Today’s Important Historical Events
536 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire
1212 Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz
1968 NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
1990 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland’s 1st direct presidential election in Poland
1992 Operation Restore Hope: US Marines land in Somalia
Today’s Historical Events
536 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire
656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
730 Battle of Marj Ardabil, Turkic Khazar army led by Barjik defeats Umayyad force, with 20,000 killed including general al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, whose head is mounted on a throne
1212 Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz
1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
1570 The Geuzen (a confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1960 1st broadcast of “Coronation Street” on British ITV
1965 “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, the first Peanuts animated special premieres on CBS in the US
1968 KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Terence O’Neill, Northern Ireland Prime Minister, makes a television appeal for moderate opinion in what became known as the ‘Ulster stands at the Crossroads’ speech
1988 NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M
1988 Premiere of fact based crime drama film “Mississippi Burning”
1990 23rd NAACP Image Awards: “Coming to America” wins Outstanding Motion Picture
1997 “Tomorrow Never Dies“, 18th James Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh, premieres in London
Today’s Historical Music Events
1842 Mikhail Glinka’s opera “Russlan and Ludmilla” premieres at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, in St. Petersburg, Russia
1905 Richard Strauss‘ opera “Salome” premieres in Dresden
1954 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music
1961 “From the Second City” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 performances
1961 “Let It Ride” closes at Eugene O’Neill Theater NYC after 68 performances
1964 John Coltrane‘s Quartet records their greatest work “A Love Supreme” at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1967 Jim Morrison arrested on stage for disturbing the peace at the New Haven Arena, Connecticut, making him the 1st rock star to be taken into custody during a performance
1973 “Pajama Game” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1892 English football club Newcastle United founded
1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
1913 John K Tener becomes president of baseball’s National League
1922 1st Australasian Championships Women’s Tennis, Sydney: Margaret Molesworth wins inaugural title; beats fellow Australian Esna Boyd 6-3, 10-8
1922 Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson wins 1st of 3 Australasian titles; beats fellow Australian Gerald Patterson 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1925 AL extends Ban Johnson‘s contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000
1926 USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs
1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
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