 30,000</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1970" class="date">1970</a> Louisiana State University's <a href="/people/pete-maravich">Pete Maravich</a> becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/pete-maravich"><figure><img src="/images/people/pete-maravich.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/pete-maravich.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>NBA Guard <span class="blue">Pete Maravich</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/pan-african-flag.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Idi Amin President of Uganda</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1971" class="date">1971</a> General <a href="/people/idi-amin">Idi Amin</a> ousts Milton Obote and appoints himself President and Dictator of Uganda</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/idi-amin"><figure><img src="/images/people/idi-amin.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/idi-amin.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Ugandan Dictator <span class="blue">Idi Amin</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1971</b> US Congressional Black Caucus organizes with Charles C. Diggs Jr. its first Chair</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1972" class="date">1972</a> Angry demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at the shooting dead of 13 people on 'bloody sunday'</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/baseball/baseball-hall-of-fame" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/hall-of-fame.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Baseball Hall of Fame</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1972" class="date">1972</a> <a href="/people/lefty-gomez">Lefty Gomez</a>, Ross Youngs & William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/lefty-gomez"><figure><img src="/images/people/lefty-gomez.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/lefty-gomez.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Baseball Pitcher <span class="blue">Lefty Gomez</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">Jumpers</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1972" class="date">1972</a> <a href="/people/tom-stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a>'s play "Jumpers" premieres in London</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tom-stoppard"><figure><img src="/images/people/tom-stoppard.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tom-stoppard.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Playwright and Screenwriter <span class="blue">Tom Stoppard</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <span class="grid__sep-dark"></span> <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/appears-on-tv-show.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">The Midnight Special</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1973" class="date">1973</a> "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC-TV; performers include Ike and <a href="/people/tina-turner">Tina Turner</a>, <a href="/people/curtis-mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a>, Don Mclean, the Byrds, and George Carlin</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tina-turner"><figure><img src="/images/people/tina-turner.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tina-turner.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer <span class="blue">Tina Turner</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/curtis-mayfield"><figure><img src="/images/people/curtis-mayfield.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/curtis-mayfield.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>R&B Singer-songwriter and Musician <span class="blue">Curtis Mayfield</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1973</b> Richard Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA; succeeded by James R Schlesinger (until July)</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/cricketer.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Hadlee's Test Debut</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1973" class="date">1973</a> Test debut of champion New Zealand cricket all-rounder Sir <a href="/people/richard-hadlee">Richard Hadlee</a>; drawn 1st Test v Pakistan, Wellington</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/richard-hadlee"><figure><img src="/images/people/richard-hadlee.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/richard-hadlee.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Cricketer <span class="blue">Richard Hadlee</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 Way We Were</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1974" class="date">1974</a> <a href="/people/barbra-streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>'s first #1 hit, "The Way We Were"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/barbra-streisand"><figure><img src="/images/people/barbra-streisand.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/barbra-streisand.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter and Actress <span class="blue">Barbra Streisand</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>1974</b> Playmobil toys debut at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, designed by Hans Beck and produced by the Brandstätter Group</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" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">To Honor Mary</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1974" class="date">1974</a> Pope <a href="/people/paul-vi">Paul VI</a> encyclical "To Honor Mary"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/paul-vi"><figure><img src="/images/people/paul-vi.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/paul-vi.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Pope <span class="blue">Paul VI</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1974</b> Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)</li> <li class="event"><b>1974</b> The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1975" class="date">1975</a> Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> "Rich Little Show" debuts on NBC-TV</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">The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1976" class="date">1976</a> "<a href="/people/jackie-gleason">The Honeymooners</a> Second Honeymoon" airs on TV</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/jackie-gleason"><figure><img src="/images/people/jackie-gleason.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/jackie-gleason.