Today’s Important Historical Events
1862 First pasteurization test completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard
1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive compound radium chloride
1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
1968 British politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech
1974 ‘The Troubles’, the Northern Ireland conflict between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, British security forces, and civil rights groups, claims its 1000th victim
1980 Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria sees hundreds of Berber political activists arrested
1999 Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado
2010 The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes, killing 11 and causing the rig to sink, causing a massive oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and an environmental disaster
Today’s Historical Events
295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne
1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1290 Round Table tournament held near Winchester, England, in imitation of King Arthur, to commemorate betrothal of daughter of Edward I, and attended by the king
1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
1551 John Dudley becomes Earl Marshal of England
1611 First known performance of Shakespeare‘s tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London, recorded by Simon Forman
1650 Dutch East India Company (VOC) management sets new guidelines
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
1951 4th Cannes Film Festival: “Miss Julie” directed by Alf Sjoberg and “Miracle in Milan” directed by Vittorio De Sica jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
1963 10th National Film Awards (India): “Dada Thakur” wins the Golden Lotus
1966 WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 Barbra Streisand records “We’ve Only Just Begun”
1976 George Harrison sings “The Lumberjack Song” with Monty Python in NYC
1977 “Annie Hall”, directed by Woody Allen and starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1978)
1981 Final performance of TV show “Soap” airs
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1759 George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey, London
1865 Crosby Opera House opens in Chicago, Illinois; destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871
1896 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa‘s “El Capitan” premieres in NYC
1954 “Golden Apple” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
1955 “Saint of Bleecker St” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 92 performances
1960 “From A to Z” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 21 performances
1963 “Sophie” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
1972 Virgil Thomson’s final opera, “Lord Byron“, with libretto by Jack Larson, first performance at Lincoln Center, New York City
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1887 Georges Bouton wins the world’s 1st motor race on a steam-powered quadricycle, a ‘test’ organised by French newspaper Le Velocipede
1903 7th Boston Marathon won by Irishman John Lorden in 2:41:29.8
1908 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey in 2:25:43.2
1908 Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
1910 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders 7-6 in 11
1912 Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5
1914 18th Boston Marathon won by Canadian James Duffy in 2:25:01.2
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