Events in History

64 Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero

1334 Bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by artist Giotto di Bondone

1925 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, original title was the catchy “Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice”

1936 Spanish Civil War: General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leads an uprising in the Spanish army stationed in Morocco

2012 Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea and given the rank of Marshal in the Korean People’s Army

2013 Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion

2023 Wildfire season in British Columbia becomes the most destructive on record, burning 14,100 square kilometers of land, with 390 fires still alight (surpassing 2018 record) [1]

Events in Flim and TV

1952 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting

1959 “The Nun’s Story” based on the novel by Kathryn Hulme, starring Audrey Hepburn premieres in Los Angeles

1970 WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1988 Shooting begins on Bond film “License to Kill”

1992 Sharon Belden, of Florida, 25, crowned Miss World USA

2013 46th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center

2018 Cliff Richard wins privacy case against the BBC, for reporting he was being investigated over historic child sexual assaults

2020 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mumbai

Events in Music

1942 1st performances of “Chôros No. 6” and “Chôros No. 11” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, with the composer conducting Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1948 Emmerich Kálmán’s dramatic operetta “Marinka” opens at Winter Garden Theater (later transferring to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre), NYC; runs for 168 performances

1953 Elvis Presley pays $3.98 to make his first demo, at Sun Studio in Memphis, records “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”. Reportedly gives the record to his mother as a belated birthday present.

1970 Revival of Sandy Wilson’s musical “The Boy Friend”, starring Judy Carne and Sandy Duncan, closes at Ambassador Theater, NYC, after 111 performances

1976 “Something’s Afoot” closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances

1980 Billy Joel‘s “Glass Houses” album tops US charts, featuring “It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me”

1982 “Blues in the Night” closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 performances

1994 “Kiss From a Rose” released by Seal (Grammy Record of the Year and Song of the Year)

Events in Sports

1878 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-7

1893 Australian Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord’s

1893 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-8, 6-1, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive and 5th overall Wimbledon singles title

1896 George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket

1896 Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji completes an unbeaten 154 on Test cricket debut for England in 2nd Test against Australia at Old Trafford

1896 US Open Men’s Golf, Shinnecock Hills: American-based Scot James Foulis wins by 3 strokes ahead of Englishman Horace Rawlins

1912 Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings

1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk

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Events in History

622 Muslim Era begins – Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra)

1054 The Great Schism between Western and Eastern churches begins when Roman Cardinal Humbert issues a bull of excommunication against Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, on the altar of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople

1519 Public debate between Martin Luther and theologian Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, during which Luther denies the divine right of the Pope

1809 La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva led by Pedro Domingo Murillo, the first independent government in Spanish America

1940 Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion)

Events in Flim and TV

1938 John Murray and Allen Boretz’s stage comedy “Room Service”, starring Sam Levene, Eddie Albert, and Phillip Loeb, closes at the Cort Theatre, NYC, after 500 performances

1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, Minnesota (NBC) 1st broadcast

1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad & Tobago crowned 26th Miss Universe

1988 Landmark Japanese animated cyberpunk manga film “Akira” released, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo [1]

1990 Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA

1990 Rick Dee’s “Into the Night” premieres on ABC-TV

1994 Wendy Wasserstein‘s stage play “The Sisters Rosensweig”, starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances

2001 “Jurassic Park III”, starring Sam Neill and William H. Macy, premieres in the US

Events in Music

1782 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s opera “Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)” premieres in Vienna with Mozart conducting

1966 David Heneker’s musical “Half a Sixpence”, starring Tommy Steels, and based on H.G. Well’s 1905 novel “Kipps”, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 511 performances

1967 American pop-rock group “The Monkees” perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;

1967 British rock band “The Who” begin 1st full US tour, appearing at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California, and then going coast-to-coast opening for Herman’s Hermits

1967 Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell makes her Newport Folk Festival debut at a songwriters’ workshop performance in Newport, Rhode Island

1972 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles final live performance, in Washington D.C.

1994 “The Three Tenors” Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers wathc worldwide broadcast

1995 Bob Telson, Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis’s musical “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s 1981 novella, closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 55 performances

Events in Sports

1883 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

1888 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 3-time runner-up Ernest Renshaw wins his lone major title; beats defending champion Herbert Lawford 6-3, 7-5, 6-0

1895 Lancashire batsman Archie MacLaren scores the first-ever quadruple-hundred (424) in first-class cricket against Somerset at Taunton

1896 Indian born K S Ranjitsinhji debuts for England v Australia in 2nd Test at Old Trafford; first Indian to play Test cricket

1902 John McGraw officially becomes manager of MLB New York Giants; 30 year tenure begins (1902-32)

1909 MLB Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators play longest scoreless game in AL history – 18 innings at Bennett Field in Detroit, Michigan [1]

1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)

1924 NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games

Events in History

1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes

631 Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000

1776 Continental Congress creates committee to draft a Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as members

1963 US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”

1987 Margaret Thatcher is the first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term

2009 The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years

2014 Islamic State of Iraq forces seize control of government offices and other important buildings in the northern city of Mosul

