TODAY’S HISTORY
1794
Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
1869
Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention
meets in Washington, D.C.
1874
Battle between jobless & police in NYC, 100s injuried
1893
U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to
prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution
1906
Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisment for a radio set, by
advertising a $7.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to
receive signals for up to one mile
1911
South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
1915
Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800
1923
Taking advantage of the chaotic condition of Germany, Hitler
stages a demonstration of 5000 storm troopers and denounces the 'November
crime'
1927
US & Mexico battle over oil interests
1942
World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a
German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter
1953
Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1958
9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test
ban
1964
52nd Women's Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats
Lesley Turner (6-3, 6-2)
1975
Henry Kissinger hints at military action against oil
countries in case of "actual strangulation of the industrialized
world" in the wake of oil shock
1978
NASA select its first American women astronauts
1980
Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in
Belgium
1986
NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college
exams
1987
West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in
1985 hijacking
1990
1st elected African American Governor inaugurated (Douglas
Wilder-Virginia)
1991
UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar meets with
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
1994
Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick
Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy
Kerrigan
2000
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive
and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
2004
Harold Shipman, a British GP who is believed to have killed
more than 200 of his patients in Manchester, is found hanged in his prison cell
2014
14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in
an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1807
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), (d.
1883)
1865
Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1892
Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)
1898
Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
1916
Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London,
Rocketship XM)
1921
Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
1928
David Sheiner, American actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana),
born in NYC, New York
1933
Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer, (d. 2014)
1938
Billy Gray, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best), born in Los
Angeles, California
1948
Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1963
Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1968
Kelly Boucher, Canadian basketball forward (Olympics-96),
born in Calgary, Alberta
1976
Vaclav Batlik, Costa Mesa California, American canoeist
(alt-Olympics-96)
1976
Gary Brent, cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996)
1980
Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
1982
Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1990
Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor (Hunger Games films), born
in Melbourne
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