Today’s Important Historical Events
1431 Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government
1760 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
1839 Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
1909 Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23′ south)
1941 6,000 Jews murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania
2007 Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone
Today’s Historical Events
475 Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
1296 Earl Floris V signs accord with French King
1317 Phillips V, the Tall, crowned King of France
1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1431 Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government
1464 1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands
1493 1st sight of manatees by Christopher Columbus
1522 Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1894 William K.L. Dickson’s motion picture “Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze” aka “Fred Ott’s Sneeze” receives first US copyright for the format; it was filmed a few days earlier at Edison Studio, West Orange, New Jersey [1]
1936 Noël Coward‘s stage drama “Astonished Heart” premieres in London
1956 Musical “Peter Pan”, starring Mary Martin broadcast live, for a 2nd time, on NBC as part of “Producers’ Showcase” series
1959 “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin‘s “Let’s Get Small” for being in “bad taste”
1984 “TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes” premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
1989 “Pat Sajak Show” premieres on CBS
1996 First episode of “Third Rock from the Sun” screened on NBC
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1927 Dmitri Shostakovich‘ Octet opus 11 premieres in Moscow
1929 Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown’s musical “Follow Thru” premieres in NYC
1946 “Would-Be Gentleman” opens at Booth Theater NYC for 77 performances
1947 “Street Scene” opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 148 performances
1947 Roger Sessions’ 2nd Symphony premieres in San Francisco with Pierre Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony,
1948 Walter Piston‘s 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; wins 1947 Pulitzer Prize
1965 Beatles ’65 album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1967 “More of The Monkees” second album by The Monkees is released
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1811 1st Women’s Golf Tournament held
1903 Baseball’s National & American Leagues make peace
1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League’s Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees)
1930 Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
1942 In his 20th title defence, Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in the 1st round of their rematch to retain his world heavyweight boxing title at New York’s Madison Square Garden
1947 Providence Steamrollers guard Dino Martin becomes the first NBA player to ever score 40 points in a game, in a 91-68 win over Cleveland Rebels at Rhode Island Auditorium
1951 Washington Capitals NBA club folds
1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
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