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1251 BC, a solar eclipse was viewed in GREECE. Legend has it that the event marked the birth of GREEK-hero HERACLES.
70 AD, the ROMAN army of GENERAL TITUS captured and sacked JERUSALEM.
1191, in the THIRD CRUSADE, RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED defeated SALADIN at the "BATTLE OF ARSUF".
1652, the DUTCH defeated the ENGLISH fleet at the "BATTLE OF MONTE CHRISTO".
"TREATY OF BADEN"
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1714, the "TREATY OF BADEN", between FRANCE and the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, ended the WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION. |
"BATTLE OF BORODINO"
1812, NAPOLEON'S FRENCH army defeated the RUSSIAN army, led by MARSHAL MIKHAIL KUTUZOV, at the "BATTLE OF BORODINO" -- about 70 miles southwest of MOSCOW.
Also in 1822, at BLUE CUT, MISSOURI, JESSE JAMES, with the YOUNGER GANG, staged his last train robbery. Police captured COLE, BOB, and JIM YOUNGER.
1825 REVOLUTIONARY WAR hero, FRANCE'S MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE said goodbye to PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS at the WHITE HOUSE.
1858, the play "LOUIS XI", starring C-W COULDOCK, opened at LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE in NEW YORK.
1860, more than 380 died when the steamship "LADY ELGIN" sank on LAKE MICHIGAN.
1888, EDITH MCLEAN at two pounds, seven ounces became the first baby to be placed in an incubator -- then called a "hatching cradle".
CORBETT BEAT SULLIVAN
1892, in NEW ORLEANS, "GENTLEMAN" JIM CORBETT ko'd champ JOHN L. SULLIVAN in the 21st round of the first heavyweight-title fight fought under the "MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY RULES".
1896, in CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, A-H WHITING, averaging 24 miles per hour, won the first auto race held on a closed-circuit track.
"PEACE OF PEKING"
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1901, "THE PEACE OF PEKING (BOXER PROTOCOL)", humiliating the CHINESE monarchy, ended CHINA'S BOXER REBELLION. |
1907, sailing from LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, to NEW YORK CITY, the CUNARD LINE'S "RMS LUSITANIA" began her maiden voyage.
1909, while testing a new biplane in FRANCE, EUGENE LEFEBVRE became the first pilot to lose his life in an airplane.
1912, as PHILADELPHIA beat the DETROIT TIGERS, 9-7, the ATHLETICS' EDDIE COLLINS stole six bases -- a major-league record.
1914, the NEW YORK POST OFFICE BUILDING, bearing the inscription, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds", opened its doors to the public. The same day, PARAMOUNT released CECIL B. DEMILLE'S silent-film version of "THE VIRGINIAN", starring DUSTIN FARNUM.
 
RAGGEDY ANN
DOLL PATENTED
1915, former-cartoonist JOHN GRUELLE received a patent his RAGGEDY ANN doll. The same day, WILLIAM JOHNSTON won the U-S MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1916, CONGRESS passed the "WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT".
1918, noted-author F. SCOTT FITZGERALD met his future-wife ZELDA.
1923, BOSTON RED SOX pitcher HOWARD EHMKE no-hit the PHILADELPHIA A'S, 4-0. The same day, MARY KATHERINE CAMPBELL of OHIO became the second MISS AMERICA.
"CRADLE SNATCHERS" OPENED
1925, the play "THE CRADLE SNATCHERS", with HUMPHREY BOGART, opened at the MUSIC BOX THEATRE in NEW YORK for a run of 332 performances.
1933, PENNSYLVANIA voters overturned a blue law, which prohibited playing sports on SUNDAY. The same day, COLUMBIA PICTURES released FRANK CAPRA'S "LADY FOR A DAY", starring WARREN WILLIAM, MAY ROBSON, GUY KIBBEE, GLENDA FARRELL, NED SPARKS, WALTER CONNOLLY, JEAN PARKER, and NAT PENDLETON. CAPRA later recreated the film under the title, "A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES", starring BETTE DAVIS as "APPLE ANNIE".
1939, RADIO NEW YORK WORLDWIDE began transmission.
LONDON BLITZ BEGAN
1940, the LONDON BLITZ opened as the GERMAN LUFTWAFFE, losing over 40 bombers, began its concentrated attack with a raid on the SURREY DOCKS. The bombing would continue for 57-straight nights. The same day, ALICE MARBLE won the U-S WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1941, the first AMERICAN liberty ship, the "SS PATRICK HENRY", was launched. The same day, BOBBY RIGGS won the U-S MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1943, actors ORSON WELLES and RITA HAYWORTH wed. The same day, a fire at the broken-down GULF HOTEL in HOUSTON, TEXAS, killed more than 40 people.
