September 30 Events

2010 American Actor Tony Curtis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada; Curtis appeared in over 100 films
2010 Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania
1997 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees)
1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
1997 Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yankees beat Indians 8-6)
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1994 NHL goes on strike
1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit
1994 Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi
1994 Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election
1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
1993 General Colin Powell retires at 56
1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
1992 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars
1991 Reverend Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti
1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title
1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension
1989 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal
1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title
1988 Andrei Gromyko retires
1988 Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th
1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
1988 Louise Ritter, U.S., jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1988 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show
1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
1987 Suriname constitution ratified
1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
1985 Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM in New York
1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6
1984 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1982 National railroad strike in Belgium
1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2
1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati,
1978 Phillies clinch NL East title
1978 Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns
1977 Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album
1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York)
1974 General Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds General Spinola as President of Portugal
1973 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
1973 4th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54
1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open
1973 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1973 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk
1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
1972 Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits
1971 Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
1970 New American Bible published
1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1968 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
1968 Supremes release "Love Child"
1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
1967 U.S.S.R.'s Kosmos 186 and 188 complete 1st automatic docking
1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1965 Donovan's 1st U.S. TV appearance (Shindig)
1965 Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances
1963 "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 16 performances
1963 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office
1962 A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk
1962 John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
1962 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
1962 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
1962 KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1962 New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1
1960 Flintstones premieres, 1st prime time animation show
1960 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea
1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run
1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)
1954 "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 483 performances
1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy
1953 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1953 Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City
1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
1950 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September
1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised
1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg
1946 Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentence to death by Nuremberg trial
1945 Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers
1944 Calais reoccupied by Allies
1944 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit
1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
1942 Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map
1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period
1941 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine
1941 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
1941 German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins
1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City)
1939 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton)
1939 Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland
1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance
1938 British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich
1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1937 6th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Southport and Ainsdale, England
1936 International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends
1936 Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire, England
1935 Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston
1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1934 St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year
1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City
1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1928 Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin)
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 miles 604 yards in 1 hour
1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary
1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes
1925 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament
1924 Allies stop checking on German navy
1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
1922 Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
1922 New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1
1920 Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St. New York City
1919 Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in New York City
1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
1908 Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow
1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
1898 City of New York established
1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1888 "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips"
1887 Volunteer (U.S.) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1885 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate
1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula
1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
1877 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club)
1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France
1867 Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession
1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church)
1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1857 U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth)
1841 Samuel Slocum patented the stapler
1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England
1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
1791 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1787 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston
1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
1681 Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty
1659 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.)
1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
1626 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic
1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France
1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey
1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

