Today’s Important Historical Events
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.
1814 King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism
1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Today’s Historical Events
1256 Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae
1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg
1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.
1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
1535 Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1572 Veere sides with Geuzen
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1944 “Gaslight”, starring an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her film debut, is released
1959 “The 400 Blows”, French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released
1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1975 Italian film “Seven Beauties” directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released – first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award
1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
1999 “The Mummy” film directed by Stephen Sommers starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah premieres in the US
2008 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep “Family Guy” and “American Dad” on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world’s highest paid television writer
2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1728 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Tolomeo, re di Egitto” premieres in London
1878 Thomas Edison‘s Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1957 Alan Freed hosts “Rock n’ Roll Show” 1st prime-time network rock show
1959 First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win
1973 Wings release “Red Rose Speedway” in UK
1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” opens at Mark Hellinger, NYC; runs for 7 performances
1985 30th Eurovision Song Contest: Bobbysocks! for Norway wins singing “La det swinge” in Gothenburg
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9
1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground
1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5
1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3
1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France
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