Today’s Historical Events
1492 Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana”
1538 The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola
1746 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
1904 St Louis police try a new investigation method – fingerprints
1919 Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson‘s veto
1924 Miner M.de Bruin discovers the infant fossil skull, “Taung child” in a lime quarry in Taung, South Africa. Paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart identifies the fossil as a new hominin species, Australopithecus africanus.
Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV
1921 Amsterdam’s Tuschinski movie theater opens
Today’s Historical Events in Music
1828 Clara Wieck, age 9, makes her piano concert debut at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Clara Leipzig, Germany
Today’s Historical Events in Sports
1890 “World Championship” Baseball Series, Washington Park, NY: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-2 in Game 7 to tie series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted
1924 White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
1934 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play first of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Dodgers wins 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alpha Romeo; wins by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy
1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A’s to a Philadelphia syndicate
1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
1962 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes 2nd to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his 1st of 2 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
1962 NY Giant Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
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