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Comedian and Actor <span class="blue">Jackie Gleason</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1976</b> Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and umpire Cal Hubbard elected to Baseball Hall of Fame</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1977" class="date">1977</a> Soviet Salyut 4 Space Station re-enters Earth's atmosphere</li> <li class="event"><b>1977</b> Toronto Maple Leafs Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL record for a defenseman</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1980" class="date">1980</a> FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors</li> <li class="event"><b>1980</b> Mexican boxer Salvador Sánchez dethrones Danny “Little Red” Lopez as WBC world featherweight champion with a 13th-round TKO in Phoenix, AZ; Lopez champion since November 1976, 8th defense</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1982" class="date">1982</a> Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1983" class="date">1983</a> CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty</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" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Bernardin Made Cardinal</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1983" class="date">1983</a> Chicago Archbishop Joseph Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals named by Pope <a href="/people/john-paul-ii">John Paul II</a></p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/john-paul-ii"><figure><img src="/images/people/john-paul-ii.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/john-paul-ii.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>264th Pope <span class="blue">John Paul II</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="sponsor--center"></div><div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1984" class="date">1984</a> Lebanese army fights in Beirut</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1986" class="date">1986</a> Dalai Lama meets Pope <a href="/people/john-paul-ii">John Paul II</a> in India</li> <li class="event"><b>1986</b> Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1987" class="date">1987</a> KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires</li> <li class="event"><b>1987</b> Philippines adopts constitution</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> 0°F (-18°C) or below in 15 US states</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/south-africa.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">De Klerk Succeeds Botha</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1989" class="date">1989</a> <a href="/people/f-w-de-klerk">F. W. de Klerk</a> replaces <a href="/people/p-w-botha">P. W. Botha</a> as South Africa's National Party leader</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-whole seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/f-w-de-klerk"><figure><img src="/images/people/f-w-de-klerk.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/f-w-de-klerk.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>South African President <span class="blue">F. W. de Klerk</span></figcaption></figure></a> <a href="/people/p-w-botha"><figure><img src="/images/people/p-w-botha.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/p-w-botha.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>President of South Africa <span class="blue">P. W. Botha</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1990" class="date">1990</a> South African President <a href="/people/f-w-de-klerk">F. W. de Klerk</a> promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political organisations</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> Aravinda De Silva scores 267 v NZ at Wellington</li> <li class="event"><b>1991</b> NH snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56</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">The Soul Cages</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1991" class="date">1991</a> <a href="/people/sting">Sting</a> scores his second UK #1 album with 'The Soul Cages'</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/sting"><figure><img src="/images/people/sting.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/sting.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer and Actor <span class="blue">Sting</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>1991</b> US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1992" class="date">1992</a> Australian Kieren Perkins swims 1,500m freestyle short course world record, 14:32.40 at AIS, Canberra, Australia</li> <li class="event"><b>1992</b> Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)</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">Willie Nelson's Tax Bill</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1992" class="date">1992</a> IRS & <a href="/people/willie-nelson">Willie Nelson</a> settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/willie-nelson"><figure><img src="/images/people/willie-nelson.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/willie-nelson.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Country Singer and Songwriter <span class="blue">Willie Nelson</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/musician.svg" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Music History</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1993" class="date">1993</a> Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to singer-songwriter <a href="/people/tom-waits">Tom Waits</a> for using his distinctive voice song style in radio advertisement</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/tom-waits"><figure><img src="/images/people/tom-waits.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/tom-waits.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer-Songwriter and Pianist <span class="blue">Tom Waits</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/czech-republic.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Václav Havel President</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1993" class="date">1993</a> <a href="/people/vaclav-havel">Václav Havel</a> becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/vaclav-havel"><figure><img src="/images/people/vaclav-havel.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/vaclav-havel.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Politician and Author <span class="blue">Václav Havel</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1995" class="date">1995</a> Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1997" class="date">1997</a> "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC</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-team-coach.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Bowman Makes 1,000 Games</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/1997" class="date">1997</a> <a href="/people/scotty-bowman">Scotty Bowman</a> becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/scotty-bowman"><figure><img src="/images/people/scotty-bowman.