1680 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet)
1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1908 Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light
1920 The Russian Bolshevik army occupies Sebastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain the government of Russia

1524 Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1550 Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1675 Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
1680 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet)
1698 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
1732 First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia

1957 Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champion
1965 KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West’s best seller “The Shoes of the Fisherman”
1976 “Network”, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch and William Holden, premieres in Los Angeles and New York City (Finch – Academy Awards Best Actor 1977)
1980 Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1985 Holmfriour Karlsdottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World

1908 Oscar Strauss’ musical “Der tapfere Soldat” premieres in Vienna
1952 First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express
1959 “Girls against the Boys” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
1960 Ray Charles‘ single “Georgia On My Mind” reaches #1
1964 “Fade Out-Fade In” closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
1964 “Folies Bergere” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
1964 “Oliver!” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
1965 “Baker Street” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances

1888 St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1936 More than 21,000 watch Don Bradman score 192 for South Australia v Victoria in a drawn Sheffield Shield match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1943 Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
1957 Milwaukee Brave Hank Aaron wins NL MVP
1964 Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
1973 Canada begins production of Olympic coins
1973 Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
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