Today’s Important Historical Events
1095 Pope Urban II preaches the west to wrestle control of the Holy land from the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont, triggering the First Crusade
1295 English King Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending the authorities of its representatives
1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus’s orders.
1807 Portuguese Royal Family and its court of nearly 15,000 people leave Lisbon for their colony of Brazil to escape invading Napoleonic troops
1895 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‘s will establishes the Nobel Prize
Today’s Historical Events
176 Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator
399 St Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1095 Pope Urban II preaches the west to wrestle control of the Holy land from the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont, triggering the First Crusade
1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League
1295 English King Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending the authorities of its representatives
1382 Battle of Westrozebeke/Roosebeke. French army defeats the Flemish army. Flemish leader Philip Van Artevelde killed and corpse displayed
1493 Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad colony, finding it destroyed by the 1st native American uprising against Spanish rule. Taíno cacique Caonabo led his people to attack the settlement after the brutal treatment they received from the garrison who disobeyed Columbus’s orders.
1495 Scottish king James IV receives Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English trone
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US
1920 “The Mark of Zorro” directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks is shown in New York – 1st American superhero film
1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 CBS radio cancels “Have Gun Will Travel”
1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1973 Neil Simon‘s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1977 “Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)” closes at Imperial NY after 66 performances
1986 Europa TV, a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1843 Opera “Bohemian Girl” by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn first produced in London
1896 “Also Sprach Zarathustra” (Thus Spake Zarathustra) by Richard Strauss, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche‘s philosophical novel, debuts in Frankfurt
1903 Opera “Die Neugierigen Frauen” by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is produced in Munich
1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski resigns as Polish Prime Minister
1926 Béla Bartók’s ballet “Miraculous Mandarin” premieres at the Cologne Opera, Germany, conducted by Eugen Szenkar
1937 Pro-labor musical revue “Pins & Needles” opens, produced by ILGWU
1954 “By the Beautiful Sea” closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 270 performances
1967 Jimi Hendrix headlines bill (including The Move and Pink Floyd) for 2 shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College, in Belfast – his only concerts in Ireland
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1870 The New York Times dubs baseball “The National Game”
1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
1941 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP, for the 2nd time
1943 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winnipeg RCAF Bombers, 23-14
1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2
1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1948 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Calgary Stampeders win their first Championship; defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
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