September 29 Events

2010 For the first time in two years, South Korea and North Korea reach an agreement to hold working-level military talks
2010 The U.S. House of Representatives imposes trade sanctions against China, which is believed to be undervaluing the yuan
2005 John G. Roberts is confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
2004 Yemeni judge sentences two Islamists death for the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, that killed 17 sailors
1997 Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins
1996 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City
1996 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
1996 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st U.S. tour (Houston Texas)
1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 home runs
1996 Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34
1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 home runs
1996 San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title
1996 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic
1996 U.S. wins Federation Cup over Spain
1995 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)
1995 O. J. Simpson trial sent to the jury
1995 Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
1995 U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun
1994 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen)
1994 House votes to end lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for Congress
1994 Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1993 "Grace Under Fire," starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV
1993 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins
1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
1992 Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor
1991 "My Own Private Idaho" premieres
1991 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC)
1991 Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
1990 "Love and Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart
1990 "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances
1990 Brook Yeaton weds Traci Lords
1990 Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year
1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
1990 "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book
1989 Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)
1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
1988 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched
1988 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34)
1988 U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize
1988 Union Station reopens in Washington D.C.
1987 "Didn't We Almost Have It All," by Whitney Houston hits #1
1987 "thirtysomething," debuts on ABC-TV
1987 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
1986 "Airwolf," TV Adventure; moves to USA
1986 "Designing Women," TV Comedy, debuts on CBS
1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
1986 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees
1986 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
1986 U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
1985 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV
1985 "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
1985 "MacGyver," starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
1985 Deron Cherry, Kansas City vs Seattle, has 4 interceptions!
1985 Houston quarterback Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
1984 "(What) In Name Of Love" by Naked Eyes peaks at #39
1984 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9
1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3
1984 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66
1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and Revolution peaks at #1
1984 "Pretty Mess" by Vanity peaks at #75
1984 "Torture" by Jacksons peaks at #17
1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
1984 "Yes Or No" by Go-Go's peak at #84
1984 Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
1983 "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show
1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act
1983 Airport of Beirut reopens
1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon
1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
1982 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Malcolm McDowell wed Mary Steenburgen
1979 "Ain't That A Shame" by Cheap Trick peaks at #35
1979 "Bad Case Of Loving You" by Robert Palmer peaks at #14
1979 "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" by Pat Travers peaks at #56
1979 "Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez peaks at #16
1979 "Cruel To Be Kind" by Nick Lowe peaks at #12
1979 "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18
1979 "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15
1979 "Girls Talk" by Dave Edmunds peaks at #65
1979 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
1979 "Message In A Bottle" by Police peaks at #1 in UK
1979 "What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" by Stephanie Mills peaks at #22
1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong
1979 John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival
1979 Los Angeles Dodger Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit
1979 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit Ireland
1978 "Flying High," debuts on CBS
1978 "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV
1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band," by Meco hits #1
1977 Eva Shain is 1st woman to referee a heavyweight championship
1977 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam
1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit
1976 "Alice," debuts on CBS-TV
1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law
1976 Boy George expelled from school
1976 San Francisco Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0
1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon
1976 Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Dodger manager
1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1976 Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest
1975 "Three For Money," debuts on NBC-TV
1975 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1975 WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in U.S., began broadcasting
1974 4th New York City Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29
1974 5th New York City Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30
1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1973 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
1973 Baltimore Orioles pull their 5th triple play (5-4-3 vs Detroit)
1973 Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
1972 Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
1971 "McMillan and Wife," debuts on NBC-TV
1971 Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000
1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
1971 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 "NET Festival," last aired
1969 "Bright Promise," TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Letters To Laugh-In," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV
1969 "Name Droppers," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 "Sale Of Century," debuts on NBC-TV
1969 7th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 7-6
1969 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th home run of season
1969 Steve O'Neal of New York Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
1968 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
1968 Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
1967 Gladys Knight and Pips releases "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"
1967 International Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system
1967 Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead and plays the Straightater
1966 Bechuanaland gains independence from England, becomes Botswana
1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
1965 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
1965 St. L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleveland (49-13)
1965 WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and 6 times in one season
1964 Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries
1963 "Judy Garland Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston, debuts on CBS-TV
1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome
1963 Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th and 3,630th hit
1963 Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1963 Pope Paul opens 2nd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley and Everly Bros)
1963 Stan Musial Day in St. Louis
1962 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric and His Piano peaks at #7
1962 "Green Onions" by Booker T and MG's peaks at #3
1962 "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 2,715 performances
1962 "Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48
1962 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
1962 Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader
