• 0418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
• 1526 - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal
• 1535 - Bishop Tom s de Berlanga discovers Gal pagos Islands
• 1578 - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir œ20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion
• 1624 - England declares war on Spain
• 1629 - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
• 1661 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
• 1681 - English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
• 1734 - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
• 1789 - Franklin College founded (1787?)
• 1791 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
• 1791 - Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
• 1847 - 1st money minted in Hawaii
• 1849 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so
• 1862 - Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
• 1862 - US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
• 1864 - Grant is named commander of the Union armies
• 1864 - Red River campaign LA
• 1865 - Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
• 1874 - Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
• 1876 - 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
• 1880 - General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
• 1880 - Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
• 1888 - 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Psyche"
• 1888 - HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
• 1893 - Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
• 1893 - New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
• 1896 - Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
• 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
• 1896 - After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
• 1900 - Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
• 1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
• 1903 - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
• 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games
• 1905 - Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
• 1906 - 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"
• 1906 - Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
• 1906 - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
• 1909 - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
• 1910 - China ends slavery
• 1910 - Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
• 1913 - Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
• 1913 - William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300
• 1914 - Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
• 1915 - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
• 1920 - NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators
• 1922 - KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
• 1922 - state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa
• 1925 - Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
• 1926 - Run on Belgian banks
• 1927 - Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes
• 1927 - Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
• 1931 - British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
• 1933 - Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif
• 1933 - Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics
• 1934 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
• 1934 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis
• 1934 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
• 1939 - 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
• 1940 - 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
• 1941 - Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
• 1945 - Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
• 1945 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence
• 1945 - Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army
• 1945 - Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
• 1945 - US troops lands on Mindanao
• 1946 - Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil
• 1948 - 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
• 1949 - Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
• 1951 - "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs
• 1951 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
• 1952 - Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
• 1956 - General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
• 1956 - Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
• 1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
• 1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck
• 1959 - Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in NYC
• 1959 - Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
• 1960 - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
• 1962 - Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
• 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
• 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse
• 1964 - US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
• 1965 - Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
• 1966 - 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
• 1966 - Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
• 1966 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
• 1968 - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington NZ (200 killed)
• 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr
• 1970 - Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
• 1970 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
• 1971 - Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
• 1972 - 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana)
• 1972 - Gen Lon Nol becomes pres & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia
• 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1973 - BPAA US Open by Mike McGrath
• 1973 - Morocco adopts constitution
• 1974 - "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances
• 1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
• 1974 - Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
• 1974 - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 v Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
• 1975 - "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
• 1975 - Dog spectacles patented in England
• 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO
• 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
• 1980 - Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
• 1982 - Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
• 1982 - Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
• 1982 - Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
• 1982 - Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame
• 1983 - Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
• 1984 - Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
• 1985 - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
• 1985 - Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
• 1985 - French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)
• 1985 - Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
• 1985 - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
• 1985 - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
• 1986 - Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame
• 1987 - Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer
• 1988 - Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles
• 1988 - NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
• 1990 - 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
• 1990 - Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS)
• 1990 - Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
• 1990 - Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
• 1990 - Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti
• 1990 - Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
• 1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1991 - Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
• 1991 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
• 1991 - Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
• 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
• 1991 - Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Sch”nlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
• 1992 - 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win
• 1992 - Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
• 1994 - 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
• 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
• 1995 - Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
• 1995 - Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
• 1996 - 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
• 1996 - NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
• 1998 - 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1452 - Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews)
• 1503 - Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64)
• 1538 - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572)
• 1628 - Constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist
• 1656 - Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician
• 1698 - Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer
• 1713 - Christian Friedrich Schale, composer
• 1713 - Raphael Weiss, composer
