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1276, AUGSBURG became an IMPERIAL FREE CITY.
| 1500, the thirteen-ship fleet of navigator PEDRO ÁLVARES CABRAL set sail from PORTUGAL on a western journey to INDIA. The flotilla navigated so far off course, that it discovered, and claimed, BRAZIL on APRIL 22.
1562, the ITALIAN city off NAPLES banned kissing in public. If caught, the punishment was death. | | 
CABRAL SET SAIL
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1617, THE "PEACE OF STOLBOWA" ended a military conflict between RUSSIA and SWEDEN.
1697, RUSSIAN TSAR PETER THE GREAT began a tour of WESTERN EUROPE.
1776, ADAM SMITH published his book on economics, "THE WEALTH OF NATIONS".
NAPOLEON MARRIED
JOSEPHINE
1796, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE wed JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS.
1798, DR. GEORGE BALFOUR became the U-S NAVY'S first surgeon.
1820, PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE'S daughter, MARIA, married at the WHITE HOUSE.
1822, CHARLES GRAHAM of NEW YORK received a patent for his invention of false teeth.
1841, in the AMISTAD case, the U-S SUPREME COURT ruled that the captive AFRICANS, who seized control of their slave-trading vessel in 1839, had been captured illegally.
1842, GIUSEPPE VERDI'S third opera, "NABUCCO", debuted at LA SCALA in MILAN.
1844, GIUSEPPE VERDI'S opera, "HERNANI", debuted in VENICE.
BATTLE OF IRONCLADS
1862, two ironclads, the UNION'S "USS MONITOR" and the CONFEDERACY'S "CSS VIRGINIA", rebuilt on the hull of the "USS MERRIMACK", fought to a draw after a five-hour encounter at HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA.
1864, ABRAHAM LINCOLN appointed ULYSSES S. GRANT the COMMANDER OF THE UNION ARMIES.
1868, an operatic version of "HAMLET" premiered in PARIS, FRANCE.
1897, GUSTAV MAHLER'S "THIRD SYMPHONY" debuted in BERLIN, GERMANY.
1907, INDIANA enacted the first involuntary-sterilization law in the UNITED STATES.
PANCHO RAIDED COLUMBUS
| | 1916, a guerilla force led by MEXICO'S PANCHO VILLA attacked the border town and military camp of COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO, killing 17. Seven days later, U-S GENERAL "BLACK JACK" PERSHING would lead a punitive expedition into MEXICO. |
1918, the RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIK PARTY became the COMMUNIST PARTY.
| 1922, EUGENE O'NEILLS play, "THE HAIRY APE", opened at the PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE in NEW YORK.
1923, the MONTREAL CANADIENS, beating the OTTAWA SENATORS in two-straight games, won the NHL CHAMPIONSHIP. |
"HAIRY APE" OPENED
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1924, ITALY annexed FIUME (now RIJEKA in CROATIA.
1932, EAMON DE VALERA became the president of IRELAND.
1933, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT introduced the presidential "100-day grace period" when he convened CONGRESS in special session to quickly enact his NEW DEAL legislation. The same day, WARNER BROTHERS released the film-musical "42ND STREET", starring WARNER BAXTER, BEBE DANIELS, GEORGE BRENT, RUBY KEELER, UNA MERKEL, GINGER ROGERS, and DICK POWELL.
1936, retired-ballplayer BABE RUTH turned down an offer to make a comeback with the CINCINATTI REDS.
1937, MGM began production on the film "THE PRISONER OF ZENDA", starring RONALD COLMAN.
ALCAN HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN
1942, construction began on the ALASKA (ALCAN) HIGHWAY. It was completed in eight months.
1945, 334 AMERICAN "B-29" SUPERFORTRESSES blasted TOKYO, JAPAN, with a deadly fire bombing. The sorties killed over 100,000 JAPANESE.
1946, slugger TED WILLIAMS turned down a $500,000 offer to play baseball in the MEXICAN LEAGUE.
1947, DICK BUTTON won the U-S MEN'S FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP.