1962 John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi
1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket)
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 "Detectives," TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV
1961 Bob Dylan's 1st recording session-backup harmonica for Caroline Hester
1961 Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria
1960 "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
1960 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
1960 "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
1960 "lrma La Douce" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 527 performances
1959 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis," debuts on CBS-TV
1959 "Philip Marlowe," debuts on ABC-TV
1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant
1959 Little Anthony and the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop"
1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
1958 "Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
1958 "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8
1958 "Texan," debuts on CBS-TV
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 "DuPont Show of the Month," debuts on CBS-TV
1957 "Paul Winchell Show," debuts on ABC-TV
1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)
1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
1957 New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
1957 Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die
1956 "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle and Teresa Brewer peaks at #87
1956 "Oh! Susanna," debuts on CBS-TV
1956 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd home run of season
1955 "Sergeant Preston," debuts on CBS
1955 Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia
1955 Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City
1954 "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol
1954 "Masquerade Party," TV game Show; moves to ABC
1954 "Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason premieres
1954 Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom
1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive
1953 "Buick-Berle Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1953 "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
1953 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois
1953 Baltimore Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000
1953 Milton Berle Show premieres
1953 U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
1952 "Lights Out," last airs on NBC-TV
1952 Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance
1951 1st color telecast of football game on network, Philadelphia (CBS)
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m and 10 mile
1951 S. B. Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter
1950 "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV
1950 Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
1950 New York Yankees clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
1949 "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV
1949 "Inside USA With Chevrolet," debuts on CBS-TV
1949 Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli
1949 George Lascelles marries Maria Stein
1948 Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema
1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins
1948 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY
1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox
1947 Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)
1946 "Adventures of Sam Spade" debuts on CBS Radio
1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)
1946 Al Couture knockouts Ralph Walton in Lewiston Maine in 10 seconds
1946 Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
1946 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms
1945 Cubs clinch NL pennant
1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep New York Yankees in DH
1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia
1943 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel
1943 Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice
1943 German riots at Amsterdam Jews
1943 Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchug
1942 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept
1942 Government of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich
1941 Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
1941 Nazi mass murder at Babi Jar, Soviet Union
1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net
1940 "Strike Up Band," opens
1940 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
1938 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City
1938 Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain
1937 Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
1935 5th Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey
1934 Rondo Hatton weds Mabel Housh
1933 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut
1932 "Bill of Divorcement" premieres at the Mayfair
1930 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC
1930 Bing Crosby marries Dixie Lee
1930 Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute
1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
1930 New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising
1928 Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston
1928 New York Yankees (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1927 Telephone service begins between U.S. and Mexico
1927 Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die
1926 Norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg
1925 French General of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed
1925 Greek republican constitution enforced
1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
1924 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
1923 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY
1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public
1922 Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program
1921 Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1920 Belgium annexes Eupen/Malmedy
1920 Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10
1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line
1915 1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent
1915 British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamie
1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance
1915 Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in New York City
1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta
1915 Philadelphia Phillies clinch their 1st pennant
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1913 Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St. New York City
1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
1912 French/British troops lands on Samoa
1911 Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode
1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
1911 New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning
1908 Calgary Rugby Football Union forms
1907 Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
1906 U.S. intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
1904 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio)
1902 Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater
1898 French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught
1890 1st pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in New York City
1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1875 US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion
1872 "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village
1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta and Big Tree
1864 Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA
1863 Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris)
1859 Great auroral display in US
1853 Emigrant ship "Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348
1849 1st passenger train service to Peekskill New York (New Haven Railroad)
1829 London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)
1815 King Willem I forms Order of Dutch Lion
1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1789 1st congress adjourns
1789 U.S. War Department established a regular army
1785 Chasidic sect is excommunicated in Cracow Poland
1678 France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty
1650 2nd Fronde-uprising ends
1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
1608 Captain Newport arrives from England with supplies for colonists
1567 War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX
1564 Robert Dudley becomes earl of Leicester
1524 Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille
1521 Turkish troops occupy Belgrade
1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany
1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells
1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II
1187 Saladins army marches into Jerusalem
1066 William the Conqueror invade England
855 Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
235 St. Pontianus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
219 Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome

