Today in history 3 September
Today in history 3 September, the following happened:
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada
1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
1937 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for U.S. Tennis title
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A’s hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
1929 Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17
1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit
1925 1st international handball match held
1925 Dirigible “Shenandoah” crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
1924 Civil war breaks out in China, General Tsi moves to Shanghai
1924 L Stallings and M Anderson’s “What Price Glory?,” premieres in New York City
1923 Dorothys Donelly’s “Poppy,” premieres in New York City
1921 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1918 38th U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)
1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1918 Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia
1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1917 Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I’s Battle of Verdun
1914 British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne
1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1914 French troops vacate Reims
1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1912 Arnold Schoenberg’s “Funf Orchesterstucke,” premieres
1912 World’s 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1911 31st U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)
1908 James Barries “What Every Woman Knows,” premieres in London
1906 Yankees win 2nd game on a forfeit over A’s; 2nd forfeit win
1904 St. Louis Olympics closes
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Illustrious Client”
1901 Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1895 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
1891 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
1891 Cotton pickers organize union and staged strike in Texas
1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1890 Oliver S. Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open
1888 East Africa Company political and commercial rights
1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British
1882 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1881 1st U.S. Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)
1881 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
1878 England’s Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen’s Bureau to stop seizing land
1864 U.S., British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
1826 USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
1783 Treaty of Paris signed
1779 Earl d’orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
1752 U.S. adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)
1731 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
1725 England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
1709 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
1697 King William’s War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
1650 Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland
1632 Battle at Nurnberg: Duke wallenstein beats Sweden
1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
1483 Utrecht surrenders to Habsburgs army
1260 Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
1189 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
1189 England’s King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
590 St. Gregory I begins his reing as Catholic Pope
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Today in History 2nd September
Today in history 2nd september, the following happened:
1920 W Somerset Maugham’s “East of Suez,” premieres in London
1919 Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation
1919 National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1917 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz)
1914 General von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
1900 Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins
1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle
1894 Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1870 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies
1867 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem, Netherlands
1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1839 Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam
1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500
1796 Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
1792 Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them
1789 U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress
1752 Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
1743 England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1732 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
1686 Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks
1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8
1666 Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8
1644 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux’ infantry surrenders
1537 King Christian III publishes “Ordinance on the Danish Church”
1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1192 Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines
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Today in history 1 September
So what happened today in history? 1 September:
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Today in History 30 August
1912 St. Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-11910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 111906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game1906 New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs1905 Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64)1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run – Confederates beat Union1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War1776 U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia1751 Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio “Jephtha”1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant1645 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany257 St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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Today in history 26 August
So today, 26 August, In history the following things happened:
1910 Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
1909 Jack Chesbro’s final Yankee game
1908 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers
1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108)
1900 Battle at Bergendal: General Buller beats Boer general Botha
1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
1896 England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
1895 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)
1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die
1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark
1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up
1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland
1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
1789 French National Assembly issues “Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen”
1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance
1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia
1665 ”Ye Bare and Ye Cubb” is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va)
1634 Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
1628 Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
1619 Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia
1610 Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
1601 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
1585 Duke van Parma’s troops occupy Antwerp
1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de’ Medici, grand duke of Toscane
1549 Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army
1232 Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
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Today in History 25 August
So Today in history, the following happenend:
1904 James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed1890 Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout1888 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)1886 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m1864 Combination rail and ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream’s Station1862 Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)1802 Toussaint L’Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France1795 Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French1689 Montreal taken by Iroquois1628 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal1566 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians1485 Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself1212 Children’s cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa357 Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught325 Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
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Today in History 24 August
so today 24 August in history the following happened:
1891 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed
1869 Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron
1858 Richmond “Daily Dispatch” reports 90 blacks arrested for learning
1854 National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
1853 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs New York)
1847 Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of “Jane Eyre”
1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1826 Netherland’s South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens
1814 British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks
1787 Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526
1751 Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1704 Sea battle at Malaga
1690 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn
1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
1654 Louis II Conde disbands ends of Atrecht
1608 1st English convoy lands at Surat India
1572 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants
1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon
1542 Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain
1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria
1511 Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka
1391 Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1349 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1215 Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire
79 Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
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Today in history: 24 January
This is what happened today in history:
1613 Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver
1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire Parliamentary armies win
1652 Duke of Orléans joins Fronde rebels Continue reading “<!–:en–>Today in history: 24 January<!–:–>” »
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today in history: 23 January
So what happened on this day in the past?
here is a list:
On this day…
0638 Start of Islamic calendar
1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
1490 1st printing of Ramban’s Sha’ar ha-Gemul
1492 “Pentateuch” (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England
1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China
1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1579 Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
1631 France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Bärwald
1637 Dutch Governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil Continue reading “<!–:en–>today in history: 23 January<!–:–>” »
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