Events in Flim and TV

1892 The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia

1953 “Amos ‘n Andy” TV Comedy, also radio from ’29; last aired on CBS

1961 “Winston Churchill” last airs on ABC-TV

1976 “Magnificent Marble Machine” last airs on NBC-TV

1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World

1984 Michael Larson shown winning record $110,237 on American TV game show “Press Your Luck” by memorizing patterns

1986 “Blacke’s Magic” last airs on NBC-TV

1993 “Jurassic Park”, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million

1993 “Scattergories” game show last airs on NBC-TV

1993 “Scrabble,” second run,” TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV

1994 “Meet The Flintstones” by The B-52’s (stylized for this release as The B.C. 52’s) from the 1994 film The Flintstones peaks at #33

Events in Music

1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference on a traffic island in the middle of Michigan Avenue

1966 “(I’m A) Road Runner” by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20

1966 “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3

1966 “On A Clear Day You…” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 performances

1966 “Skyscraper” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 performances

1966 “Sloop John B” by The Beach Boys hits #1 in UK

1983 “Always Something There To Remind Me” by Naked Eyes peaks at #8

1983 “Cool Places” by Sparks & Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49

Events in Sports

1898 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms riding Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75

1904 Chicago Cubs pitcher Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0

1907 George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket

1919 51st Belmont: Johnny Loftus riding Sir Barton wins by 5 lengths over Sweep On; first Trip Crown winner

1927 59th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6

1938 Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0

1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days

1938 England cricket team declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge

1938 French Championships Men’s Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam

1938 French Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-French final Simonne Mathieu wins first of consecutive titles; beats Nelly Adamson 6-0, 6-3

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Events in History

1940 Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel

1985 French foreign intelligence agents blow up the Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor, New Zealand to prevent it interfering with French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira is killed.

1991 Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected President of the Russian Federation

2012 The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages

Events in Flim and TV

1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, Rhode Island (NBC) begins broadcasting

1950 “Your Hit Parade” premieres on NBC-TV (later CBS), after being broadcast on radio from 1935

1981 Walt Disney’s “Fox & The Hound” released

Events in Music

1948 Jerome Moross and John Latouche’a musical “Ballet Ballads” closes at Music Box Theater, NYC, after 62 performances

1964 The Beatles release “A Hard Day’s Night”, their 3rd studio album

1965 Beatles’ “VI” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

1965 Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

1977 “Happy End” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 75 performances

1984 Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon convicted of murdering his mother and sentenced 16 years to life in prison. Diagnosed with schizophrenia after the killing, he is serving time in a medical / psychiatric prison, and has been denied parole 10 times as of 2018. [1]

Events in Sports

1884 First day of Test Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester (1st Test, England v Australia) is washed out

1929 Pittsburgh Pirates outslug Philadelphia Phillies, 15-9 at the Baker Bowl; 9 HRs hit, 1 in each inning – unique in MLB history

1934 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC

1938 “Yankee Clipper” completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic

1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.

1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1

1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington

1964 Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field

1968 US Major League baseball announces it will split into 2 divisions for 1969

1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1990 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)

Events in History

1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on

1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, will become the 1st European to reach India by sea

1777 Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution, prohibiting slavery

1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives the first cowpox vaccination in the United States to his son to prevent smallpox

1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade

1948 500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow

1949 South Africa’s Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences, prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other races [1]

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Events in Flim and TV

1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast

1982 15th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego

2005 Marvel superhero film “The Fantastic Four” starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis premieres

2010 “Inception”, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premieres in London

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Events in Music

1946 “Tidbits of 1946” opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances

1949 Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson, 1st black players for New York Giants, 4-3 loss to Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field

1974 David Bowie‘s begins 6 consecutive nights of his “Diamond Dogs” tour at Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania; several shows were recorded and released as the double LP “David Live” later in the year

1982 “7 Brides for 7 Brothers” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 performances

1988 American rockers and brothers Chico & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking charges

1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992; he does not follow through

1996 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single “Wannabe” in the UK

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Events in Sports

1889 John L. Sullivan successfully defends last officially sanctioned, bare-knuckle world heavyweight prizefighting championship; Jake Kilrain’s trainer throws in towel after 75 x 1-minute rounds near Hattiesburg, Mississippi

1889 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw wins his 7th Wimbledon singles title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0

1898 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Red Donahue no-hits Boston Beaneaters, 5-0 at the Baker Bowl

1902 Baltimore manager John McGraw is accused by AL President Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Orioles & Washington Senators; negotiates his release from the Orioles, having already signed with NY Giants

1905 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Home town favourite Laurence Doherty wins his 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats Norman Brookes of Australia 8-6 6-2 6-4

1905 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: May Sutton becomes first American player to win the singles title at Wimbledon; beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-4

1911 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret

1912 Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight

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