Welcome to Today in History for Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Historical Events for Tomorrow in History ...
0649 - Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1004 - Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy 1027 - Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 1264 - Baron's War fought in England 1264 - Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III 1509 - Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1576 - Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten 1590 - Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1607 - 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va 1638 - Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon 1643 - Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France 1664 - Turkish great Kiprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers 1702 - England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1702 - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1767 - British government disbands Americans import duty on tea 1787 - Delegates gather in Phila to draw up US constitution 1796 - 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner 1800 - Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast 1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day) 1832 - Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres 1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile 1842 - 1st edition of London Illustrated News 1845 - Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens 1853 - Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk 1862 - Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph 1863 - Battle of Jackson, MS 1864 - Battle of Reseca, GA -Atlanta- 1874 - Harvard beats U of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0 1874 - 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0 1878 - Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) 1884 - Anti-Monopoly party forms in US 1885 - 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37¬ 1886 - 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36« 1888 - 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38¬ 1890 - 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 1892 - Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem 1894 - Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings 1896 - Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10øF-Climax, Colo) 1897 - Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF 1904 - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis) 1905 - 2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belg 4-0 1906 - Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising 1908 - 1st passenger flight in an airplane 1910 - Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins 1913 - French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands 1913 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings 1914 - Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 1918 - Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) 1918 - Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC 1919 - Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta 1919 - 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 1920 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit 1920 - Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season 1921 - Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death 1921 - Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats 1927 - 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06 1927 - "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie 1928 - John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg 1932 - "We Want Beer!" parade in NY 1935 - Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement 1935 - LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US 1935 - Griffith Planetarium opens in LA 1938 - 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 1938 - English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3 1940 - Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany 1940 - Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production 1940 - German breakthrough at Sedan 1940 - Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof 1940 - Admiral Furstner departs to England 1941 - 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested 1942 - US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms 1944 - Gen Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler 1944 - British troops occupy Kohima 1944 - 91 German bombers harass Bristol 1945 - Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise 1945 - US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered 1946 - Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres 1948 - WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1948 - US grants Israel de facto recognition 1948 - Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem 1948 - Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast 1948 - Israel declares independence from under British administration 1949 - "Love Life" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances 1949 - 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56 1949 - Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral 1950 - Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs 1951 - Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in NYC 1951 - Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC 1951 - "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 40 performances 1954 - Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 1955 - Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1957 - "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances 1957 - Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in NYC 1960 - Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Pottstown NY 1960 - USSR launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule 1960 - "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden NYC after 216 perfs 1961 - Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama 1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1962 - Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain 1962 - Ex-pres Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years 1963 - Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations 1964 - Underground America Day is 1st observed 1965 - 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 - A Lover's Concerto by Mrs Miller hits #95 1966 - 1st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ) 1967 - Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller 1967 - Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down 1968 - RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin 1968 - Czech govt announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek 1968 - Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp 1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada 1969 - Last Chevrolet Corsair built 1970 - RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin 1970 - NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing 1970 - Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court 1970 - Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) 1972 - 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton 1972 - In Willie Mays 1st game as a NY Met his homer beats SF Giants, 5-4 1973 - US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military 1973 - Skylab launched, 1st Space Station 1973 - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV 1973 - Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London 1974 - Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1975 - US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship 1975 - French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia 1975 - Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II 1976 - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter 1976 - Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast 1977 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1977 - Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 - KC Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0 1977 - English football international Bobby Moore retires 1978 - "Working" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 25 performances 1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1980 - Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3 1980 - Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II 1980 - Dept of Health and Human Services begins operation 1980 - "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 15 performances 1981 - 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2 1981 - NASA launches space vehicle S-192 1982 - Guinea adopts constitution 1983 - Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5) 1983 - Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead 1983 - "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5 1984 - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama 1986 - Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary 1986 - Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1987 - Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000 1987 - "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany 1988 - "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 36 performances 1988 - 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn 1989 - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC 1989 - Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs 1989 - Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square 1989 - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic 1989 - 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett) 1989 - 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) 1990 - 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) 1990 - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 1991 - Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal 1991 - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs 1991 - Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA 1991 - 42 die in a train collision is Japan 1992 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll 1994 - Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) 1994 - FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London 1994 - Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617 1995 - "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 16 performances 1995 - 41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins 1995 - Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) 1995 - Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1996 - NY Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 1997 - Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner 1998 - Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds)
