Today’s Important Historical Events
627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada
1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over
1946 UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr
2000 US Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, settling the recount dispute in Florida’s 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush‘s favor and thus handing him the presidency
2015 COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels
2019 British General Election won by Boris Johnson‘s Conservative Party in landslide win with 80 seat majority. Scottish National Party also wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland
Today’s Historical Events
627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War
1098 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara, Syria
1408 Order of the Dragon: The Order of the Dragon was first created on December 12, 1408 by Emperor Sigismund, then King of Hungary, and his wife Queen Barbara of Celje following the battle for possession of Bosnia.
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1653 English “Barebones” Parliament ends
1677 Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1897 Rudolph Dirks’ 1st “The Katzenjammer Kids” cartoon strip appears in NY Journal
1928 Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne’s play “Wings over Europe” premieres in New York City
1937 NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
1955 Film adaptation of “The Rose Tattoo”, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster, premieres at the Astor Theatre in Times Square, NYC
1964 Shooting starts for “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage” (Menagerie)
1966 “A Man for All Seasons” based on the play by Robert Bolt, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Paul Scofield premieres in New York (Best Picture 1967)
1968 Rolling Stones film TV show “Rock ‘n Roll Circus”-never aired
1977 “Saturday Night Fever“, a film starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
Today’s Historical Music Event
1527 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
1792 In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
1900 National Negro Anthem, “Lift Every Voice & Sing”, composed
1912 Rudolf Friml and Otto Harbach’s musical “Firefly” premieres in New York City
1920 Maurice Ravel‘s ballet “La Valse” premieres in Paris
1926 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Piano concert premieres in Leningrad
1965 The Beatles’ last concert in Great Britain (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales)
1981 “1st” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1898 1st first-class cricket game between Australian states NSW and Tasmania
1899 George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
1908 Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Sydney: American Fred Alexander beats Alfred Dunlop of Australia 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, ball bouncing into stands not a HR, now a double
1933 Eddie Shore hits Toronto Maple Leaf star Ace Bailey from behind, fracturing his skull and ending his career
1936 1937 NFL Draft: Sam Francis from University of Nebraska first pick by Philadelphia Eagles
1937 National Football League Championship, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Washington Redskins beat Chicago Bears, 28-21
1937 1938 NFL Draft: Corbett Davis from University of Indiana first pick by Cleveland Rams
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