Today’s Important Historical Events
1792 US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance
1872 New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
1938 UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has appeased Nazi Germany
1944 Battle of Eniwetok: US forces take Enewetak Atoll at the cost of 37 Americans killed or missing and 94 wounded, Japanese losses were 800 dead and 23 prisoners
1947 Earl Mountbatten of Burma appointed as last viceroy of India to oversee the move to independence
1962 John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7
Today’s Historical Events
1280 Japanese Imperial Court orders all temples and shrines to pray for victory in the impending second Mongol invasion
1472 Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment
1525 Swiss & German mercenaries desert Francois I’s army
1547 King Edward VI of England crowned following the death of his father Henry VIII
1613 Gerard Reynst appointed Governor-General of Dutch East Indies
1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague for alleged crimes against the federal government
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Admiral Blake off Portsmouth
1673 1st recorded wine auction held in London
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1952 “African Queen” film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is released in the US
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov”, starring Yul Brynner and featuring William Shatner‘s film debut, premieres at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn’t resolved for 30 minutes
1978 4th People’s Choice Awards: John Wayne and Barbra Streisand (Motion Picture), and James Garner and Mary Tyler Moore (TV) win
1978 Bob Backland beats “Superstar” Billy Graham in NYC, to become WWF wrestling champion
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1724 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” premieres at the King’s Theatre in Haymarket, London
1816 Gioachino Rossini‘s comic opera “Barber of Seville” premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Italy
1917 Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse’s musical “Oh, Boy!” opens at the Princess Theatre, NYC; runs for 463 performances
1934 Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “Four Saints in Three Acts” opens on Broadway at the 44th Street Theatre, NYC
1940 Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record “Limehouse Blues”
1959 Jimi Hendrix (16), rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle; fired from the band after the 1st set due to “wild” playing
1965 Beatles record “That Means A Lot”; unhappy with the results, it was given to P.J. Proby to record, the Beatles version was unreleased until 1996 on Anthology 2
1977 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “My Fair Lady” closes at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 377 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1912 Argentina beats the MCC in their inaugural 1st-class cricket fixture at the Buenos Aires Cricket Club; lose the second and third games of the series
1919 Foundation NHL club Toronto Arenas are permitted to cease operations due to financial difficulties; later become Toronto St. Patricks and then Maple Leafs
1923 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson becomes President and owner of Boston Braves; buys the team for $300,000 with NY attorney Judge Emil Fuchs and Bostonian James McDonough
1926 Montreal and Ottawa battle out just the second 0-0 tie in NHL history; dominant goalies are Clint Benedict (Maroons) and Alex Connell (Senators)
1929 Boston Red Sox announce they will play Sunday MLB games at Braves Field; Fenway Park located too close to a church
1952 American alpine skier Andrea Mead-Lawrence is only multi-gold medallist at the Oslo Winter Olympics when she wins the slalom, after taking out the inaugural giant slalom
1952 Britain’s Jeannette Altwegg wins the Olympic women’s figure skating gold medal at the Olso Winter Games ahead of American Tenley Albright, who goes on to win in Cortina d’Ampezzo (1956)
1952 Emmett Ashford is certified to be first black umpire in organised baseball; has to wait until 1966 for MLB debut
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