"FORT APACHE" RELEASED
| | 1948, ARGOSY PICTURES released "FORT APACHE", a JOHN FORD film in his CAVALRY TRILOGY, starring JOHN WAYNE, HENRY FONDA, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, PEDRO ARMENDÁRIZ, WARD BOND, and VICTOR MCLAGLEN. |
Also in 1948, RKO released the film "I REMEMBER MAMA", starring IRENE DUNNE, BARBARA BEL GEDDES, OSKAR HOMOLKA, PHILIP DORN, CEDRIC HARDWICKE, EDGAR BERGEN, and RUDY VALLEE.
1949, MGM released the film-musical "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME", starring FRANK SINATRA, ESTHER WILLIAMS, GENE KELLY, BETTY GARRETT, and EDWARD ARNOLD.
1950, WILLIE SUTTON knocked off the MANUFACTURERS BANK in NEW YORK to the tune of $64,000.
1953, JOSEF STALIN was buried in MOSCOW.
MURROW ATTACKED
MCCARTHY
1954, EDWARD R. MURROW'S CBS television show, "SEE IT NOW", launched a critical attack on WISCONSIN SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY -- and his anti-COMMUNISM polemics.
1955, MATTHEW HENSON, co-conqueror of the NORTH POLE, died at 88.
ALASKAN/HAWAIIAN
TSUNAMI
1957, an earthquake, 8.3 on the RICHTER SCALE, struck south of the ANDREANOF ISLANDS in ALASKA. It triggered a tsunami (aka tidal wave) which caused $5-million damage in HAWAII.
MATTEL INTRODUCED
BARBIE®
1959, MATTEL introduced the BARBIE® doll. At $3.00 each, the company sold 351,000 the first year. The same day, FRANKIE AVALON'S "VENUS" topped the pop-singles charts.
1960, 20TH CENTURY FOX released the musical "CAN CAN", starring FRANK SINATRA, SHIRLEY MACLAINE, MAURICE CHEVALIER, LOUIS JOURDAN, and JULIET PROWSE.
1961, the SOVIET UNION launched "SPUTNIK NINE" with a dog on board. The canine, CHERNUSHKA (BLACKIE), became the first animal to reach orbit and return to EARTH.
1963, the BEATLES began their first BRITISH tour, opening for TOMMY ROE and CHRIS MONTEZ. |
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FIRST DOG IN SPACE
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"NEW YORK TIMES V. SULLIVAN" DECISION
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1964, the SUPREME COURT ruled in "NEW YORK TIMES V. SULLIVAN" that office holders had little, if any, legal redress when libeled by news organizations. The same day, ELVIS PRESLEY began filming "ROUSTABOUT". |
1965, three UNITARIAN ministers were attacked with clubs on the streets of SELMA, ALABAMA, while participating in a civil rights demonstration. One, the REVEREND JAMES REEB, later died from injuries sustained. 1966, BOB DYLAN recorded "RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35".
1967, in HOLLYWOOD, the BUCKINGHAM'S recorded a vocal version of a CANNONBALL ADDERLEY tune, "MERCY, MERCY, MERCY".
1967, SVETLANA ALLILUYEVA, JOSEF STALIN'S daughter, defected to the UNITED STATES.
"SGT. PEPPER" WON
MULTI-GRAMMYS®
1968, the BEATLES' "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" received GRAMMYS® for "ALBUM OF THE YEAR", "BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM", "BEST CONTEMPORARY ALBUM", and "BEST ALBUM COVER".
1969, CBS TELEVISION announced plans to dump the "SMOTHERS BROTHERS' COMEDY HOUR", due to remarks made by JOAN BAEZ on the show.
1974, in NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, the rock-group BAD COMPANY performed its first concert. The same day, "THE GRAND OLE OPRY" last appeared (on a weekly basis) at NASHVILLE'S RYMAN AUDITORIUM; and in ENGLAND, the group BAD COMPANY, with members from defunct groups like FREE, KING CRIMSON, and MOTT the HOOPLE, performed for the first time.
1975, construction on the ALASKAN OIL PIPELINE began.
1976, WEST POINT accepted its first women cadets. The same day, QUEEN'S album, "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA", was certified gold by the RIAA.
1978, CHARLES TICKNER won the MEN'S WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP in OTTAWA. EAST GERMANY'S ANETT POTZSCH won the women's title.
1979, ABC-TELEVISION broadcast the documentary "HEROES OF ROCK AND ROLL", featuring artists like ELVIS PRESLEY, CHUCK BERRY, BUDDY HOLLY, and the BEATLES.
