0193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
0754 Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
0972 Notger becomes bishop of Liege
0979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries
1544 Battle at Carignano French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1570 Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
1611 Word “telescope” is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe
1629 England & France sign Peace of Susa
1671 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
1756 Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians
1775 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia PA
1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
1799 Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1814 Napoleon abdicated & was banished to Elba
1818 US Medical Corp forms
1828 18-gun sloop “Acorn” sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1841 Edgar Allen Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue”, published
1847 Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape
1859 Charles Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” published
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco CA from St Joseph MO
1861 Formal Union surrender of Fort Sumter
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1862 Battle of Fort Pillow TN
1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1865 Mobile AL is captured
1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
1868 South Carolina voters approve constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1871 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada’s Homestead Act
1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association
1883 Leo Delibes’ opera “Lakmé”, premieres in Paris France
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Reigate Squires” (BG)
1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington DC)
1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison’s kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler’s (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
1896 John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan”, premieres (NYC)
1900 Veteran’s Hospital at Fort Miley is established
1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris France
1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium
1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (New York NY)
1904 George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida”, premieres in London
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces “muckrakers” in US press
1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
1910 President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1912 The Titanic, launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes iceberg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia at approximately 11:30pm, and sinks early the next morning (1500+ death toll)
1912 Pan American Union forms
1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
1915 A’s Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi
1921 NHL Championship Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin
1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco & Los Angeles
1928 Stanley Cup New York Rangers beat Montréal Maroons, 3 games to 2
1930 Philip Barry’s “Hotel Universe”, premieres in NYC
1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
1931 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2
1932 Bizet, Massine & Miró’s “Jeux d'Enfants”, premieres in Monte Carlo
1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
1939 John Steinbeck novel “The Grapes of Wrath” published
1940 Allied troops land in Norway
1940 RCA demonstrates its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1941 1st massive German raid in Paris France, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast
1943 Generals Alexander/Eisenhower/Anderson/Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
1943 James Gow & A d'Usseau’s “Tomorrow the World”, premieres in NYC
1944 Freighter “Fort Stikine” explodes in Bombay India, killing 960+
1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
1945 American B-29 incendiary raids on Tokyo & damage the Imperial Palace
1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from Nazis
1945 US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
1946 “Day Before Spring” closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances
1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final homerun
1948 A flash of light is observed in the crater Plato on the Moon
1948 NYC subway fares jump from 5¢ to 10¢
1948 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1948 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1949 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg’s last judgment
1950 1st edition of British strip “Eagle”
1950 Doorne’s Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1953 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke MA (ABC) begins
1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra
1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
1956 “Plain & Fancy” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women’s singles ping pong championship
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Washington DC
1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 “Bye Bye Birdie” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
1960 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
1960 Stanley Cup Montréal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games
1961 1st live television broadcast from the Soviet Union
1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
1962 Georges Pompidou becomes President of France
1963 George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group “Rolling Stones”
1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes President of Togo
1967 In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time
1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat San Diego Clippers
1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
1968 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played in Montréal Québec Canada
1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1969 41st Academy Awards - “Oliver”, Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbra Streisand win
1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 “Boy Friend” opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
1971 President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People’s Republic of China
1971 Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Follies”, premieres in NYC
1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1972 “That’s Entertainment” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
1974 38th Golf Masters Championship Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1978 WRR-AM in Dallas TX changes call letters to KAAM
1978 David Hare’s “Plenty”, premieres in London
1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1979 Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America’s Young Woman of the Year
1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980 52nd Academy Awards - “Kramer vs Kramer”, Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win
1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner’s Song)
1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1983 New York Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs New York Rangers
1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
1983 New York Rangers 1-New York Islanders 4-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 1-0 lead
1983 President Ronald Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
1984 Farewell concert of “Doe Maar” in Den Bosch Netherlands
1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st playoff penalty shot
1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 6-Patrick Division Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
1985 “Take Me Along!” opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1985 49th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive “Jarvik 7” permanent artificial heart
1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire
1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
1987 Turkey asks to join European market
1988 New Jersey Devils 6-5 over New York Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
1988 “Mail” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghánistán sign Afghánistán treaty
1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North’s case goes to the jury
1991 “Mule Bone” closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 performances
1991 “Oh, Kay!” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1991 55th Golf Masters Championship Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars)
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 UN-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect
1992 “Guys & Dolls” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC on Broadway for 1143 performances
1992 “Les Miserables”, opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester
1992 Court throws out Apple’s lawsuit against Microsoft
1993 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1994 Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce
1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer
1994 New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1995 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women’s Golf Championship
1996 “Apple Doesn’t Fall” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
1996 60th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
2002 66th Golf Masters Championship