Today in History

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Today is Wednesday, February 6, the 37th day of 2013. There are 328 days left in the year.  1508 ― Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1832 ― First appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 1854 ― Composer R. Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1904 ― Russian-Japanese war began 1918 ― Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote 1921 ― “The Kid", starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released1974 ― U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon 1979 ― Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against Premier Bhutto1981 ― Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon 1987 ― No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings 

Feb 5, 2013

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Today is Tuesday, February 5, the 36th day of 2013. There are 329 days left in the year.1816 ― Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome 1850 ― Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, N.Y. 1897 ― Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel 1916 ― Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company 1922 ― Reader's Digest magazine first published 1937 ― First Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," is released 1962 ― French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 1980 ― Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1983 ― Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial1989 ― Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points 

Feb 4, 2013

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Today is Monday, February 4, the 35th day of 2013. There are 330 days left in the year.1789 ― First U.S. electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as president and vice president 1794 ― French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1932 ― Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria 1938 ― Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts 1945 ― FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta 1969 ― Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO 1971 ― British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt 1985 ― Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons1997 ― O.J. Simpson found liable in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson 1998 ― Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in the Brussels

Feb 3, 2013

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Today is Saturday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2013. There are 332 days left in the year.1653 ― New Amsterdam becomes a city (later New York City) 1852 ― Alexandre Dumas Jr.'s "Le Dame aux Camellias" premieres in Paris 1863 ― Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for first time 1922 ― James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1932 ― Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Ga.) 1933 ― Two days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1944 ― Allied troops first set foot on Japanese territory 1954 ― President Eisenhower reports detonation of first H-bomb (done in 1952) 1986 ― Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India 1990 ― South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes African National Congress and 60 other political organizations 

Feb 1, 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Today is Friday, February 1, the 32nd day of 2013. There are 333 days left in the year.1587 ― English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart’s death sentence 1789 ― Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1884 ― First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published 1893 ― Thomas Edison completes world’s first movie studio (West Orange, N.J.) 1896 ― Giacomo Puccini’s Opera “La Boheme” premieres in Turin 1902 ― China’s empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman’s feet 1923 ― Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini 1950 ― USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes 1951 ― U.N. condemns People’s Republic of China as aggressor in Korea 1978 ― Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl

Jan 31, 2013

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013

Today is Thursday, January 31, the 31st day of 2013. There are 334 days left in the year.1627 ― Spanish government goes bankrupt 1871 ― Millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darken the sky 1901 ― Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at the Moscow Art Theater 1915 ― First (German) poison gas attack, against Russians 1928 ― Scotch tape first marketed by 3-M Company 1929 ― Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey 1943 ― General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad 1950 ― President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen bomb 1958 ― U.S. launches their first artificial satellite, Explorer 1 1978 ― "Elvis The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 101 performances

Jan 30, 2013

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 30, the 30th day of 2013. There are 335 days left in the year.1077 ― Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV 1487 ― Bell chimes invented 1818 ― Keats composes his sonnet, ``When I Have Fears" 1917 ― First jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) 1925 ― Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople 1939 ― Hitler calls for the extermination of Jews 1956 ― Martin Luther King Jr.'s home bombed 1968 ― Vietcong launch Tet offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon 1969 ― Beatles perform their last gig together, a 42-minute free concert on the roof of Apple HQs 1981 ― 8th American Music Award; Kenny Rogers wins1994 ― Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76) 

Jan 29, 2013

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 29, the 29th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year.1728 ― John Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London 1845 ― Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" first published (New York City)1886 ― First successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 1896 ― Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1920 ― Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co. 1924 ― Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1936 ― First players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame; Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1964 ― Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" premieres 1969 ― Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1979 ― Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C. 

Jan 28, 2013

MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013

Today is Monday, January 28, the 28th day of 2013. There are 347 days left in the year.1077 ― Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV 1099 ― First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad, Syria 1613 ― Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune 1689 ― English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1807 ― London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight 1918 ― Trotsky becomes leader of Reds 1932 ― Japan occupies Shanghai 1935 ― Iceland becomes first country to legalize abortion 1959 ― Soviet Union wins 62-37 for first international basketball loss by U.S. 1998 ― Michelangelo's ``Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

Jan 27, 2013

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013

Today is Saturday, January 26, the 26th day of 2013. There are 339 days left in the year.1531 ― Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1697 ― Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's six-month time limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1833 ― Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres in Milan 1841 ― Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 1905 ― Han Yong-un (Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea 1926 ― Television first demonstrated (John L. Baird, London) 1961 ― ``Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to No. 1 1980 ― Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations 1988 ― ``Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000-plus performances 1998 ― President Clinton says ``I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 

Jan 25, 2013

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