Today in History

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Today is Wednesday, September 29, the 272nd day of 2010. There are 93 days left in the year. 1793 ― Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1829 ― Scotland Yard formed in London 1890 ― First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC 1936 ― Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign 1944 ― Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1963 ― Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros) 1977 ― Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1979 ― Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong 1986 ― Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (first rookie brothers) 1988 ― U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize

Sep 28, 2010

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Today is Tuesday, September 28, the 271st day of 2010. There are 94 days left in the year. 1066 ― William the Conqueror lands in England 1906 ― U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1912 ― ``Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 1922 ― Mussolini marches on Rome 1939 ― Soviet-German treaty agree on fourth partition of Poland (WWII) and gives Lithuania to the USSR 1959 ― Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around the Earth 1968 ― Beatles' ``Hey Jude," single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for nine weeks 1972 ― Japan and Communist China agree to reestablish diplomatic relations 1978 ― Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord 1991 ― NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game

Sep 27, 2010

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Today is Monday, September 27, the 270th day of 2010. There are 95 days left in the year. 1290 ― Earthquake in Gulf of Chili, China, reportedly kills 100,000 1540 ― Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola 1821 ― Mexican Empire declares its independence 1825 ― Railroad transportation is born with first track in England 1905 ― First published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues 1939 ― Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 1959 ― Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000 1964 ― Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone 1988 ― Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth 1989 ― Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash

Sep 26, 2010

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Today is Saturday, September 25, the 268th day of 2010. There are 97 days left in the year. 1493 ― Columbus sails on second voyage to America 1639 ― First printing press in America 1789 ― Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) 1890 ―Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif.) 1926 ― Henry Ford announces the eight-hour, five-day workweek 1939 ― Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1956 ― First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation 1957 ― Soviet seven-year plan (1959-1965) announced 1962 ― Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title 1990 ― U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq

Sep 24, 2010

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Today is Monday, September 21, the 264th day of 2010. There are 101 days left in the year. 1784 _ First daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet & General Advertiser) 1792 _ First French Republic declared 1895 _ First auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1897 _ NY Sun runs famous `Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1931 _ Britain goes off the gold standard 1934 _ Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 1949 _ Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under three-power occupation 1949 _ People's Republic of China proclaimed 1981 _ Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court Justice 1985 _ Michael Spinks becomes first light heavyweight to defeat the reigning heavyweight champion, he defeats Larry Holmes

Sep 20, 2010

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Today is Monday, September 20, the 263rd day of 2010. There are 102 days left in the year. 622 _ Mohammad's Hegira 1519 _ Magellan starts first successful circumnavigation of the world 1664 _ Maryland enacts first anti-amalgamation law to prevent widespread intermarriage of English women and black men 1859 _ Patent granted on the microwave oven 1873 _ Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) 1954 _ First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1958 _ Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC 1973 _ Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1990 _ Both Germanys ratify reunification 1990 _ Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message

Sep 19, 2010

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Today is Saturday, September 18, the 261st day of 2010. There are 104 days left in the year. 1739 ― Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1810 ― Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) 1830 ― A horse beats the first U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore) 1851 ― The NY Times starts publishing, at 2 cents a copy 1914 ― Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WWI 1975 ― Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in S.F. 1977 ― U.S. Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1979 ― Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect 1982 ― Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon 1983 ― George Meegen completes 2,426-day (19,000-mile) walk across Western Hemisphere

Sep 17, 2010

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Today is Friday, September 17, the 260th day of 2010. There are 105 days left in the year. 1787 ― U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1922 ― Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1934 ― First 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th) 1939 ― Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1953 ― First successful separation of Siamese twins 1954 ― Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in Round 8 1959 ― Typhoon kills 2,000 in Korea and Japan 1964 ― Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1980 ― Solidarity labor union in Poland forms 1991 ― South and North Korea join the U.N.

Sep 16, 2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Today is Thursday, September 16, the 259th day of 2010. There are 106 days left in the year. 1630 ― Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1662 ― Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known astronomical observation 1810 ― Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain (National Day) 1857 ― Typesetting machine patented 1908 ― General Motors founded by William C. Durant 1938 ― George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH 1963 ― Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo and Sarawak 1968 ― Richard Nixon appears on ``Laugh-in" 1974 ― President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S.-Vietnam War deserters 1991 ―U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins

Sep 15, 2010

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Today is Wednesday, September 15, the 258th day of 2010. There are 107 days left in the year. 1620 ― Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims 1821 ― Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independence 1894 ― Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 1916 ― First tank used in war, ``Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1935 ― Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany 1938 ― Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pitts) 1950 ― During Korean conflict, U.N. forces land at Inchon in the south 1959 ― Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in U.S. to begin a 13-day visit 1982 ― First issue of ``USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc. 1990 ― Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

Sep 14, 2010

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