Welcome to Today in History for Thursday, September 4, 2008.
Historical Events for Yesterday in History ...
0422 - St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 0476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 1024 - Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king 1260 - Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen 1282 - King Pedro III of Arag˘north annexes Sicily 1414 - Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless and Armagnacs 1479 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castili‰ 1571 - Catholic coup in Scotland 1609 - Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan [or Sep 11] 1618 - "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed 1682 - English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet 1695 - French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 1778 - City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels 1781 - Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes) 1786 - -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg 1805 - 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published 1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat 1813 - 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer)) 1833 - 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun) 1842 - Work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus 1854 - English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka 1862 - North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF 1862 - Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops 1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama 1866 - 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published 1870 - 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1882 - 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1885 - 1st cafeteria opens (NYC) 1886 - Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1888 - George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers "Kodak" 1893 - English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit 1894 - Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms 1894 - In NYC, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops 1899 - 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska 1904 - Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet 1906 - NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader 1908 - Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship 1911 - Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft) 1912 - 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person 1914 - British, French and Russian govt sign Pact of London, against Germany 1914 - General von Moltke ceases German advance in France 1916 - Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game 1918 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1918 - Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier 1919 - 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63) 1919 - British intervene in Petrograd 1920 - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria) 1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3) 1923 - NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0 1923 - A Charlot and N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London 1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour 1930 - Cambridge Theater opens in London 1932 - 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St Paul Minn 1933 - Coup on Cuban president De C‚spedes by Fulgencio Batista 1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il 1934 - Bradman scores 149* Aust v Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes 1936 - Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain 1936 - Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier 1937 - Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4) 1938 - Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8) 1939 - RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen 1939 - Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated 1939 - Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality 1939 - German troops move into Danzig 1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 - Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War 1940 - Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Neth in Hitler's hands 1940 - Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch 1940 - Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch govt in exile 1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB 1941 - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season) 1941 - US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652 1941 - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant 1942 - Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 - British 8th army lands at T ranto South Italy 1944 - US 1st Army frees Namen 1944 - Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany 1944 - British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp 1944 - 64th US Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63) 1944 - 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt 1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded 1945 - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan 1948 - "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 perfs 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne 1949 - Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) 1950 - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 1950 - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna 1950 - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1951 - Pres Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference 1951 - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network 1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (64 61 61) 1951 - 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman 1953 - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins 1953 - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 - Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship 1954 - Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania 1954 - 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed 1957 - Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1960 - -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US 1961 - Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio 1961 - US authorizes Agency for International Development 1962 - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI 1962 - French president De Gaulle visits German FR 1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 1964 - Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge) 1964 - Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile 1965 - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1965 - KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 - Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen 1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7 1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6) 1967 - Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5 1967 - Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon 1967 - 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1968 - Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra 1970 - Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile 1970 - Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single 1970 - -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record) 1971 - Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals 1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1973 - William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA 1974 - Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1976 - Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus 1977 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic 1977 - "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances 1978 - Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405 1978 - NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season) 1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1979 - India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429 1979 - Iran army conquerors Baneh 1980 - Yes performs its last concert (MSG) 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 - Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3) 1981 - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC 1981 - Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7 1982 - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die 1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1983 - Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph) 1983 - Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship 1983 - 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel 1983 - "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale NYC after 747 perfs 1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years 1985 - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 1985 - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games 1986 - Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos 1986 - 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1988 - Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY 1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game 1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1989 - Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219 1991 - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 - Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes 1991 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater NYC 1992 - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1993 - Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1993 - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral 1993 - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium 1994 - Bulgarian govt of Berov falls 1994 - Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion 1994 - Kansai International airport officially opens 1995 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1995 - Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000 1996 - 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins 1997 - 14th MTV Awards 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM 1999 - Women's championship at US Tennis Open
