Today’s Important Historical Events
1758 French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula so begins his Messier Catalogue
1909 World’s first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann
1933 Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives idea of a nuclear chain reaction
1940 Four teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux, France discover 17,000 year old drawings now known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings
1958 US Supreme Court orders the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate
1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on the Moon
Today’s Historical Events
490 BC Traditional date of the Battle of Marathon, where a small Athenian force defeats the Persian Empire
1015 Henry I becomes Count of Leuven
1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon
1217 French prince Louis & English King Henry III sign peace treaty
1229 Aragonese army led by James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, to conquer the island
1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis
1543 Treaty of Venlo signed by Duke Willem of Gulik and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V during Italian Wars
1624 1st submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1928 Katharine Hepburn‘s NYC stage debut in “Night Hostess”
1934 “L’Atalante”, French film directed by Jean Vigo, starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté, is released
1952 Noël Coward‘s “Quadrille,” premieres in London
1954 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 “Bonanza” premieres on NBC-TV
1963 WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Film that started Spaghetti Western genre “A Fistful of Dollars” premieres, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1910 Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony (“Symphony of A Thousand”) premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
1927 Sigmund Romberg’s musical “My Maryland,” premieres in NYC
1953 “Carnival in Flanders” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 performances
1960 “Vintage ’60” opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC for 8 performances
1975 Pink Floyd releases their ninth album “Wish You Were Here”
1984 Cyndi Lauper sings “She-Bop” on The Tonight Show
1990 “Les Miserables,” opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm
1994 American country singer-songwriter George Jones undergoes successful triple bypass surgery
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America’s Cup
1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] arrives in Chicago to complete first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize
1911 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers dual for final time; Boston Rustlers’ Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of the Giants; NY wins, 11-2
1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
1920 VII Summer Olympic Games close in Antwerp, Belgium
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Bill Johnston & Bill Tilden clinch US 5th straight title beating Australians Pat O’Hara Wood & Gerald Patterson 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
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