• 1748 - John Playfair, Scotland, clergyman/geologist/mathematician
• 1755 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer
• 1771 - Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian (Idea und Probe)
• 1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, Germany, romantic writer/critic (Lucinde)
• 1776 - Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III
• 1780 - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer
• 1787 - William Etty, English painter (nudes)
• 1788 - Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet (Das Marmorbild)
• 1809 - William David Porter, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1864
• 1810 - John McCloskey, US, pres of St John's College (Fordham U)
• 1812 - Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
• 1818 - George Wythe Randolph, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1867
• 1822 - Willem Roelofs, Dutch painter/lithographer
• 1824 - Thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
• 1832 - William Henry Penrose, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
• 1833 - Pedro Antonio de Alarc¢n, Spain, writer (Three-Cornered Hat)
• 1839 - Dudley Buck, Hartford, Ct, organist/church composer
• 1842 - Ina Donna Coolbrith, US, poet laureate of Calif
• 1844 - Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing)
• 1845 - Alexander III A Romanov, Russian tsar (1881-94)
• 1850 - Mary Mills Patrick, US, 1st pres of Istanbul Woman's College
• 1865 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
• 1867 - Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses)
• 1870 - Alfred Kastner, composer
• 1872 - Felix Borowski, composer
• 1873 - Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew)
• 1875 - Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer
• 1877 - David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡ao, poet
• 1877 - David Mendes Chumaceiro, Cura‡ao, poet (Cris lidas)
• 1878 - Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God at Sea)
• 1880 - Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter
• 1884 - Stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
• 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way)
• 1888 - Krsto Odak, composer
• 1891 - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP)
• 1892 - Arthur Oscar Honnegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David)
• 1892 - Eva Turner, British soprano
• 1896 - Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon)
• 1896 - Nancy Cunard, writer
• 1898 - Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
• 1899 - Finn Hoffding, composer
• 1900 - Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club)
• 1903 - Bix Biederbecke, rocker
• 1905 - Rene Bernier, composer
• 1907 - Robert de Roos, composer
• 1908 - Carl Albert, US speaker of house (1971-77)
• 1908 - Kristian Palusalu, Finland, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1909 - Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost
• 1911 - Warner Anderson, Bkln, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place)
• 1914 - Chandler Harper, golfer (1950 PGA champ)
• 1916 - James Herriot, Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small)
• 1916 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
• 1918 - Heywood Hale Broun, journalist
• 1920 - Jethro Burnsburns, country singer (Homer & Jethro)
• 1921 - Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger)
• 1921 - Paul Coates, NYC, columnist (Tonight! America After Dark)
• 1922 - Adam Kennedy, Lafayette Ind, actor (Dion-Californian)
• 1922 - Pamela Mason, London, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters)
• 1923 - Ara Parseghian, football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame)
• 1923 - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro)
• 1925 - Ed van der Elsken, movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis)
• 1925 - M J J A [Sef] Imkamp, Dutch politician (D66)
• 1926 - Marques Haynes, NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters)
• 1927 - Claude Laydu, actress (Diary of a Country Priest)
• 1927 - Donn Trenner, New Haven Ct, orch leader (ABC's Nightlife)
• 1927 - Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer/painter/sculptor
• 1928 - Arthur Milton, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's)
• 1928 - James Earl Ray, assassin (Martin Luther King Jr)
• 1930 - Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer
• 1930 - Sandor Iharos, athlete
• 1932 - Anatoliy Roschin, USSR, super heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1933 - Bernadetta Matuszczak, composer
• 1934 - Judith Jamison, artistic director (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater)
• 1935 - Gary Owens, announcer (Laugh-in)
• 1936 - Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King)
• 1937 - Oscar Abrams, community organizer
• 1938 - Ijaz Butt, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60)
• 1938 - Marina Vlady, Clichy France, actress (Conjugal Bed, The Hunt)
• 1938 - Ron Mix, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders)
• 1939 - Irina Press, USSR, 80m hurdles/Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
• 1940 - Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], OK, martial arts actor (Missing in Action)
• 1940 - David Rabe, Dubuque Iowa, playwright (Streamers)
• 1940 - Dean Torrence, LA Cal, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady)
• 1940 - Francis Schwartz, composer
• 1940 - Wayne Dyer, psychologist (Universe Within You)
• 1941 - Daniel Kirkland Lentz, composer
• 1941 - Piotr Warzecha, composer
• 1941 - Sandra Palmer, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic)
• 1943 - Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer
• 1943 - Angelique Pettyjohn, LA Calif, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek)
• 1943 - Stephen Montague, composer
• 1945 - Katharine Houghton, Hartford, actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
• 1946 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper)
• 1947 - Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's 1st female premier (1993- )
• 1947 - Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author
• 1947 - Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
• 1948 - Austin Carr, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1948 - Eddie Grundy, rocker
• 1950 - Ted McKenna, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
• 1952 - Oupa J Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant (Ciskei)
• 1953 - Caroline H "Carolien" van de Berg, actress (Havinck)
• 1955 - Bunny DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge)
• 1955 - Juliusz Machulski, Poland, director/writer/actor (Do It Yourself)
• 1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
• 1956 - Janet Anderson, West Sunbury PA, LPGA golfer (1982 US Women's Open)
• 1957 - Adolfo Horta, Camaguey Cuba, HW boxer (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1957 - Shannon Lee Tweed, St Johns NF, playmate (Nov 1981)/actr (Meatballs 3)
• 1958 - Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino)
• 1960 - Linda Jezek, Calif, backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979)
• 1961 - Jesse Sapolu, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
• 1961 - Laurel B Clark, Ames Iowa, Lt cmdr USN/astronaut
• 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, CA, gymnist (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem)
• 1962 - Andre Waters, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1962 - Gary Clark, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
• 1963 - Jasmine Guy, Boston Mass, actress (Whitley-Different World)
• 1963 - John Cangelosi, Brooklyn NY, outfielder (Houston Astros)
• 1964 - Cynthia Brimhall, Ogden Utah, playmate (Oct, 1985)
• 1964 - Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II grandson
• 1964 - Greg Campbell, cricketer (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90)
• 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer (Money Love)
• 1965 - Paul Masotti, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1965 - Rod Woodson, NFL cornerback/kick returner (Pitts Steelers, SF 49ers)
• 1966 - Edie Brickell, Mrs Paul Simon/rocker (& New Bohemians)
• 1966 - Michael Timlin, Midland TX, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1966 - Stephen Mailer, NYC, actor (Red Meat, League of Their Own, War & Love)
• 1967 - Derrick Graham, guard (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1969 - Jay Hillmann, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
• 1969 - Ricky Seagall, rocker (Partridge Family)
• 1969 - Stephen Leaney, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th)
• 1970 - Antonio Edwards, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1971 - Frank Habermann, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Morris Unutoa, corner (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1971 - Shad Williams, Fresno CA, pitcher (California Angels)
• 1972 - Jack Kellogg, WLAF CB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1973 - Eva Herzigova, Litvinov Czech, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra)
• 1975 - Stefan Bergkvist, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
• 1976 - Barbara Schett, Innsbruck Austria, tennis star
• 1977 - Shannon Miller, Rolla MO, gymnast (Oly2 gold-2 silver/3 bronze-92, 96)