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1077 German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness

1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1099 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria

1262 Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm

1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)

1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France

1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England

1561 By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended

1581 James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland

1613 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune

1689 English parliament ends king Charles II reign

1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes

1788 Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW

1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France

1807 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight

1814 Stendahl's 1st book is published

1819 Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore

1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica

1824 William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)

1830 Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris

1846 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)

1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

1851 Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered

1858 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry

1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua

1864 Battle of New Bern, NC

1865 Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners

1871 Paris surrenders to Prussians

1878 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)

1878 George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator

1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper

1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British

1887 England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever

1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia," premieres in Boston

1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress

1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC

1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them

1909 US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time

1911 Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo

1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)

1914 Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated

1915 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)

1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services

1915 US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates

1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson

1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France

1916 Opera "Goyescas," premieres (NYC)

1918 Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory

1918 Trotsky becomes leader of Reds

1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"

1922 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL

1923 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich

1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent

1923 NSDAP 1st election in Munich

1925 -46шF (-43шC), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)

1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic govt of Oezonowitsj falls

1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101

1931 Bradman scores 220 NSW v Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours

1932 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)

1932 Japan occupies Shanghai

1933 French govt of Paul Boncour falls

1933 German govt of Von Schleicher falls

1934 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)

1935 Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion

1936 Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

1942 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine

1942 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya

1943 Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals

1943 Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game

1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin

1944 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh

1944 U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland

1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java

1945 Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China

1945 Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands

1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000

1949 NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith

1949 UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia

1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud

1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination & is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London

1953 J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"

1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)

1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar)

1958 Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor

1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck

1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US

1960 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC

1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC

1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises

1961 Republic of Rwanda proclaimed

1962 Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives

1963 -34шF (-37шC), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)

1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV

1967 Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"

1968 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper

1968 Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville

1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in N America

1970 LubomЎr Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia

1972 Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game

1973 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV

1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont

1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame

1973 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"

1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame

1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio

1976 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park

1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak

1978 "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV

1978 "We Are the World" is recorded

1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife

1979 "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances

1979 Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in NYC

1980 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins

1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances

1981 William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)

1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision

1982 US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy

1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1984 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins

1984 LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak

1984 Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas

1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, W Germany

1985 12th American Music Award

1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 perfs

1986 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff

1986 Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC

1987 US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo

1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant

1988 "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances

1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional

1989 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl

1989 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64)

1989 Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG

1990 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London

1990 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)

1990 Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB

1991 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV

1991 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson

1991 Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide

1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule

1992 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide

1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown

1994 Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)

1994 Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose Calif, 1 dead

1994 Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)

1995 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)

1995 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64)

1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

1996 "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs

1996 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)

1996 Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pitts Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP:

1998 Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

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