Today’s Important Historical Events
68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging
721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats a Umayyad Muslim army at the Battle of Toulouse
1549 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set
1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks
2019 Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong over proposed new extradition laws to China in one of largest-ever protests in the city
Today’s Historical Events
68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging
641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats a Umayyad Muslim army at the Battle of Toulouse
922 French Republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German King Henry IV beats Saksen
1310 Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy
1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
1525 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1934 1st appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon, “The Wise Little Hen”
1945 Warner Bros cartoon “A Gruesome Twosome” starring Tweety premieres in USA
1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 “Doodles Weaver Show” debuts on NBC-TV
1953 Milton Berle‘s TV show “Texaco Star Theater” last airs on NBC-TV
1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
1963 Barbra Streisand appears, for her third time, on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
1967 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1890 Comic opera “Robin Hood” by Reginald De Koven, Harry B. Smith, and Clement Scott premieres in Chicago
1924 “Jelly-Roll Blues” is recorded by jazz pioneer pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton
1958 “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1962 Singer Tony Bennett makes his Carnegie Hall concert debut, NYC
1969 Brian Jones leaves the Rolling Stones after developing a serious drug problem
1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
1971 Paul McCartney‘s album “Ram” goes gold
1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia Records
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5
1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5
1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25
1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1898 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
1899 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13
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