September 28 Events

2010 One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region
2010 An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported
1998 Europe beats U.S. in Ryder Cup, 14 -13
1997 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain
1997 Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic
1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
1997 St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)
1997 Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka
1996 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
1996 New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
1996 Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700
1996 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1995 Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1995 Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS
1995 Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle
1995 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov
1995 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank
1994 "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1994 "Ed Wood" premieres
1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed
1993 Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1993 Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live"
1992 "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater New York City
1992 "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
1992 Oakland A's win AL West title
1992 Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
1991 "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV
1991 "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley and Melody Makers peaks at #85
1991 "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5
1991 "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10
1991 New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
1991 U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq
1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
1990 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1988 Bronx Museum for Arts opens
1988 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns
1987 "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV
1987 Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson on "$10,000 Pyramid"
1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards
1986 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
1985 "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
1985 "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25
1985 "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3
1985 "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Australia, New Delhi)
1984 Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1980 "Charlie and Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 17 performances
1980 Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
1980 Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
1978 Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa
1978 Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon
1976 A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14
1975 6th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27
1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
1975 Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad and Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0
1974 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47
1974 "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75
1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31
1974 "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1
1974 "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart and peaks at #36
1974 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minnesota Twin, 4-0
1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (New York City)
1974 Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople
1973 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
1972 David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall
1972 Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1971 Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in
1971 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome
1970 "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV
1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
1970 Intrepid (U.S.) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup
1970 Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album
1969 Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14)
1969 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
1968 "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 286 performances
1968 "Hey Jude" by Beatles peaks at #1
1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances
1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hour
1968 Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co"
1968 Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hour
1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C.
1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines)
1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1964 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1963 "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15
1963 "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells peaks at #1
1963 "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "Nick Teen and Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95
1963 "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2
1963 "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62
1963 "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yards
1963 Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio
1962 "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1962 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
1962 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
1961 "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway
1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
1961 Ted Williams hits a home run on his last at bat
1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
1961 Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres
1960 "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
1960 "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV
1960 "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater
1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1959 "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV
1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
1958 France adopts constitution
1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1958 USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
1957 "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV
1957 "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1957 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1
1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels
1956 "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV
1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (New York Yankees beat Dodgers)
1955 WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC
1953 "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1953 "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS
1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yankees clinch pennant #18
1951 Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton
1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1950 Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
1949 "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
1946 Greek king George II back in Athens
1945 Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders
1945 Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"
1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder)
1942 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1942 NY Americans NHL team folded
1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game
1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg
1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns
1940 Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan
1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender
1938 Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in New York City
1938 Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1937 Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore
1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1936 Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game
1933 Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson
1933 Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown
1932 New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3
1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1929 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-University of Alberta)
1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1928 New York Yankees clinch pennant #6
1928 Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
1928 U.S. acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek
1928 Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow
1926 Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
1924 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1924 French government names General Serrail Governor-General of Syria
1924 General Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico
1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
1923 Radio Times 1st published
1923 Yankees slaughter Red Sox 24-4
1922 Mussolini marches on Rome
1921 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1920 Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1919 Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1
1915 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1912 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die
1906 U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City
1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1894 Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester
1889 Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908)
1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million
1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1868 Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1867 Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1858 Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
1850 U.S. Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
1815 Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1785 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1781 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown
1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope
1760 Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1687 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
1678 "Pilgrim's Progress" published
1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
1621 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks
1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay
1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish
1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII
1362 Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V
1322 Battle of Muhldorf
1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert
1066 William the Conqueror troops sail to England
351 Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius
235 Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down

September 27 Events

2010 Responding to a U.N report accusing the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda threatens to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur
2010 In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga
1998 Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
1993 Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges
1992 ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163
1992 Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1992 Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
1991 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
1991 President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
1990 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address United Nations General Assembly
1990 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley California
1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court
1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title
1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth
1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
1987 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 15-13 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Ohio
1987 Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1987 NFL players' strike
1987 Phil Niekro final appearance and is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms
1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast
1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
1982 Cards clinching NL East title
1982 Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
1982 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
1981 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden New York after 588 perf
1979 Congress' final approval to create Department of Education
1979 Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
1974 Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
1973 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1972 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1970 Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
1968 "Hair" opens in London
1968 Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
1968 France refuses U.K. entry into common market
1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
1967 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open
1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
1964 Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000
1962 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
1962 U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1961 Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of U.N.
1960 Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
1959 Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit
1957 Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built
1954 School integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore Md public schools
1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premieres
1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins
1953 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 St. Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan
1950 Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City for heavyweight boxing title
1948 "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 36 performances
1947 "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 288 performances
1946 King George II of Greece returns from exile
1944 Helmond and Oss Netherlands liberated
1943 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
1943 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
1942 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
1942 New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down
1942 Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general
1942 St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season
1941 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched
1940 55 German aircraft shot down above England
1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces
1940 Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
1940 Yankees, lose to A's and eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
1939 Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleveland, 5-2 and 7-5
1938 British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland
1938 Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany
1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow
1937 1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York
1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo
1936 Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder
1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1931 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's
1930 34th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 home runs
1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns
1928 U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
1924 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
1923 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu
1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs
1922 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates
1921 Yankees beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds
1919 British troops withdraw from Archangelsk
1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
1919 Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season)
1917 Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St. New York City
1917 EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek, Netherlands
1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
1916 Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees
1914 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
1912 W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912
1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
1909 29th U.S. Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61)
1905 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0
1900 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City
1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
1892 Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company
1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12
1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti
1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
1864 Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed
1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
1855 George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in New York City
1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board
1852 George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, New York
1834 Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso
1833 Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe
1830 Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed
1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington)
1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence
1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1794 French troops conquer Crevecoeur
1787 Constitution submitted to states for ratification
1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British
1777 English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die
1540 Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits
1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola
1509 Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed
1312 Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg
1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
70 Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans

