Events in History
1461 Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor
1714 The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden
1933 The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
1955 Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan
1990 US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield
2015 US Presidential candidate Donald Trump says in a CNN interview that news anchor Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”
Events in Flim and TV
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Events in Music
1926 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin‘s musical “The Cocoanuts” starring the Marx Brothers closes at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, after 276 performances; later adapted as a film
1949 “All After Love” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 121 performances
1954 Jerome Moross and John Treville Latouche’s “Golden Apple”, adapted from parts of Homer’s “Illiad” and “Odyssey”, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC after, 125 performances
1970 British keyboard playing singer-songwriter Christine McVie (née Perfect) joins rock band Fleetwood Mac
1977 Gary Geld and Peter Udell’s musical “Shenandoah”, based on the film of the same name, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 1,050 performances and 2 Tony Awards
1980 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin recording sessions for their “Double Fantasy” album at the Hit Factory, NYC
1983 Richard Levinson, William Link, Elmer Bernstein. and Don Black’s musical “Merlin”, starring magician Doug Henning and Chita Rivera, closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 199 performances
1984 Harmonica Frank [Floyd], American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player dies of lung cancer and diabetes complications at 75
1986 “Honky Tonk Nights” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 4 performances
1993 “Camelot” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 56 performances
1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in NYC’s Central Park for HBO, later releasing it as Garth: Live from Central Park
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Events in Sports
Source: www.onthisday.com
1903 Tommy Corcoran sets MLB record for shortstops when he records 14 assists in Cincinnati’s 4 – 2 win v St. Louis Cardinals
1915 Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins the first Champ Car race ever to average over 100mph at a 100-mile race in Chicago; average speed 101.8mph
1936 A Finnish quinella in the 5,000m final at the Berlin Olympics; Gunnar Höckert runs an Olympic record to beat teammate Lauri Lehtinen
1936 Argentina wins the polo gold medal beating Great Britain 11-0 in the final at the Berlin Olympics; final time the sport is contested at the Olympics
1936 Twenty-two nations line-up as the first basketball competition in the Olympics Games starts in Berlin; Estonia beats France 34-29 in the first game
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