Today’s Important Historical Events
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1790 1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address
1835 US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history
1912 Chiefs, representatives of people’s and church organisations, and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms
1916 WWI: ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
1926 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Today’s Historical Events
871 Battle of Ashdown: Ethelred I of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great beat invading Danish army
1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1297 Monaco gains its independence.
1558 French troops under Duc de Guise occupy Calais
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa, Italy
1610 Simon Marius. a German astronomer, independently discovers the first three moons of Jupiter one day after Galileo
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
1955 WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 The Who and The Kinks perform on the last “Shindig” TV show on ABC
1978 TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” debuts on BBC TV, based on the books by James Herriot, starring Robert hardy and Christopher Timothy
1991 “Davis Rules” with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
1993 NBC offers “The Tonight Show” to David Letterman
1993 Robert Rodriguez‘s “El Mariachi” debuts at the Toronto Film Fetsival – will become lowest-budgeted film ever to gross $1 million
2008 34th People’s Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Patrick Dempsey & Katherine Heigl win (TV)
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1705 George Frideric Handel‘s 1st opera “Almira” premieres in Hamburg, Germany
1734 Premiere of George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Ariodante” at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1949 “Make Mine Manhattan” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
1949 “My Romance” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
1949 “Small Wonder” closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
1954 Jerry Vivino, American rock and R&B saxophonist (Max Weinberg 7; Vivino Brothers), born in Paterson, New Jersey
1956 Elvis Presley‘s “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” single goes #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1913 Frank Chance becomes NY Yankees manager
1925 England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but his team cannot avoid an 81 run defeat to Australia in the 2nd Test in Melbourne
1945 University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team sets an NCAA record by holding Arkansas State to 6 points in a 75-6 win
1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky’s 130-game home basketball win streak
1962 21 year old future Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus makes his first professional appearance; tied 50th in Los Angeles Open
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
Witches Of The Craft® 