Today’s Important Historical Events
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
1000 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
1446 The Hangul (Korean) alphabet is first published in Korea by King Sejong the Great
1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program that would become the Manhattan Project
2006 North Korea conducts its first nuclear test, with an estimated yield of between 0.4-2 kilotons
Today’s Historical Events
768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
869 Charles the Bald crowned king of Lotharingen
1000 Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
1192 Richard I of England, the Lion Heart, leaves Jerusalem in disguise
1200 12-year-old French noblewoman Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England to King John in Westminster Abbey
1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia
1290 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England
1410 Earliest mention of Prague’s astronomical clock, the world’s oldest still in operation, built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1915 Louis Kaufmans comedy “Unchastened Woman” premieres in New York City
1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 The Supremes release single “Someday We’ll Be Together”, Diana Ross‘ last recording with the group
1986 “The Late Show with Joan Rivers” premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show
1992 Action thriller film “Under Siege” directed by Andrew Davis starring Steven Seagal in his most famous role is released
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts, patents first calliope (steam powered musical instrument)
1929 George Kaufman & Ring Lardner’s musical “June Moon” premieres in NYC
1947 Julie Styne and Sammy Cahn’s musical “High Button Shoes” premieres at the New Century Theatre, NYC (later transferred to the Shubert, then to The Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 727 performances
1949 English ballerina Margot Fonteyn debuts in America with her performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York
1965 Beatles’ “Yesterday” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
1972 “Dude” opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
1976 “Robber Bridegroom” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 145 performances
1978 12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, and Don Williams win
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1905 First league sanctioned Baseball World Series begins; New York Giants (NL) beat Philadelphia A’s (AL), 3-0 in Game 1 at Columbia Park
1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting average with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown’s 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won
1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes first US President to attend a World Series game
1919 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, 10-5 at Comiskey Park for a 5-3 series victory; due to ‘Black Sox Scandal’ last WS to take place without a Commissioner of Baseball in place
1921 Babe Ruth‘s 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1928 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman’s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks
1934 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals rout Detroit Tigers, 11-0 at Navin Field to clinch 4 games to 3 series victory and 3rd championship
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