Today’s Important Historical Events
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots
1832 Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming’s South Pass
1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas
1943 Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (till 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people
1982 Single “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor from “Rocky III” soundtrack starts 6-week run at No. 1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
2019 Global warming is the fastest in 2,000 years and scientific consensus that humans are the cause is at 99%, according to three major reports published in journals “Nature” and “Nature Geoscience”
Today’s Historical Events
1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily
1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade
1411 Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place
1487 Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, rebel against ban on foreign beer
1525 Second attempt to circumnavigate the globe as seven ships departs Corunna headed by García Jofre de Loaísa on orders of King Charles I of Spain for the Spice Islands (only one will make it)
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1567 Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots
1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1952 “High Noon”, American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released
1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTVC TV channel 6 in Ensign, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 500,000th Dutch TV set registered
1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1974 “Death Wish”, based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US
1978 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
1998 “Saving Private Ryan“, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999)
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1917 Trial of Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari begins in Paris for allegedly spying for Germany and thus causing the deaths of 50,000 soldiers
1942 Irving Berlin‘s musical “This Is The Army” premieres in NYC
1965 “Flora, the Red Menace” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 87 performances
1965 Bob Dylan release “Like a Rolling Stone”
1965 Rock group “The Animals” 1st time in British charts
1967 The Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
1982 “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” closes at E O’Neill NYC after 63 performances
1983 “Mame” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1860 Olympics beat St. George, 25-17 at St. Georges Cricket Grounds, Philadelphia in first baseball game played in enclosed field
1893 For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men’s double championship in Chicago
1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
1908 American Johnny Hayes wins London Olympic marathon in Games record 2:55:18.4 after Dorando Pietri of Italy disqualified for receiving assistance before the finish line
1909 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1-0 victory at Washington Park, Brooklyn
1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium
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