Today’s Important Historical Events
1789 Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes”
1933 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota
1956 US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional
1980 US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by
1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero
Today’s Historical Events
833 Louis the Pious, King of the Franks, performs public act of penance at the Church of Saint Medard in Soissons
866 Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
1002 English king Ethelred II (the ‘Unready’) launches ‘St Brice’s Day’ massacre of Danish settlers
1553 English Lady Jane Grey and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer accused of high treason
1565 King Philip II‘s “Letters out Segovia” reaches Brussels
1565 Pope Pius IV publishes decree Professi fidei
1642 Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1673 Christopher Wren is appointed architect for the rebuilding of St Paul’s Cathedral in London by King Charles II [1]
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1922 George M. Cohan‘s musical “Little Nellie Kelly” premieres in NYC
1937 NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1940 Walt Disney‘s animated film “Fantasia”, starring Leopold Stokowski, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mickey Mouse, and ballet dancing hippopotamuses, premieres at the Broadway Theatre, New York City
1952 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children in Amude, Spain
1961 WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Director Kenneth Tynan says the word “F*ck” on BBC
1966 American comedian Flip Wilson makes his debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”; he returns 10 times [1]
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1948 “As the Girls Go” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 performances
1951 Janet Collins is the first 1st African-American dancer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production of Aida
1953 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 4th String Quartet premieres
1959 The Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ first professional concert takes place in London
1965 “Skyscraper” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
1973 “Gigi” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 103 performances
1975 “Musical Jubilee” opens at St James Theater NYC for 92 performances
1989 Paul McCartney releases single “Figure of 8” & “Ou Est Le Soleil”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1875 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1900 Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball’s American League
1906 C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
1946 Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI v the MCC
1951 Lefty O’Doul’s all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1954 1st Rugby League World Cup, Parc des Princes, Paris: Great Britain beats France, 16-12; Man of The Match: GB second rower Don Robinson
1958 NYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League
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