Richard the Lionheart Captured
1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured near Vienna by Leopold of Austria on his way home from the Third Crusade (released 1194)
- 1448 Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal
Knights of Rhodes Surrender
1522Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
- 1585 English fleet & Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, reach Vlissingen
- 1600 Ottario Rinuccini and Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
- 1606 The English colonial expedition to America, consisting of the ships Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant, departs Blackwall, London to found Jamestown, Virginia
- 1661 Corporation Act enforced in England
- 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
Dutch Troops In London
1688Prince William of Orange's troops arrive in London
Russian New Year Changed
1699 Russian TsarPeter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1
Jacobite Army Reaches Esk River
1745Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army reaches the river Esk, North Yorkshire
- 1780 Britain declares war on Holland
First US Cotton Mill
1790 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island built by Samuel Slater based onRichard Arkwright's design
- 1803 French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA, purchased for $15M
"Grimm's Fairy Tales"
1812 "Grimm's Fairy Tales" or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm andWilhelm Grimm is first published
- 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men aged between 21 & 50
Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus
1823 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music byFranz Schubert premieres in Vienna
- 1830 Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium
- 1850 Hawaiian post office established
- 1860 South Carolina General Assembly votes 169-0 to secede from the United States, declaring itself an "independent commonwealth". Is quickly followed by other Southern states triggering the American Civil War.
- 1861 Battle of Dranesville, VA
- 1862 -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
- 1862 -Jan 3rd] Vicksburg campaign
Confederates Occupy Trenton, Kentucky
1862 Confederate Army Brigadier GeneralNathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky (US Civil War)
Edison Demonstrates Incandescent Light
1879Thomas Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
- 1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
- 1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
- 1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls between Canada and US
- 1891 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
- 1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
- 1893 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia
- 1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the first six-day cricket Test, Australia needed 177 to win but were all out for 166
- 1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
O'Brien vs. Fitzsimmons
1905Philadelphia Jack O'Brien wins the World Light Heavyweight boxing title after defending championBob Fitzsimmons of England retires in round 13 of 20 in San Francisco
Gallipoli: Guts, Glory and Defeat
1915 WWI: ANZAC troops complete their withdrawal from Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula
- 1917 A second nationwide referendum on military conscription is rejected by the Australian public
Cheka Forms
1917 Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, the Cheka forms, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree byVladimir Lenin
Moon of the Caribees
1918Eugene O'Neill's play "Moon of the Caribees" premieres in NYC
- 1918 The Allies turn their attention to Bolshevik expansion in the East, landing troops in Crimea and Latvia
- 1919 Canadian National Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
- 1919 US House of Representatives restricts immigration
- 1920 Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
- 1922 Draft declaration on creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) crafted by representatives from the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR, and the Transcaucasian SFSR
- 1922 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president
Hitler Freed from Prison
1924Adolf Hitler freed from jail early, having served only nine months of five-year sentence for "Beer Hall Putsch"
- 1926 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in NYC
Cardinals Trade Hornsby
1926 St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielderRogers Hornsby to NY Giants forFrankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling
- 1928 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec
- 1928 Ethel Barrymore Theatre opens at 243 W 47th St NYC
- 1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
- 1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park
- 1930 Cricketer Learie Constantine scores 100 runs in 52 mins West Indies v Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)[1]
- 1933 Bolivia & Paraguay sign cease fire
- 1935 The crystallization of the first virus, the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), by Wendell Stanley is announced in the journal Science, for which he is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on December 10, 1946
- 1938 Boston Bruins rookie goalie Frankie Brimsek records his 3rd straight shutout with a 3-0 win over the New York Americans, making it his incredible sixth shutout in his first 8 NHL games
- 1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
Connie Mack Acquires Athletics
1940Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics baseball club for $42,000
- 1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
- 1941 Japanese troops land on Mindanao, Philippines
- 1941 World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
