Today in History

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017

Today is Thursday, May 4, the 124th day of 2017. There are 241 days left in the year.1910 — Canadian Currency Act,1910, receives Royal Assent1910 — Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy1910 — Tel Aviv founded 1912 — Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes1915 — Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany1917 — Arabs sack Tel Aviv1919 — FVC soccer team forms1923 — Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna1923 — New York state revokes Prohibition law1924 — German Republic election fascists & communists win1925 — League of Nations conference on arms control

May 3, 2017

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017

Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 122nd day of 2017. There are 242 days left in the year.1965 ― Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with US1965 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback era)1967 ― Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University1971 ― Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German Party leader1971 ― Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days1971 ― Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)1973 ― Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 meters), topped out1976 ― Puiltzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)1978 ― Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup 

May 2, 2017

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2017

Today is Tuesday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2017. There are 243 days left in the year.1965 — Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service1965 — Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational1965 — Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open1966 — Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)1968 — Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London1968 — Israeli television begins transmitting1969 — British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York1974 — Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is disbarred1976 — Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic

May 1, 2017

MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017

Today is Monday, May 1, the 121st day of 2017. There are 244 days left in the year.1931 — Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS1934 — Austria signs pact with Vatican1934 — Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert11936 — Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades1939 — Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (The Yearling)1940 — 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship1940 — The 1940 Olympics are cancelled1941 — General Mills introduces Cheerios1943 — Food rationing begins in U.S.1943 — German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta

Apr 30, 2017

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017

Today is Saturday, April 29, the 119th day of 2017. There are 246 days left in the year.1834 — Charles Darwin’s expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia1856 — End of Crimean War1861 — Maryland’s House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union1862 — New Orleans falls to Union forces during Civil War1864 — Skirmish at Jenkins’ Ferry AR begins1888 — Old Kavallison, Congo Stanley meet Emin Pasha1901 — Anti semitic riot in Budapest1903 — Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 91905 — Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon1910 — Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam

Apr 28, 2017

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017

Today is Friday, April 28, the 118th day of 2017. There are 247 days left in the year.1925 — Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army1925 — Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard1931 — Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field1932 — Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced1934 — Spanish government of Samper forms1935 — Moscow underground opens (81 km long)1938 — Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary1939 — Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect1941 — Last British troops in Greece surrenders

Apr 27, 2017

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017

Today is Thursday, April 27, the 117th day of 2017. There are 248 days left in the year.1935 — Brussel’s World Expo opens 1940 — Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp1941 — German troops occupy Athens Greece1942 — Tornado destroys Pryor Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 3001942 — Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars1943 — Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland1943 — Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London

Apr 26, 2017

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017

Today is Wednesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2017. There are 249 days left in the year.1855 — Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy1887 — Huntsville Electric Company is established to sell electricity1890 — Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in London1900 — American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,5001904 — Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms1905 — Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at the plate in 1 game1906 — First motion pictures shown in Hawaii1907 — Jamestown VA Tercentenary Exposition opens1912 — First homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

Apr 25, 2017

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017

Today is Tuesday, April 25, the 115th day of 2017. There are 250 days left in the year.1684 — Patent granted for the thimble 1719 — Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"1747 — Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand1850 — Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices1859 — Ground broken for Suez Canal1861 — New York arrives to reinforce Washington DC1864 — Battle of Marks’ Mill AR (Camden Expedition)1867 — Tokyo is opened for foreign trade1881 — 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany

Apr 24, 2017

MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017

Today is Monday, April 24, the 114th day of 2017. There are 251 days left in the year.1915 — Massacre of Armenians by Turks (Armenian Martyrs Day)1915 — German army fires chloroform gas in Ieper1916 — Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins1920 — British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)1923 — Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers1923 — General harbor strike begins in New York NY1928 — Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented1929 — Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark1941 — British army begins evacuation of Greece

Apr 23, 2017

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