421 -Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp 421 -Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 1526 -Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1575 -University Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis" 1600 -Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death 1601 -Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London 1622 -King James I disbands the English parliament 1672 -Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1690 -French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire 1690 -Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal 1693 -William & Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1726 -The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia. 1735 -1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC 1743 -Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth 1744 -French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon 1750 -Minor earthquake in London 1775 -Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner 1776 -Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg 1802 -Simon Willard patents banjo clock 1807 -Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau 1809 -Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1837 -1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 1849 -New Roman Republic established. 1855 -The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon. 1861 -Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala 1862 -Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound 1862 -Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London 1865 -1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany 1867 -The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 1879 -Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. 1883 -Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen 1887 -Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club 1887 -Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1887 -The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. 1889 -Flood ravages Dutch coast 1894 -Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks 1895 -Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg 1896 -Georges Feydeaus' "Le Dindon," premieres in Paris 1896 -Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf 1898 -John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming mach (Mass) 1904 -Russo-Japanese War begins 1905 -Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people 1908 -Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth 1909 -France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco 1910 -The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce. 1911 -US helps overthrow Pres Miguel Devila of Honduras 1911 -Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in NYC 1912 -1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla 1914 -General Zamon becomes president of Haiti 1915 -"Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA 1916 -French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 1916 -NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cent seats 1918 -"Stars & Stripes," weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published 1920 -Swiss men vote against women's suffrage 1922 -Radio arrives at the White House 1923 -Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120 1923 -German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily 1924 -1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic 1925 -Kaufman & Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in NYC 1925 -Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta 1926 -German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership 1926 -Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin 1926 -Walt Disney Studios forms 1927 -Belgian-Swiss treaty signed 1928 -1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY 1928 -Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV 1929 -KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions 1930 -"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1 1931 -Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000 1933 --23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (state record) 1933 -1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247 1934 -Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC 1934 -Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt 1935 -1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL 1936 -1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger 1936 -1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn 1936 -1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1936 -Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1937 -Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC 1940 -Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in NYC 1940 -Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland 1941 -Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore 1941 -NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio 1942 -Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles 1942 -Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort 1943 -Red Army recaptures Kursk 1944 -1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin 1944 -U-762 sunk off Ireland 1945 -Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald 1946 -Béla Bartók's 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia, PA, US 1946 -Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties 1947 -Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) 1947 -KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 -5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland 1949 -Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison 1952 -"RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV 1952 -Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the UK. 1953 -Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open 1953 -WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins 1955 -Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
1955 -The Government of Sindh abolished Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants. 1956 -Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die 1957 -SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1958 -Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia 1958 -French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1958 -KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 -Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51) 1960 -Congress opens hearings looking into payola 1960 -Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor". 1962 -KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 -US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1963 -1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) 1963 -AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs 1963 -US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 -Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London 1964 -Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 -Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84 1965 -Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love" 1967 -Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games) 1967 -Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership 1967 -Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down 1967 -US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 -Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg) 1969 -Last edition of Saturday Evening Post 1969 -Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico 1971 -Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ 1971 -South Vietnamese troops invade Laos 1971 -The Nasdaq stock market index debuts. 1972 -Josh Gibson & Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame 1973 -Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in NYC 1973 -Mushtaq & Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket v NZ 1973 -Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal 1974 -"Good Times," debuts on CBS TV 1974 -Ringo releases "You're 16" 1974 -Skylab 4's astronauts land 1974 -Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1975 -1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea 1975 -Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1976 -Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR 1976 -Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic 1976 -Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130) 1977 -Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966 1977 -Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to 1978 -Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait 1978 -Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time. 1979 -US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 -Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time. 1981 -"5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 12 perfs 1981 -"Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances 1981 -Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic 1981 -US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak 1981 -US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton 1982 -Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey) 1983 -35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander 1983 -Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino 1983 -Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days 1983 -Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in NYC 1983 -Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period 1983 -Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1984 -14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1984 -1st time 8 people in space 1984 -A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation 1984 -Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7 1985 -1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados 1985 -Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot 1985 -Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75) 1985 -Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea 1986 -5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition 1986 -US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1986 -1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world. 1987 -37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle 1987 -Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic 1988 -NASA launches DOD-2 1989 -5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles 1989 -Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 -US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1990 -David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London 1990 -"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1991 -Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract 1992 -"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 1992 -16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France 1992 -Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter 1993 -Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die 1993 -GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires 1994 -Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car 1994 -Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 1994 -Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm 1995 -6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) 1996 -NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind 1996 -The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act. 1996 -The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place. 1998 -1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 1998 -48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at NYC 1998 -NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics 2002 -XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 2005 -Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire. 2008 -Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method.