Welcome to Today In History for Friday, September 5, 2008.
Historical Events on this Day in History ...
1198 - Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany 1519 - 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs 1550 - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs 1596 - Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java 1622 - Richelieu becomes cardinal 1634 - -6] Battle at N”rdlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants 1644 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent 1661 - French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested 1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1725 - French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski 1750 - Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods 1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia 1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 1786 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium 1793 - In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins 1795 - US-Algiers sign peace treaty 1796 - General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy 1798 - New conscription law goes into effect in France 1800 - Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops 1814 - -15] Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia 1836 - Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas 1838 - Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands 1844 - Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains 1862 - Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland 1863 - Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama 1864 - British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1877 - Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas 1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC 1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind) 1887 - Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1895 - George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC 1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms 1905 - Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide," premieres in Detroit 1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War 1906 - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) 1908 - Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 1910 - Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings 1913 - Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th 1914 - Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins 1914 - Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 - French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine 1914 - Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians 1915 - 35th US Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 - Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland 1916 - 36th US Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) 1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1920 - Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders 1921 - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287 1922 - 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1) 1922 - Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously 1925 - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones 1925 - 112 F (44øC), Centerville, Alabama (state record) 1927 - Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings 1929 - French premier A Briand requests a US of Europe 1936 - Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees 1939 - US declare itself neutral 1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1939 - 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2) 1942 - Battle at Alam Halfa ends 1942 - British and US bomb Le Havre and Bremen 1943 - 57th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63) 1943 - US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea 1944 - Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard 1944 - British premier Churchill travels to Scotland 1944 - Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign unity treaty 1944 - Allies liberate Brussels 1944 - 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen 1944 - "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany 1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game 1946 - "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 36 performances 1949 - 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) 1949 - 69th US Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64) 1950 - 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) 1950 - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) 1950 - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) 1951 - 65th US Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64) 1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas Jr (64 61 61) 1952 - General Carlos Iba¤ez elected president of Chile 1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC 1953 - US give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid 1954 - Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die 1955 - Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician 1955 - Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season 1955 - WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 - WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM 1957 - Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers" 1957 - Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising 1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US 1958 - 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC 1958 - WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 - Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 1960 - Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1960 - President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo 1960 - Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal 1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1961 - President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 1961 - JFK begins underground nuclear testing 1962 - Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II 1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th 1966 - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000 1966 - WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 - WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 - KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1967 - -23] Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas 1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan 1968 - 82nd US Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64) 1968 - 88th US Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63) 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1969 - Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections 1970 - Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 1971 - Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win 1971 - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet 1972 - Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics 1972 - Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John and Yoko appear 1972 - Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium 1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept 1973 - "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances 1973 - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket 1975 - Wings release "Letting Go" 1975 - Portugal premier Gon‡alvez resigns 1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento 1975 - Czech tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in NYC 1976 - "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC after 48 performances 1976 - "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances 1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic 1977 - Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1977 - RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer 1977 - Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon 1977 - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night" 1978 - Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md 1979 - Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in US Tennis Open quarterfinals 1979 - Iran army occupies Piranshahr 1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma 1979 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale 1979 - A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19) 1980 - Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns 1980 - World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens 1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph 1982 - 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel 1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB 1983 - Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph 1983 - Jerry Lewis' 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,691,627 1983 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB 1986 - NASA launches DOD-1 1986 - NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms 1986 - MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins 1986 - Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked US B-747, 19 killed 1986 - 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins 1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open 1987 - Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career HR off Danny Jackson 1988 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1988 - Jerry Lewis' 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113 1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception 1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show 1989 - Chris Evert last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison 1990 - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West 1990 - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final 1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 1991 - Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC 1991 - Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston 1991 - 8th MTV Awards: REM 1992 - Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie 1992 - Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts) 1993 - Robocop Richard Eden (36) weds actress Shannon Hile (30) 1993 - Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39) 1993 - Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1993 - F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident 1993 - "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 perfs 1993 - "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 569 perfs 1993 - "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 207 perfs 1994 - SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass 1994 - Kirgizi‰ govt resigns 1994 - Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) 1994 - Jerry Lewis' 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,100,000 1994 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games 1996 - "Summer and Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater NYC 1996 - MTV Video Music Awards 1997 - Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game 1997 - Larry King weds Shawn Southwick 1997 - Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics 1998 - Women's championship at US Tennis Open 1999 - Men's championship at US Tennis Open