- 1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta
- 1943 "Internationale" is no longer used as USSR National Anthem
- 1944 Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
- 1944 Battle of Bastogne: Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
- 1944 Bishop forbids membership of non Catholic unions
O Mistress Mine
1944Terence Rattigan's comedic play "O Mistress Mine" premieres in London
- 1945 Rationing of auto tires ends in US
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" film, directed byFrank Capra, starringJames Stewart, Donna Reed andLionel Barrymore premieres in New York
Milhaud's 2nd Symphony
1946Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres with the Boston Symphony conducted by the composer; the work was commissioned as a memorial to the wife of group's music director Serge Koussevitzky
- 1948 Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
Beauty And The Beast
1949Maurice Ravel and John Cranko's ballet "Beauty And The Beast" premieres
Harvey
1950 "Harvey" starringJames Stewart premieres in New York
- 1951 Walter Zinn's Experimental Breeder Reactor I, the first nuclear reactor to produce electric power, goes live at the Argonne National Laboratory, USA
- 1952 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
- 1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales
- 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
- 1956 Montgomery, Alabama removes race-based seat assignments on its buses
Elvis Receives Draft Notice
1957Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the US Army for national service
Osmond Brothers Debut
1962 American pop singing group the Osmond Brothers debut on "TheAndy Williams Show"
Contempt
1963 "Contempt" film directed byJean-Luc Godard, starringBrigitte Bardot and Jack Palance, is released
- 1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
- 1963 Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville
- 1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins
- 1964 Levi Eshkol forms 12th Israeli government
- 1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
- 1966 Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels
- 1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1967 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
- 1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group "Jethro Tull" in Blackpool, England
- 1968 Learie Constantine becomes UK's first person of African descent to be named a life peer (to sit in the House of Lords) in the Crown's New Year's Honours list
- 1968 The People's Democracy (PD) announce that its members will undertake a protest march from Belfast to Derry beginning 1 January 1969
- 1968 The Zodiac Killer murders teenagers Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday while on their first date together in Vallejo, California[1]
Leaving On A Jet Plane
1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's cover ofJohn Denver's song "Leaving On A Jet Plane" reaches #1
- 1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's communist party leader
"Ms." Magazine
1971 First preview issue of "Ms." magazine is published in the US launched byGloria Steinem
- 1971 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
The Effect of Gamma Rays
1972 "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" film directed byPaul Newman and starring his wife Joanna Woodward, premieres in NYC
- 1972 Five civilians (four Catholics, one Protestant) killed in gun attack on the Top of the Hill Bar in Derry, North Ireland
Cronin Refuses Williams
1973 AL presidentJoe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
- 1973 Dutch Antillean government of Juancho Evertsz forms
Richard Scores 1,000
1973 Montreal CanadienHenri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point
The Godfather Part II
1974 "TheGodfather Part II", directed byFrancis Ford Coppola and starringAl Pacino andRobert De Niro, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1975)
- 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
Dark Horse
1974George Harrison releases "Dark Horse", his fifth studio album in UK
- 1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles
Rabin Resigns
1976 Israeli PMYitzhak Rabin resigns
- 1977 1st Space walk made by Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko during Salyut 6 EO-1 mission
- 1977 RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
Haldeman Released from Jail
1978H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff released from jail after serving 18 months
- 1979 Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Behn Wilson scores with 4:08 remaining in regulation to earn a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins and equal NHL record for longest undefeated streak of 28 games; go on to break record and extend to 35 games
Former Premier Kosygin Dead
1980 Soviet Union formally announces the death of past PremierAlexei Kosygin
- 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
- 1981 Winnipeg left wing Doug Smail sets NHL record by scoring just 4 seconds into Jets' 5-4 win over the St Louis Blues; fastest goal from opening face-off to back of net in history; later tied by Bryan Trottier and Alex Mogilny
- 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution
Lafleur Scores 500
1983Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, becomes 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
- 1983 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins
PLO Evacuate Lebanon
1983 PLO chairmanYasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
- 1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Potvin Passes Orr
1985Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
- 1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
- 1985 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
- 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in New York City's Howard Beach
