Today’s Important Historical Events
1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides “Mishneh Torah”, a code of Jewish religious law is published
1775 Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war
1919 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Krestinsky
1933 Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
1945 Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb the Japanese island of Okinawa in preparation for the Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World War II
2019 Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the last Islamic State territory has been retaken raising flags in Baghuz, Syria and ending the five-year Islamic State “caliphate”
Today’s Historical Events
1026 Conrad II crowns himself King of Italy
1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederick I “Barbarossa” & Pope Eugene III
1174 Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow
1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides “Mishneh Torah”, a code of Jewish religious law is published
1534 Aragonese legal code formally recognised
1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1940 1st radio broadcast of “Truth or Consequences” on CBS
1950 22nd Academy Awards: “All The King’s Men”, Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland win
1972 Geoge Harrison and Friends’ “The Concert for Bangladesh” concert film, directed by Saul Swimmer released in the US
1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: “Rambo: First Blood Part II” wins
1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
1997 “Mandy Patinkin in Concert” closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: “Striptease” wins
1997 WrestleMania XIII, Rosemont Horizon, IL: Undertaker beats Sycho Sid for WWF Heavyweight title
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1743 George Frideric Handel‘s oratorio “Messiah” premieres at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Théâtre Municipal” opera house in Nice, France; 70 die, and building completely destroyed
1886 Tchaikovsky‘s “Manfred” symphony premieres in Moscow, Russia, conducted by Max Erdmannsdörfer
1896 Umberto Giordano’s opera “Andrea Chénier” premieres in Milan
1901 Australian opera star Dame Nellie Melba reveals secret of her now famous toast
1923 Frank Silver and Irving Conn publish their hit song “Yes, We Have No Bananas”
1933 Kroll Opera in Berlin opens
1939 1st performance of Béla Bartók’s 2nd Violin Concerto at the Concertgebow, Amsterdam with Zoltán Székely on violin and Willem Mengelberg conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1877 39th Grand National: Fred Hobson aboard 15/1 shot Austerlitz wins by 4 lengths from Congress
1878 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Royal Engineers, 3–1; Wanderers’ back-to-back and 5th title overall
1888 50th Grand National: George Mawson aboard 40/1 outsider Playfair easily wins by 10 lengths from Frigate
1923 82nd Grand National: Capt. Tuppy Bennett wins aboard 13-year-old 100/6 shot Sergeant Murphy; first US bred horse to win race
1930 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1930 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1934 93rd Grand National: Gerry Wilson wins aboard 8/1 Golden Miller in race record 9:20.04; becomes only horse to win both UK’s premier steeplechases with Cheltenham Gold Cup victory 1934
1938 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St Louis Cardinals minor league players from their contracts
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