Today’s Important Historical Events
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed
1778 British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
1789 1st national Thanksgiving in America
1791 1st US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington‘s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.
1865 “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is published in America
1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun‘s virtually intact tomb in Egypt
Today’s Historical Events
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed
579 Pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
783 Asturian queen Adosinda was put in the monastery of San Juan de Pravia, where she lived out the rest of her life, to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
1476 Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
1527 Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I
1580 French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty
1648 Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westphalia
1688 Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1922 1st successful Technicolor movie (The Toll of the Sea), premieres at the Rialto Theatre in NYC
1928 Philip Barry’s play “Holiday” premieres in New York City
1942 “Casablanca” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premieres at Hollywood Theater, NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1943)
1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie “Girl Crazy” released
1945 “Brief Encounter”, based on Noël Coward‘s one-act play “Still Life”, directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard is released
1953 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1921 Danish composer Rued Langgaard’s “Music of the Spheres” (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969
1945 Charlie “Bird” Parker leads recording session for the Savoy label marketed as the “greatest Jazz session ever” with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
1955 “Boy Friend” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances
1962 The Beatles re-record “Please Please Me” at a faster tempo
1966 “Walking Happy” opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC; runs for 161 performances
1968 Rock band Cream gives “final” concert (Royal Albert Hall, London, England) – but re-unites briefly for a short tour in 2005
1976 East Germany strips singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann his citizenship while he tours West Germany
1976 Sex Pistols release their debut single “Anarchy In The UK”
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1905 1st Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Melbourne: Rodney Heath beats Albert Curtis 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1910 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: University of Toronto Blues retain title; beat Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1927 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Hamilton Tigers, 9-6 for their first of 2 Championships
1941 Amateur American tennis stars Bobby Riggs and Frank Kovacs turn professional after being suspended by the US Lawn Tennis Association for undisclosed financial gain
1949 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Montreal Alouettes beat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 for their first Championship
1954 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba
1955 20th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 26-0 in Birmingham
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