1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1499 France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
1537 Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1540 The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1554 Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1574 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV
1667 Treaty of Andrussovo Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1674 English re-conquer New York from Netherlands
1682 Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserved” premieres in London
1742 British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion
1788 Austria declares war on Russia
1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies
1801 France & Austrian sign Peace of Lunéville
1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
1822 American Indian Society organizes
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President
1849 Roman Republic declared
1861 Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & Vice President of CSA
1861 Tennessee votes against secession
1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state
1870 Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service
1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1891 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento
1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
1893 Verdi’s opera “Falstaff” premieres in Milan
1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3)
1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
1904 Japan declares war on Russia
1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1909 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent OH
1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1913 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1916 Britain’s military service act enforced (conscription)
1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1918 Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA
1918 Sacha Guitry’s “Deburan” premieres in Paris
1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1920 Joint Rules Commission bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1922 Italian government of Bonomi falls
1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines established
1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1925 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta GA schools
1929 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1932 America enter Olympics 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing NY)
1933 -63ºF (-53ºC), Moran WY (state record)
1934 -14.3ºF (-25.8ºC), coldest day in New York City NY
1934 -51ºF (-46ºC), Vanderbilt MI (state record)
1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
1935 US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1935 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1939 Belgian Spaak government falls
1940 Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 British troops conquer El Agheila
1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang “No Entry for Jews” signs in front of cafe)
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1942 Philadelphia “Phillies” change nickname (temporarily) to “Phils”
1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, epic battle ends
1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943 German riots at “plutocratenzoontjes”, 1,200 in Vught Camp
1943 Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
1943 NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1944 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
1945 Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
1945 WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia PA
1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
1951 St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
1953 “The Adventures of Superman” TV series premieres in syndication
1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
1955 US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1956 -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily
1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956 R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
1959 Coasters’s “Charlie Brown” peaks at #2
1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7”)
1964 1st appearance of Beatles on “Ed Sullivan Show” (73.7 million viewers)
1964 GI Joe character created
1964 NYC news anchor Jim Jenson’s 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1964 9th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs England on debut at Delhi
1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
1969 World’s largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1969 KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 65 & causes over $½ billion damage
1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1972 British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners’ strike
1974 “Daddy What If” by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974 “The Americans (A Canadian’s Opinion)” by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24
1974 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1974 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball’s the Hall of Fame
1978 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed
1979 ABC airs “Heroes of Rock N Roll” special
1979 Beginning of James Clavell’s novel “Whirlwind”
1979 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1979 Nigeria amends constitution
1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-point goals in a game
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1984 “Rink” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
1985 Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986 Halley’s Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen
1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 meter freestyle (7:05.17)
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
1988 New Hampshire begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Michael Manley’s Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1990 “The Bradys” return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990 Galileo flies by Venus
1990 Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13)
1990 Namibia’s constitution ratified
1991 US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991 Voters in Lithuania vote for independence
1991 “This Is Ponderous” by 2nu peaks at #46
1991 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1992 “2 Shakespearean Actors” closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 performances
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany
1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 meters)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400 meter medley (4:07.10)
1992 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO’s Arafat
1995 “Heiress” opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50 meter (5.96 seconds)
1996 WYNY-FM in New York NY changes calls to WKTU-FM
1997 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds
1997 47th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997 Fox cartoon series “Simpsons” airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
1997 LG Senior Golf Championship
1997 Mark O’Meara wins Buick golf invitational
1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997 Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1998 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City UT/Québec City