Today in History

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Today is Wednesday, February 10, the 41st day of 2010. There are 324 days left in the year. 1635 _ Academie Francaise is founded in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu) 1749 _ 10th (final) volume of Fielding's ``Tom Jones" is published 1774 _ Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit 1794 _ Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres 1824 _ Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1870 _ YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York City) 1897 _ New York Times begins using slogan ``All the News That's Fit to Print" 1949 _ Arthur Miller's ``Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC 1954 _ Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam 1956 _ Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA

Feb 9, 2010

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Today is Tuesday, February 9, the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year. 1540 _ The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) 1674 _ English re-conquer New York from Netherlands 1863 _ Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane 1885 _ First Japanese arrive in Hawaii 1923 _ Soviet Aeroflot airlines established 1943 _ FDR orders minimal 48-hour workweek in war industry 1963 _ First flight of Boeing 727 jet 1964 _ First appearance of Beatles on ``Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers) 1972 _ British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1985 _ Madonna's ``Like a Virgin" album goes No. 1 for three weeks

Feb 8, 2010

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Today is Saturday, February 6, the 37th day of 2010. There are 328 days left in the year. 1508 _ Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1778 _ France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; first U.S. treaty 1778 _ England declares war on France 1904 _ Russian-Japanese war began 1918 _ Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote 1956 _ University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) 1958 _ Seven members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash 1968 _ 10th Winter Olympics games opens in Grenoble, France 1971 _ First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard) 1974 _ U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

Feb 5, 2010

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Today is Friday, February 5, the 36th day of 2010. There are 329 days left in the year. 1816 _ Rossini's Opera ``Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome 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 1945 _ U.S. troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manila 1962 _ French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 1980 _ Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1987 _ Dow Jones average closes above 2,200 for 1st time 1989 _ Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points

Feb 4, 2010

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Today is Thursday, February 4, the 35th day of 2010. There are 330 days left in the year. 1789 _ First electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as President and Vice President 1794 _ French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1899 _ Revolt against U.S. occupation of Philippines 1932 _ Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria 1938 _ Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts 1941 _ United Service Organization (USO) founded 1945 _ FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta 1988 _ Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges 1997 _ OJ Simpson found liable in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson 1998 _ Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

Feb 3, 2010

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Today is Wednesday, February 3, the 34th day of 2010. There are 331 days left in the year. 1488 _ Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros) 1743 _ Philadelphia establishes a ``pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants 1836 _ Whig Party holds its first national convention (Albany, N.Y.) 1919 _ League of Nations first meeting (Paris) 1951 _ Tennessee Williams' ``Rose Tattoo" premieres in New York City 1962 _ President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs 1967 _ ``Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix 1969 _ The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1994 _ President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam 1998 _ Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain

Feb 2, 2010

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Today is Tuesday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2010. There are 332 days left in the year. 1848 _ First shipload of Chinese arrive in San Francisco 1852 _ First British public men's toilet opens (Fleet Street, London) 1863 _ Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for first time 1906 _ Pope encyclical against separation of church and state 1922 _ James Joyce's ``Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1932 _ Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Ga.) 1942 _ Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans 1954 _ President Eisenhower reports detonation of first H-bomb (done in 1952) 1959 _ Buddy Holly's last performance 1986 _ Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India

Feb 1, 2010

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Today is Monday, February 1, the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year. 1788 _ First U.S. steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet 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 1918 _ Russia adopts Gregorian calendar (becomes Feb. 14) 1951 _ U.N. condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea 1964 _ Beatles' ``I Want to Hold Your Hand" first No. 1 hit and stays No. 1 for seven weeks 1981 _ French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq

Jan 31, 2010

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2010

Today is Saturday, January 30, the 30th day of 2010. There are 335 days left in the year. 1487 _ Bell chimes invented 1913 _ House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill 1931 _ Charlie Chaplin's ``City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater 1933 _ German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor, Hitler forms government with Von Papen 1956 _ Martin Luther King Jr.'s home bombed 1964 _ Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1965 _ State funeral of Winston Churchill 1972 _ Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth 1972 _ Bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on Catholics in Londonderry, 13 die 1993 _ 100,000 Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism

Jan 29, 2010

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010

Today is Friday, January 29, the 29th day of 2010. There are 336 days left in the year. 1613 _ Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1834 _ President Jackson orders first use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute 1845 _ Edgar Allen Poe's ``The Raven" first published (New York City) 1886 _ First successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 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 1951 _ Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr.) 1969 _ Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1979 _ Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C. 1990 _ Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill

Jan 28, 2010

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