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/scotty-bowman.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>NHL Coach <span class="blue">Scotty Bowman</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/1998" class="date">1998</a> Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in NYC for cocaine overdose</li> <li class="event"><b>1998</b> Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board</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">Plutonian Ode</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2002" class="date">2002</a> Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode), for soprano and orchestra, based on the poem by <a href="/people/allen-ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a>, premieres with the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, at Carnegie Hall, NYC</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/allen-ginsberg"><figure><img src="/images/people/allen-ginsberg.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/allen-ginsberg.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Beat Poet <span class="blue">Allen Ginsberg</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">All I Have</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2003" class="date">2003</a> <a href="/people/jennifer-lopez">Jennifer Lopez</a> starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/jennifer-lopez"><figure><img src="/images/people/jennifer-lopez.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/jennifer-lopez.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Singer and Actress <span class="blue">Jennifer Lopez</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>2003</b> Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "All The Things She Said"</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">RuPaul's Drag Race" Premieres</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2009" class="date">2009</a> "<a href="/people/rupaul">RuPaul</a>'s Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/rupaul"><figure><img src="/images/people/rupaul.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/rupaul.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Actor, Singer and Drag Queen <span class="blue">RuPaul</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2012" class="date">2012</a> Cold snap across Europe kills more than 100 people (over 400 people by 08-02)</li> <li class="event"><b>2012</b> MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea with 246 people saved and 126 missing (100 of these estimated to be trapped inside)</li> <li class="event"><b>2012</b> NHL player Sam Gagner becomes the first player to scores eight points in one game for the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks since 1989</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> 18 people are killed and 34 are injured after a bus catches fire after falling down a ravine in Gansu province, China</li> <li><div class="sponsor--center"></div></li><li class="event"><b>2013</b> 23 people are killed and 8 are injured after militants attacked an army base in the Lakki Marwat District, Pakistan</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/japan.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Senkaku Islands Promise</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2013" class="date">2013</a> <a href="/people/shinzo-abe">Shinzō Abe</a>, Japan’s Prime Minister vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs"</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/shinzo-abe"><figure><img src="/images/people/shinzo-abe.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/shinzo-abe.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>Prime Minister of Japan <span class="blue">Shinzō Abe</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2014" class="date">2014</a> Protests in Ukraine turn violent after parliament passes legislation that outlaws protest</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/american-football/af-championships/superbowl" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/american-football.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Super Bowl XLVIII</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2014" class="date">2014</a> Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos, 42-8; MVP: Malcolm Smith, Seattle, LB</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/richard-sherman"><figure><img src="/images/people/richard-sherman.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/richard-sherman.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>NFL Player <span class="blue">Richard Sherman</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2016" class="date">2016</a> First case of Zika contracted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2018" class="date">2018</a> All 955 miners rescued from the Beatrix gold mine in Welkom town, South Africa, after 2 days underground</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" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">R. Kelly Arrested</span></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2019" class="date">2019</a> American singer <a href="/people/r-kelly">R. Kelly</a> arrested after turning himself in on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, including with three minors</p></div> <div class="grid__item one-half--768 seven-twelfths--1024"><div class="poi__list"> <a href="/people/r-kelly"><figure><img src="/images/people/r-kelly.jpg?w=200" srcset="/images/people/r-kelly.jpg?w=360 2x" loading="lazy" width="200" height="250" alt=""> <figcaption>R&B Singer <span class="blue">R. Kelly</span></figcaption></figure></a> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wrapper"><ul class="event-list"> <li class="event"><b>2019</b> More than 40 mummies from 323-30 BC found at a burial site at Tuna el-Gebel archaeological site south of Cairo, Egypt</li> <li class="event"><b>2019</b> Virginia Governor Ralph Northam admits to wearing blackface in 1984 but says he's not in a photo of men wearing blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe on a yearbook page</li> <li class="event"><a href="/events/date/2020" class="date">2020</a> Palindrome Day: the date 02022020 reads the same forward and backward including in the US and China (last one like this 11 November 1111)</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/american-football/af-championships/superbowl" class="section__link"><img class="section--icon" src="/images/american-football.svg" loading="lazy" width="69" height="69" alt=""><span class="poi__heading-txt">Super Bowl LIV</span></a></h2></header> <p><a href="/events/date/2020" class="date">2020</a> Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL: Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers, 31-20; 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