September 26 Events

2010 Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq
2010 Georgia changes its second language to English; Russian was originally its second language
2009 Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia
2006 Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan
1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997
1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases
1996 Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), lands
1995 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr
1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov)
1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
1994 Estonia government of Laar flees
1993 30th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England
1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
1993 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1993 Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club
1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
1992 Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die
1992 Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle
1992 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
1991 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins
1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating
1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
1989 MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes
1989 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons
1988 Canada's Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test
1988 New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1988 Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM
1988 U.S. space shuttle STS-26 launched
1987 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games
1986 RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)
1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1985 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya
1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium
1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
1984 Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University
1984 Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd
1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal
1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner)
1983 Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10
1983 Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
1983 St. Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0
1982 "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances
1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1981 Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0
1981 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service
1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27
1977 Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY
1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland
1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf
1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
1975 Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m
1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years)
1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated
1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
1971 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
1969 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1968 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
1968 Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
1968 St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA
1968 Theatre censorship ends in Britain
1967 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow
1966 "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay
1965 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
1965 Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1
1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire
1964 Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
1963 1st edition of New York City Review of Books
1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
1962 TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS
1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
1961 "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 87 performances
1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1960 Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes
1960 Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st home run off Jack Fisher
1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die
1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1959 San Francisco Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0
1958 Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances
1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City
1957 Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN
1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1955 NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die
1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
1954 WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 A's defeats Yankees 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia
1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
1953 Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game
1953 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
1953 U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain)
1952 Yankees clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2
1951 Professor Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris
1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
1950 Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series
1946 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993
1945 All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid
1944 British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem)
1944 Soviet forces occupy Estonia
1941 Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev
1940 Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed
1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
1939 German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)
1938 Hitler issues ultimatum to Czechoslovakian government, demanding Sudenten Land
1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched
1933 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City
1931 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
1929 John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria
1927 St. James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St. New York City
1926 JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London
1926 Shortest double header, Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yankees had already clinched pennant
1925 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill
1925 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
1923 Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied
1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7
1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack
1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I
1917 British assault on Menin-street, France
1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions
1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
1914 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels
1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader
1907 New Zealand declares independence from U.K.
1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
1904 Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City
1904 Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada
1904 GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City
1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
1898 Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City
1895 Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea
1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band, New Jersey
1892 Diamond Match Co patented book matches
1890 U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece
1887 Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone
1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1876 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)
1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held
1861 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
1835 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples
1831 Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City
1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives
1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance
1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;
1786 England and France sign trade agreement
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
1772 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1771 Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris
1733 France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians
1680 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal
1655 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
1629 Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark
1580 Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England
1404 Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established
1396 Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders
1371 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey

September 25 Events

2010 Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas communicates that Palestinians desire a 'comprehensive and just' peace agreement; he requests Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank
2010 Uganda's Wildlife Authority announces that some animals in the country's national parks and game reserves have doubled in population since 1999
1997 "ER" is performed live on TV
1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph)
1997 STS-86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit
1997 WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington D.C. franchises
1994 Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1992 "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" opens at Paramount New York City
1992 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova
1992 Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
1992 Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit's winningest manager
1992 U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle
1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ
1991 "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV
1991 Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia
1990 1st 8 New York Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
1990 Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience
1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
1989 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
1989 Ronald Harwood's "Another Time," premieres in London
1989 Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
1988 Kathy Guadagnino wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1988 Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53)
1987 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka
1986 Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court
1986 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits San Francisco Giants, 2-0
1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1984 "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances
1984 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented
1984 Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1983 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long
1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0
1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1982 Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6
1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1981 Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0
1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia
1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
1979 "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 1568 performances
1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant
1978 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die
1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1976 "Porgy and Bess" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances
1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park
1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
1973 Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium
1973 Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium
1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber
1972 KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 Norway votes to join common market
1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
1970 Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album
1967 WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret
1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow
1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
1965 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 220 performances
1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A's pitches 3 scoreless innings
1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in U.S.
1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark
1962 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962 Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup
1962 Yankees clinch AL pennant
1961 KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1
1960 For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
1960 New York Yankees clinch AL pennant
1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses
1959 Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley (37) and David Brown (43) wed
1957 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced
1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
1956 Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0
1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used
1955 Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ
1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election
1954 Indians win AL record 111 games
1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 Hal Newhouser of Tigers wins his 200th game
1949 4th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
1948 "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances
1943 Russian troops liberate Smolensk
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940 Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton
1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1937 "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class
1937 Battle of of P'ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain
1936 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
1935 Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in New York City
1934 John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City
1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
1934 Rainbow (U.S.) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup
1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
1933 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China
1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in last game of season
1930 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
1930 Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager
1930 Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it," premieres in New York City
1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
1926 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury Golf Club Westbury, New York
1926 Canadian government of MacKenzie King forms
1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states
1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings
1926 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
1922 Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant
1920 34th U.S. Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61)
1920 Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game
1919 President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke
1915 Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties
1911 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
1911 Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
1911 Italy declares war on Turkey
1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in N.Y.
1908 Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
1907 Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony, premieres
1906 John Galsworthy's "Silver Box," premieres in London
1904 Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football
1897 1st British bus service opens
1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park
1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze"
1888 Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles"
1886 Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London
1882 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester)
1867 Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C.
1862 Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee
1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1857 Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins
1846 U.S. troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1844 Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael
1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar
1804 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power
1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
1781 Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets
1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British
1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1690 Publick Occurrences, 1st U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed
1663 Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army
1654 England and Denmark sign trade agreement
1639 1st printing press in America
1639 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1597 Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV
1560 Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht
1555 Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
1492 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
1396 Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies
1340 England and France sign disarmament treaty
1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway
955 Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees
953 Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik

