Today’s Important Historical Events
1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date)
1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado‘s expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola
1836 Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
1904 United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
1945 US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture
1954 1st mass inoculation against Polio with the Jonas Salk vaccine takes place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders
Today’s Historical Events
1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date)
1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado‘s expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola
1574 France begins 5th “holy war” against Huguenots
1660 Charles XI becomes king of Sweden
1668 Fire in the Hofburg in Vienna, Emperor Leopold I rescued
1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
1689 Dutch prince William III proclaimed King of England
1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1939 11th Academy Awards: “You Can’t Take It With You”, Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins
1939 Lou Thesz beats Everett Marshall in St Louis, to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight C’ship for a 2nd time
1940 Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” released
1950 7th Golden Globes: “All the King’s Men”, Broderick Crawford, and Olivia de Havilland win
1956 13th Golden Globes: “East of Eden”, Ernest Borgnine, & Anna Magnani win
1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 The Beatles’ 3rd appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, featuring 3 performances taped on February 9, prior to their debut
1969 Groundbreaking TV documentary series “Civilisation” presented by art historian Kenneth Clark premieres on BBC2 in the UK
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1792 Joseph Haydn’s 94th Symphony in G premieres
1957 “Mr Wonderful” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances
1963 Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in “La traviata”
1971 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year
1978 20th Grammy Awards: “Hotel California”; Fleetwood Mac; Debbie Boone win
1979 “Sarava” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances
1979 George Harrison releases “George Harrison” album, featuring the single “Blow Away”
1981 People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1874 Major Walter Clopton Winfield patents a game called “sphairistike” (lawn tennis)
1895 Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
1938 Joe Louis retains his world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out Nathan Mann in round 3 at Madison Square Garden, New York; second defence by Louis
1939 Lou Thesz beats Everett Marshall in St Louis, to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight C’ship for a 2nd time
1952 Following his Nordic combined gold medal in St. Moritz (1948), Heikki Hasu takes his 2nd Olympic gold as part of Finland’s 4 x 10k cross country relay team at the Olso Winter Games
1952 Lydia Wideman of Finland becomes first female Olympic cross-country skiing champion; wins inaugural 10k event in Olso; Finnish medal sweep with minors to Mirja Hietamies and Siiri Rantanen
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