1947, HINDUS and MOSLEMS skirmished in NEW DELHI, INDIA.
| 1949, after stopping production due to a broken-ankle, MAE WEST returned to her BROADWAY-comedy, "DIAMOND LIL" at the PLYMOUTH THEATRE in NEW YORK for a new run of 182 performances.
1950, COMMUNIST HUNGARY closed down the nation's monasteries. |
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"DIAMOND LIL" RE-OPENED
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Also in 1950, the radio game-show "TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES", starring RALPH EDWARDS, debuted on CBS-TV.
1952, MAUREEN "LITTLE MO" CONNOLLY won the U-S WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. FRANK SEDGMAN won the men's title. The same day, NEW YORK'S JOHNNY MIZE hit a pinch-hit, grand-slam home run as the YANKEES beat the SENATORS, 5-1, in WASHINGTON. MIZE had now hit a home run in all 15 major-league ballparks.
1953, for the third- straight year, MAUREEN CONNOLLY won the U-S WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. TONY TRABERT won the men's title.
1954, integration began in the schools of WASHINGTON, DC, and BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
1957, ALTHEA GIBSON won the U-S WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
1958, ALTHEA GIBSON again won the U-S WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF
FAME DEDICATED
1963, the NFL dedicated its PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME in CANTON, OHIO. The same day as their hit "SHE LOVES YOU" became the number-one single in ENGLAND, the BEATLES made one of their earliest AMERICAN-television appearances via film on ABC TELEVISION'S "BIG NIGHT OUT"; and DICK CLARK moved his "AMERICAN BANDSTAND", now a weekly TV show on ABC, to CALIFORNIA.
1966, comedian AL KELLY, the king of double talk, died at 67.
"FLYING NUN" DEBUTED
| | 1967, SALLY FIELDS debuted in ABC TELEVISION'S "THE FLYING NUN".
1969, SENATOR EVERETT DIRKSEN died at 73. The same day, "MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS" recorded its first program. |
Also in 1969, tennis-star ROD LAVER won the U-S OPEN MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP, while MARGARET COURT SMITH won the women's title.
1970, winning his 6,033rd race, jockey WILLIE SHOEMAKER established a new thoroughbred-racing record. The same day, losing both games, the CHICAGO WHITE SOX used a record 41 players in a doubleheader.
1971, actress SPRING BYINGTON died at 84. The same day, "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES" aired for the last time as a network show on CBS-TV.
1973, at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL, emcee LINDA LOVELACE, the notorious porn star, introduced rock-star ELTON JOHN with the statement, "Here he is, the biggest, largest, most-gigantic, and fantastic man, and the costar of my next movie." ELTON'S denial was quickly forthcoming.
1973, BRITISH race-driver JACKIE STEWART won the FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
1974, SHIRLEY COTHRAN of TEXAS was crowned the 47th MISS AMERICA.
1975, in tennis, MANUEL ORANTES won the U-S OPEN MEN'S SINGLES title.
| 1977, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER and PANAMANIAN GENERAL OMAR HERRERA signed the "PANAMA CANAL AGREEMENTS", placing the waterway in PANAMA'S control by the end of the 20TH CENTURY. The same day, ETHIOPIA broke diplomatic ties with SOMALIA. |
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"PANAMA CANAL AGREEMENTS" SIGNED
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1978, KEITH MOON, drummer for the WHO, died at 31 of a prescription-drug overdose. The same day, scientists first produced insulin through genetic engineering.
1979, ESPN (ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS PROGRAMMING NETWORK), cable television's first national-sports network, made its debut. The same day, the five-day MUSE concert opened at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN in NEW YORK.
"TAXI" WON EMMY®
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1980, the sitcom "TAXI" won an EMMY® as "OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES". The same day in tennis, JOHN MCENROE, beating BJORN BORG, won the 100TH U-S OPEN MEN'S SINGLES title. |
1981, JUDGE WAPNER'S "PEOPLE'S COURT" debuted as a syndicated television program. The same day, shooting began on the film "PINK FLOYD: THE WALL".
1984, former AMERICAN LEAGUE president JOE CRONIN died at 77.
1985, JOHN PARR'S recording, "ST. ELMOS FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)", became the nation's number-one single. The same day in tennis, HANA MANDLIKOVA won the U-S WOMEN'S OPEN SINGLES title; and "DANCING IN THE STREETS" by MICK JAGGER and DAVID BOWIE topped the singles-charts in BRITAIN.
| 1986, in SOUTH AFRICA, DESMOND TUTU became ARCHBISHOP OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH. The same day in tennis, MARTINA NAVRATILOVA won the 100TH U-S OPEN WOMEN'S SINGLES title; and five were killed, during a failed assassination attempt on CHILEAN-dictator AGUSTO PINOCHET. |
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DESMOND TUTU BECAME ARCHBISHOP
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1988, the NHL HALL OF FAME inducted PHIL ESPOSITO, GUY LAFLEUR, and BRAD PARK. The same day, the "NEW YORK DAILY NEWS" reported that boxer MIKE TYSON had entered analysis with a psychiatrist.