September 23 Events

2010 FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation
2010 Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62
2009 A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on WZMT 97.9 FM
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach, Florida on WCLB 95.5 FM
1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14
1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh
1993 Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high)
1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
1992 Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City
1992 Mud storm kills 30 in South France
1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
1991 New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame
1990 Nancy Lopez wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War
1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel
1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
1988 Fiji's new constitution is proposed
1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs
1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39)
1986 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10)
1986 Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower
1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly
1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins
1983 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9
1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Heavyweight Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in Ohio
1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)
1982 "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 5 performances
1982 Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon
1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
1979 Somali constitution approved by president
1979 St. Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th and final base of his career
1978 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit
1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1977 Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels
1976 Ford-Carter TV debate
1976 South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them
1976 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth
1974 "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances
1974 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service
1973 Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Open
1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law
1972 President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines
1971 John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen
1970 Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes premier of Malaysia
1970 Gary Muhrcke wins 1st New York Marathon
1969 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV
1969 "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois University newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death
1968 WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou
1967 Radio Malta stops testing
1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City
1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State
1963 WMEB TV channel 12 in Orono, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons
1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104
1962 Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora," premieres in Berlin
1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open
1962 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
1961 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire
1961 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Stravinsky's "Thieni," premieres in Venetie
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly and Crickets reaches #1
1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1957 WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting
1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad
1955 Yankees clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2
1953 KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
1952 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech
1952 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title
1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
1950 Philadelphia A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
1950 U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
1949 Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation
1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
1942 Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions
1942 Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad
1942 Transport nr 36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1941 General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London
1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks)
1940 French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees
1940 Dutch nazi collaborator Mussert's 1st meeting with Hitler
1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4
1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich
1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm)
1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins
1933 Yankees commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12
1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1925 George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man," premieres in New York City
1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
1922 B Brechts "Drum in the Night," premieres in Germany
1920 Alexander Millerand elected president of France
1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea
1913 Serbian troops march into Albania
1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released
1912 Mark Sennet presents 1st Keystone Cops film (Cohen Collects a Debt)
1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot
1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant)
1908 University of Alberta opens
1907 Proclamation sets fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada
1905 Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken
1904 Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa Tibet
1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)
1895 French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms
1890 Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning
1880 Jules Ferry forms French government
1879 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia
1879 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone
1877 Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200
1876 Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game
1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
1868 Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)
1863 Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins
1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers
1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die
1846 Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune
1845 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
1845 Hunger strike in Hague
1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago
1830 Dutch troops occupy Brussels
1806 Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis from Pacific Northwest
1803 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army
1795 Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris
1780 British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt
1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis
1746 Jacob Gilles appointed Dutch pension advisor
1739 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade
1719 Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire
1666 Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius earl of Simmeren
1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement
1561 King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida
1513 King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik
1408 Battle of Othee
1122 Concord of Worms
951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy