Today’s Important Historical Events
1790 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)
1877 Thomas Edison‘s Phonograph is announced by Scientific American
1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
1990 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland’s 1st popularly elected president
2010 Repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy”, a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama
Today’s Historical Events
401 St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
1216 Pope Honorius III delegates decree “Religiosam vitam eligentibus”
1465 Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Liège
1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
1590 Army of Moroccan Pasha Ahmad al-Mansur begins its epic 135 day crossing of the Saharan desert on his way to defeat the Songhai Empire
1596 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die
1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes decree In eminente
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1932 “The Mummy” directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US – 1st Mummy horror film
1948 KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
1957 KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins
1964 American comedian Lenny Bruce is convicted of obscenity
1965 “Doctor Zhivago” based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premieres in NYC
1966 WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1808 Beethoven‘s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 6, Choral Fantasy and Piano Concerto No. 4 (featuring the composer as soloist) premiere at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria
1894 Claude Debussy‘s first orchestral masterpiece “Prélude à l’apres-midi d’un faune” premieres in Paris
1946 “Bal Negre” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 54 performances
1956 “New Faces of 1956” closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
1958 “Chipmunk Song” reaches #1
1958 “Whoop-Up” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 56 performances
1976 “Your Arm’s Too Short…” opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
1976 East Germany grants rock singer Nina Hagen her request to leave the country, after refusing her stepfather re-entry
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1877 “American Bicycling Journal” begins publishing (Boston, Mass)
1888 Heavyweight boxing champ John L. Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain
1894 United States Golf Association forms in New York
1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati; Federal Baseball League dissolves
1917 In the NHL’s first official week of play, 3 players score hat tricks in the same game, for the same team; Corb Denneny, Reg Noble, & Harry Meeking each score 3 for the Toronto Arenas in an 11-4 win over the Ottawa Senators
1923 Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict
1924 Babe Dye of NHL’s Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2
1941 1942 NFL Draft: Bill Dudley from University of Virginia first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
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