Events in History
1777 King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
1829 William Austin Burt patents America’s first typewriter, the typographer
1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada
1944 Bretton Woods Conference ends, establishes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, later part of the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund
1995 Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
Events in Flim and TV
1927 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson’s stage comedy “Tommy”, starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, closes at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC, after 232 performances
1966 Frank Sinatra‘s album “Strangers In The Night” hits #1 on the US charts, (Grammy for Record Of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
1975 Alan Ayckbourn‘s play “Absent Friends” premieres in London
1981 14th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1984 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
1984 Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns after Penthouse publishes unauthorized nude photos of her
1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America’s Most Wanted)
1989 Ringo Starr‘s first All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include Joe Walsh, Nils Lofgren, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons, Dr. John, Billy Preston, and Jim Keltner
Events in Music
1961 American opera singer Grace Bumbry becomes the first black singer to perform at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, she earns 42 curtain calls
1965 The Beatles’ single “Help” is released in the UK
1976 Wings release single “Let ’em In”
1992 Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour, his first with musicians other than the E Street band
1995 “Hamlet” closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances
2010 One Direction is formed during the X Factor show as Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson join together
Events in Sports
1827 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms
1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England Croquet Club; 1877 name changed to The All England Croquet & Lawn Tennis Club
1902 Dutch Excelsior soccer club is established in Rotterdam (Eerste Divisie winners 1973-4, 78-79, 2005-06)
1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (later Davis Cup) at Wimbledon: Norman Brookes beats Herbert Roper Barrett 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 to give Australasia a 3-2 win over British Isles
1921 American long jumper Edward Gourdin sets new world record of 7.69m (25 ft 2+3⁄4 in) at Cambridge, Massachusetts
1922 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
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