Events in History
1121 Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
1480 Battle of Otranto – Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam
1851 American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine
1908 Henry Ford‘s company builds the first Model T car
1981 IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0)
Events in Flim and TV
1927 “Wings”, one of only two silent films – the other being The Artist in 2011 – to win an Oscar for best picture, opens starring Clara Bow (Outstanding Picture 1929)
1955 WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1972 Revival of Stephen Sondheim‘s musical-comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, starring Phil Silvers, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 156 performances
1980 Warner Bros, Records releases “One-Trick Pony”, the fifth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the song “Late in the Evening” and was accompanied by a dramatic film of the same name, written by and starring Simon
1999 Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled “MTV Unplugged”
Events in Music
1856 Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, is granted a second patent for improvements to the accordion (Patent No. 15511A)
1966 Last Beatle concert tour of North America begins with two shows at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois
1966 Longview, Texas radio station KLUE holds a “Beatles Bonfire” to burn Beatles records and memorabilia; station is struck by lightning the following day
1966 The Beatles hold press conference at the Astor Tower Hotel, in Chicago, Illinois; John Lennon apologizes for his “more popular than Jesus” remark
1972 “Oh! Calcutta!” closes at Belasco Theater in NYC after 1316 performances
1991 Heavy metal band Metallica release their 5th album “Metallica“; debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart
2015 US Postal Service issues a second postage stamp featuring rock singer Elvis Presley, as part of its Music Icon series; design is a black & white photograph taken by William Speer in 1955
2021 Britney Spear’s father says he will step down as her conservator after the singer called his conservatorship abusive, amid a #FreeBritney campaign
Events in Sports
1876 Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America’s Cup
1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
1884 Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval
1886 W. G. Grace makes his highest Test Cricket score, scoring 170 vs Australia at The Oval
1896 Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg
1928 IX Summer Olympic Games close in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1936 After 24 year absence a baseball demonstration game is played between 2 American teams at Berlin Olympics, World Champions beat US Olympics, 6-5
1936 American diver Marjorie Gestring wins 3m springboard gold at the Berlin Olympics, youngest Olympic gold medalist (13 years 268 days)
1936 The gymnastics competition at the Berlin Olympics concludes with Germany dominating, winning 6 of 9 gold medals including the men’s & women’s teams events
1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
1948 Indian maestro Balbir Singh Dosanjh scores twice as India beats Great Britain 4-0 for the field hockey gold medal at the London Olympics; India’s 4th consecutive Olympic hockey title
1948 The canoeing program at the London Olympics concludes with Sweden (4) and Czechoslovakia (3) dominant, combining for 7 of the 9 gold medals
1949 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)
1950 First international game by an NFL team, New York Giants beat CFL’s Ottawa Roughriders, 20-6 at Ottawa’s Lansdowne Stadium
1953 Ann Davison arrives in Miami in her 23 foot boat Felicity Ann, becoming the 1st woman to sail solo across the Atlantic
1960 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000)
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