Events in History
910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Æthelred
1305 Scottish resistance leader William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution
1583 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown, the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire
1716 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Ottomans in a decisive victory
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Navy led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Events in Flim and TV
1921 KDKA Pittsburgh presents first radio broadcast of MLB; Pirates beat Phillies, 8-0; Harold Arlin first play-by-play broadcaster
1926 Harry Houdini stays in a coffin underwater for 1½ hours before escaping
1953 “From Here to Eternity” based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)
1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, Guam (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 “American Bandstand” premieres on network TV (ABC)
1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1969 The UVF plant their first bomb in the Republic of Ireland, damaging the RTÉ Television Centre in Dublin
Events in Music
1964 Beatles record a cover of Little Willie John’s “Leave My Kitten Alone”; not released until 1995’s “Anthology 1”
1966 The Beatles release single “Yellow Submarine” with “Eleanor Rigby” in the UK
1966 The Beatles release their “Revolver” album in the UK
1972 Moody Blues re-issue their 1967 single “Nights in White Satin”, and it reaches #2 on US charts, higher than the initial release
1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways in England
1975 Stevie Wonder signs a 7-year, 7 album, with $13 million advance contract with Motown Records
1979 Bert Keyes and Bob Larimer’s musical “But Never Jam Today”, based on the works of Lewis Carroll, closes at Longacre Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
1983 American rock singer David Crosby sentenced to 5 years in Texas state prison on drug and weapons convictions
Events in Sports
1901 Peter O’Connor of Ireland, sets the first officially recognised world long jump record at 24′ 11 3/4″ in Dublin, Ireland
1927 Phillies outfielder Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats in 9-7 win v Pirates
1936 American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 200m in a world record time of 20.7 seconds, his third gold medal of the Berlin Olympics
1936 Italian athlete Ondina Valla runs a world record 11.6 in the semi finals of the 80m hurdles at the Berlin Olympics; wins final the next day but can’t match the time
1936 Ken Carpenter (50.48 Olympic record) and Gordon Dunn make it an American 1-2 in the men’s discus throw at the Berlin Olympics
1940 St Louis Brown’s pitcher John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings (rain shortened)
1948 A Jamaican 1-2 in the men’s 400m at the London Olympics with Arthur Wint (46.2) beating teammate Herb McKenley for the gold medal
1948 A Swedish sweep of the medals in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Olympics with Tore Sjöstrand taking gold ahead of teammates Erik Elmsäter & Göte Hagström
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