Today’s Important Historical Events
1755 Samuel Johnson‘s “A Dictionary of the English Language” published in London
1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War)
1874 First ‘Impressionist’ exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot
1877 Boston-Somerville installs the world’s 1st telephone in Massachusetts
1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people
Today’s Historical Events
69 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
1205 Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1250 Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council
1250 Pope Innocent IV refuses Jews of Cordova, Spain their request to build a synagogue
1385 At war with Castile, John I of Portugal instructs his ambassadors to negotiate an alliance with Richard II of England and to raise loans to pay his troops
1450 Battle of Formigny: French defeat the English decisively in the Hundred Years’ War, paving the way for the capture of English strongholds in Normandy
1493 -20/4] Columbus meets with the Spanish monarchs Isabella I and Ferdinand II in Barcelona
1528 Pánfilo the Narváez, Spanish conquistador arrives in Florida with 350 men to a hostile reception from native indians
Today’s Historical Events in Flim and TV
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win
1961 Meredith Willson’s musical “The Music Man”, starring Robert Preston and Barbara Cook, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC. after 1375 performances, 5 Tony Awards, and a Grammy
1963 Steve Allen‘s musical “Sophie”, based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1729 Johann Sebastian Bach‘s “St Matthew Passion” premieres in Leipzig
1738 Premiere in London of “Serse”, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel
1960 Guy Carawan sings “We Shall Overcome” to a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Raleigh – popularising the song as a protest anthem
1965 James Baldwin‘s 1954 stage drama “The Amen Corner” opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 84 performances
1966 The Rolling Stones release “Aftermath”, their fourth studio album in UK (6th in US)
1967 “Wait A Minim!” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
1970 “Cry for Us All” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
1971 “70, Girls, 70” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1896 1st modern Summer Olympic Games close in Athens, Greece; USA wins gold medal count, 11; Greece wins total medal count, 46; IOC has retroactively assigned gold, silver & bronze medals to 3 best placed athletes in each event
1901 5th Boston Marathon won for second straight year by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:29:23.6
1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Tom Longboat in race record 2:24:24
1910 William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out the 1st ball at a baseball game
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan in race record 2:21:18.2
1915 NY Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0
1918 22nd Boston Marathon won by Camp Devens relay team; race run as relay for 10-man military teams
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