1990, MARJORIE VINCENT was crowned MISS AMERICA.
1991, in tennis, MONICA SELES defeated MARTINA NAVRATILOVA to win the women's singles title in the U-S OPEN in NEW YORK.
1992, FAYE VINCENT resigned as the commissioner of baseball.
MARK WHITEN RECORD
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1993, the CARDINALS' outfielder MARK WHITEN hit four homers and drove in 12 runs -- the best one-game offensive showing by a player in major-league history. |
1994, actor DENNIS MORGAN died at 83, and JAMES CLAVELL, author of "SHOGUN", died at 69.
1995, rather than face expulsion, OREGON SENATOR BOB PACKWOOD resigned his seat.
1996, rapper TUPAC SHAKUR was fatally shot on the LAS VEGAS STRIP. He died six day later.
1997, in tennis, PATRICK RAFTER won the MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP at the U-S OPEN.
1998, the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS' MARK MCGWIRE hit his 61st home run of the season, tying ROGER MARIS' previous record. The same day in MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, STANFORD UNIVERSITY students LARRY PAGE and SERGEY BRIN founded the INTERNET search engine, GOOGLE.
VIACOM/CBS
MERGER
1999, VIACOM announced it was purchasing the CBS CORPORATION for $36-billion, creating the most-expensive media merger in AMERICAN history. The same day, 143 died when a 5.9 earthquake struck ATHENS, GREECE; and shooting began on the film "THE PATRIOT", starring MEL GIBSON.
2002, singer ERMA FRANKLIN, ARETHA'S sister, died at 64.
2003, singer-songwriter WARREN ZEVON died at 56 in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
2004, hurricane "IVAN" ripped into the island of GRENADA, killing 39.
2005, APPLE introduced the iPOD nano that holds 1,000 song titles in a compressed format. The same day, EGYPT held its first contested presidential election. Incumbent HOSNI MUBARAK won a fifth-consecutive term in office.
2006, pressured by dissidents in his LABOUR PARTY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR agreed to retire his office within a year.
2007, LIONSGATE released a remake of the film-classic "3:10 TO YUMA", this time starring RUSSELL CROWE, CHRISTIAN BALE, LOGAN LERMAN, DALLAS ROBERTS, BEN FOSTER, VANESSA SHAW, and PETER FONDA.
2008, the U-S GOVERNMENT took control of FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC, the nation's largest mortgage-financing institutions.
English-Queen ELIZABETH I (1533)
Artist GRANDMA MOSES (1860)
Financier J-P MORGAN (1867)
Novelist TAYLOR CALDWELL (1900)
Heart-Surgeon DR, MICHAEL DEBAKEY (1908)
Football-Coach PAUL BROWN (1908)
Producer-Director ELIA KAZAN (1909)
Engineer DAVID PACKARD (1912)
Actor SIR ANTHONY QUAYLE (1913)
Actor PETER LAWFORD (1923)
Soul-Singer LITTLE MILTON (1934)
Rock-Star BUDDY HOLLY (1936)
Actor JOHN PHILIP LAW (1937)
Guitarist-Producer AL CAIOLA is 90
Pianist ARTHUR FERRANTE of FERRANTE & TEICHER is 89
Jazz-Musician SONNY ROLLINS is 80
Singer ALFA ANDERSON of CHIC is 64
Singer GLORIA GAYNOR is 60
Actress JULIE KAVNER is 60
Rock-Star CHRISSIE HYNDE of the PRETENDERS is 59
Singer MORRIS ALBERT is 59
Musician BENMONT TENCH of TOM PETTY'S HEARTBREAKERS is 56
Actor CORBIN BERNSEN is 56
Pianist MICHAEL FEINSTEIN is 54
Singer MARGOT CHAPMAN of STARLAND VOCAL BAND is 53
Musician LEROI MOORE of the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND is 49
Actor W. EARL BROWN is 47
Actress DIANE FARR is 41
Actress-Model ANGIE EVERHART is 40
Actor TOM EVERETT SCOTT is 40
Actress SHANNON ELIZABETH is 37
Actor OLIVER HUDSON is 34
Actor DEVON SAWA is 32
Baseball-Player BRIAN STOKES is 31
Baseball-Player MARK PRIOR is 30
Actress EVAN RACHEL WOOD is 23
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