- 1987 Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector in Philippine waters, 4,386 die in world's deadliest peacetime maritime disaster
Working Girl
1988 "Working Girl" premieres directed by Mike Nicols, starringMelanie Griffith,Harrison Ford andSigourney Weaver
- 1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
- 1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
- 1988 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 "Born on the Fourth of July", directed byOliver Stone and starringTom Cruise, premieres in America
- 1989 Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
US Ousts Noriega
1989 US troops invade Panama & oustManuel Noriega, but don't catch him
- 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
- 1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-NJ Knights for $11 million
Shevardnadze Resigns
1990 Soviet Foreign MinisterEduard Shevardnadze resigns
- 1990 The world's first website and server go live at CERN
Father of the Bride
1991 "Father of the Bride" film comedy starringSteve Martin,Diane Keaton, andMartin Short, premieres; film is a re-make of 1950 vehicle forSpencer Tracy andELizabeth Taylor
- 1991 Missouri court sentences Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the "honor killing" of their teenaged daughter Palestina in St. Louis; he dies of diabetes complications before execution, she dies of natural causes while in prison
- 1991 NHL approves expansion teams Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
Paul Keating PM
1991Paul Keating becomes Prime Minister of Australia after rollingBob Hawke for leadership of the Labor party
- 1992 Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
Milošević Re-elected
1992Slobodan Milošević re-elected president of Serbia
Ballon d'Or
1994 Ballon d'Or: FC Barcelona's Bulgarian forwardHristo Stoichkov is named Europe's best football player ahead of Juventus striker Roberto Baggio and Milan defender Paolo Maldini
Scream
1996 Horror film classic "Scream", starringNeve Campbell andCourteney Cox, is released
Gangs of New York
2002 "Gangs of New York", starringLeonardo DiCaprio,Daniel Day-Lewis, andCameron Diaz, is released
- 2002 US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
The Breakthrough
2005 Geffen Records releases "The Breakthrough", the 7th studio album byMary J. Blige; it wins 3 Grammy Awrds, and sells over 3 million copies
- 2005 New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike over pension and wage increases, shutting down all subway and bus services for three days
- 2005 The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated
- 2005 US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
- 2006 A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
Elizabeth II Oldest UK Monarch
2007 Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
Thieves Steal a Picasso
2007 Painting "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904)", by the Spanish artistPablo Picasso, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with "O Lavrador de Café", by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari
- 2007 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque completed (begun 1994), becoming the largest mosque in Abu Dhabi
Obama Gets Swine Flu Vaccine
2009 US PresidentBarack Obama receives his vaccine jab against swine flu
- 2012 Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
- 2012 Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, for $8 billion
- 2014 Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley kills 2 NYPD officers in Brooklyn, New York, supposedly in revenge for the killing of Eric Garner, before killing himself
- 2015 Landslide from construction waste in Shenzhen, China leaves 74 dead or missing and buries 30 buildings
- 2017 European Commission triggers first step of its article 7 procedure issuing Poland with formal warning of risk to voting rights
- 2017 US House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax and jobs bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades
- 2018 New figures show average US male weighs 198 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches, women 171 pounds and 5 feet 4 inches
Defense Secretary Resigns
2018 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announces his resignation after disagreements with PresidentDonald Trump
- 2019 Landmark climate justice case as Dutch Supreme Court upholds 2013 decision brought by Urgenda Foundation against Dutch government for not reducing carbon dioxide emissions
- 2019 Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana granted US federal recognition, providing the right to certain legal and government benefits
- 2019 United States Space Force founded, an armed forces branch dedicated to space warfare
- 2020 European countries begin closing their borders to the UK after news of a faster-spreading variant of COVID-19 across London and the south-east
- 2021 First Hong Kong legislative elections with only 'patriot' candidates allowed to stand has low turnout of 30%
- 2022 6.4-magnitude earthquake near Eureka, northern California kills at least two people[1]
Rabuka Forms Fiji Government
2022 Fiji's main opposition parties, led bySitiveni Rabuka form a coalition government, ending 16 years of rule byFrank Bainimarama's Fiji First government[1]
- 2022 Multinational company 3M says it will stop making and using "forever chemicals", linked to health problems such as cancer[1]
- 2022 The ruling Taliban suspend university education for female students in Afghanistan, part of a wider crackdown on women's rights in the country[1]
- 2023 Gaza Health Authority says the death toll has reached nearly 20,000 from the war with Israel - higher than other Arab conflict with Israel in more than 40 years[1]
- 2024 A 50-year old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia drives his car through an outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people
