0715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
1388 Battle of Näfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
1609 Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
1621 Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais Royal, Paris France)
1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1691 French troops occupy Mons
1770 Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
1814 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance
1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia PA)
1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain
1833 1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough NH)
1838 National Galley opens in London
1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
1865 Federals capture Fort Blakely AL
1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox
1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada
1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
1872 Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner’s 5th Symphony in B in Graz
1906 Intercalated Games opens in Athens - special Olympic gathering that helped get the Olympic movement back on track
1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York
1913 Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
1914 1st full color film shown “The World, The Flesh & the Devil” (London)
1914 Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in México
1917 Battle of Arras begins
1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
1918 Latvia proclaims independence from Russia
1923 Sean O'Casey’s “Shadow of a Gunman”, premieres in Dublin
1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
1927 Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences
1928 Mae West’s NYC debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”
1928 Eugene O'Neill’s “Lazarus Laughed”, premieres in Pasadena
1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
1928 Turkey passes separation of church & state
1931 Chicago’s Cy Wentworth beats Montréal Canadiens at 13:50 of the 6th period
1932 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games
1935 Stanley Cup Montréal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
1940 German cruiser Blücher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
1940 Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WWII (Denmark surrenders)
1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan
1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
1946 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1947 Atomic Energy Commission is formed
1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1949 UN International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages
1950 Bob Hope’s 1st TV appearance
1950 14th Golf Masters Championship Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950 4th Tony Awards Cocktail Party & South Pacific win
1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia
1953 “TV Guide” publishes 1st issue
1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
1957 Howard Hanson’s “Song of Democracy”, premieres in Washington DC
1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators)
1959 Bill Sharman hits an NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
1959 13th NBA Championship Boston Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games; this is Celtics’ 8th consecutive title
1960 14th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3; this is Celtics’ 9th consecutive title
1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
1962 Arnold Palmer wins his 3rd Masters golf tournament
1962 JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington DC’s new Stadium
1962 26th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
1962 34th Academy Awards - “West Side Story”, Sophia Loren & Max Schell win
1963 Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed honorary U.S. citizen in White House ceremony
1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
1965 Beatles “Ticket to Ride” is released in UK
1965 India & Pakistan engage in border fight
1966 Anaheim Stadium for the California Angels opens
1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris France
1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out
1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide’s transmitter burns down
1967 “At the Drop of Another Hat” closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
1967 31st Golf Masters Championship Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280
1968 Minnesota’s Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1968 Ralph Abernathy elected to head Southern Christian Leadership Conference
1968 German Democratic Republic adopts constitution
1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta GA
1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
1969 Chicago Cubs’ Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Philadelphis Phillies 11-3
1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles
1971 Ringo releases “It Don’t Come Easy” in UK
1972 “Sugar” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances
1972 36th Golf Masters Championship Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
1972 Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs West Indies
1972 USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty
1973 Otto Kerner, former Governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1973 37th Golf Masters Championship Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1974 San Diegp Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans “Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life”
1976 US & Russia agree on the size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
1977 Communist party legally allowed in Spain after 40 years
1978 Denver’s David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio’s George Gervin scores 63 points in seperate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins
1979 51st Academy Awards - “Deer Hunter”, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
1980 Kings tie NHL record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs Islanders
1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
1980 Belgium’s Marten’s government resigns
1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela’s 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
1983 Washington Capitals 2-New York Islanders 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
1984 56th Academy Awards - “Terms of Endearment”, Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win
1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
1986 “Dallas” announces it will revive the killed Bobby Ewing character
1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game
1987 Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champion
1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panamá
1988 “Les Miserables”, opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York’s 4-3 loss to Cleveland
1989 Washington DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
1990 “Capital News” starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with the Yankees
1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1990 World’s largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from the USSR
1991 Release of Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0
1992 “Redwood Curtain” opens at Nederlander theater on Broadway
1992 John Major, (Conservative Party) elected Prime Minister of England
1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges
1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in the 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
1992 Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
1992 US Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs
1992 William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Montréal Expos
1994 BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek
1994 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1995 “Translations” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
1995 59th Golf Masters Championship Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
1997 Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
1997 NFL announces it will give $3 million to CFL & possible “World Classic Bowl”
2000 64th Golf Masters Championship Vijay Singh wins with 10-under-par 278