"SPLASH" RELEASED
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1984, TOUCHSTONE PICTURES released the RON HOWARD comedy, "SPLASH", starring TOM HANKS, DARYL HANNAH, EUGENE LEVY, JOHN CANDY, DODY GOODMAN, and SHECKY GREENE. |
1985, KATARINA WITT won the WOMEN'S WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP in TOKYO.
1987, the CHRYSLER CORPORATION offered to buy AMERICAN MOTORS for $1-billion. The same day, the rock-group U-2 released its "JOSHUA TREE" album.
| 1989, "THE HEIDI CHRONICLES", starring JOAN ALLEN, opened at the PLYMOUTH THEATRE in NEW YORK for a run of 622 performances. | |
"HEIDI CHRONICLES" OPENED
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Also in 1989, the U-S SENATE rejected PRESIDENT BUSH'S nomination of JOHN TOWER as SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
1992, former ISRAELI prime-minister MENACHEM BEGIN died at 85.
1993, GARTH BROOKS and WHITNEY HOUSTON won "FAVORITE MALE AND FEMALE MUSICAL PERFORMERS" on television's "PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS". The same day, bandleader BOB CROSBY, brother of BING, died at 79.
1994, the IRA launched a mortar attack -- the first of three -- on ENGLAND'S HEATHROW AIRPORT. The same day, POLYGRAM released the film "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL", starring HUGH GRANT and ANDIE MACDOWELL.
1995, major-league baseball awarded a franchise to the TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS. The same day, a revival of the play "THE HEIRESS" opened at the CORT THEATRE in NEW YORK for a run of 340 performances.
GEORGE DIED
AT 100
| | 1996, comedian-actor GEORGE BURNS died at 100 in BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA.
1997, in LOS ANGELES, a drive-by shooting killed gangsta-rapper "NOTORIOUS B-I-G" (aka CHRISTOPHER WALLACE). |
2000, REPUBLICAN JOHN MCCAIN and DEMOCRAT BILL BRADLEY conceded their parties' nominations to GEORGE W. BUSH and AL GORE. The same day, international-sing IVO ROBIĆ died at 77 in RIJEKA, CROATIA.
2001, released the film-drama "15 MINUTES", starring ROBERT DE NIRO, EDWARD BURNS, and KELSEY GRAMMER. It had premiered on the FIRST.
2004, convicted DC sniper JOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD received the death penalty in VIRGINIA. The same day in HOLLYWOOD HILLS, CALIFORNIA, actor ROBERT PASTORELLI died at 49 from a heroin overdose.
2005, DAN RATHER anchored his final "CBS EVENING NEWS". The same day, the "CASSINI" spacecraft (at a distance of 500 miles) discovered liquid water on SATURN'S sixth-largest moon, ENCELADUS.
2007, rock-singer BRAD DELP, lead vocalist for the rock-group BOSTON, died (a suicide) at 55 in ATKINSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Composer MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839)
Entertainer EDDIE FOY (1856)
Soviet-Politician VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV (1890)
Actor WILL GEER (1902)
Writer MICKEY SPILLANE (1918)
Actor CARL BETZ (1921)
Cosmonaut YURI GAGARIN (1934)
Actor RAUL JULIA (1940)
Chess-Great BOBBY FISCHER (1943)
Baseball-Player DOUG AULT (1950)
Irish-Activist BOBBY SANDS (1954)
Singer KEELY SMITH is 78
Singer LLOYD PRICE is 77
Actress JOYCE VAN PATTEN is 76
Actor MARTY INGELS is 74
Singer MICKEY GILLEY is 74
Singer MARK LINDSAY is 68
News-Anchor CHARLES GIBSON is 67
Guitarist ROBIN TROWER of PROCOL HARUM is 65
Actress TRISH VAN DEVERE is 64
Singer JIMMIE FADDEN of the NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND is 62
Singer JEFFREY OSBORNE is 62
Left-Wing Journalist MICHAEL KINSLEY is 59
Actress LINDA FIORENTINO is 50
Actress JULIETTE BINOCHE is 47
Actor EMMANUEL LEWIS is 39
Actor KERR SMITH is 38
Baseball-Player AARON BOONE is 37
Football-Player ANTONIO BRYANT is 29
Actress BRITTANY SNOW is 24
Rapper BOW WOW is 23
Actor LUIS ARMAND GARCIA is 18
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