Today In history:US absentee law, first Lutheran pastor in America

• 380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or first formal entry, into Constantinople
• 496 Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
• 642 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
• 1434 River Thames in London freezes over
• 1542 Battle of Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James V
• 1587 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
• 1601 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
• 1628 John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy" premieres in London
• 1639 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System
• 1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
• 1643 Battle of Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
• 1688 General strategist John Churchill meets William III
• 1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
• 1715 London's Thames River freezes over
• 1744 John Carteret resigns as British Secretary of State for the Northern Department
• 1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
• 1800 Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen" premieres in Freiburg
• 1861 Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
• 1862 M Levy publishes Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbo"
• 1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
• 1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
• 1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
• 1874 American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire
• 1880 Southern University forms
• 1887 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca" premieres in Paris

• 1896 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
• 1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
• 1898 The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
• 1903 Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
• 1903 George Ade's "County Chairman" premieres in NYC
• 1905 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
• 1912 Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia

• 1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
• 1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania
• 1916 Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershing's troops will withdraw and each nation's army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it
• 1917 Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
• 1918 Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
• 1922 Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolinidictatorial powers "for 1 year"
• 1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
• 1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
• 1924 General Feng Yu-Hsiang, a warlord from the north of China, turns on his allies and seizes Peking
• 1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
• 1925 Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
• 1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
• 1930 Ruth Nichols sets women's transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to                                California), in a Lockheed-Vega
• 1932 In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as                the  FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
• 1934 CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
• 1934 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven" premieres in NYC
• 1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
• 1935 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
• 1936 Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30" premieres in NYC
• 1936 Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award                     Nobel Peace Prize
• 1938 Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon" premieres in NYC
• 1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
• 1941 "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, the rest are exterminated
• 1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
• 1941 US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
• 1942 Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
• 1942 French collaborator Marquis de Brinon establishes "African Falanx"
• 1944 US bombers based on Saipan begin 1st attack on Tokyo
• 1947 The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds.                           "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were.                      communists
• 1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1949 British steel & iron industry nationalised
• 1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
• 1950 "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
• 1950 UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
• 1950 US infantry division conquers Chonju Korea
• 1951 "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
• 1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 1951 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
• 1951 British auto manufacturers Austin and Morris Motors merge
• 1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
• 1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
• 1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
• 1955 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship
• 1956 "Pajama Game" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
• 1956 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27.
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• 1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community

1962 Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea

1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)

1964 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP

1964 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washngton DC permitted to vote

1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire

1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)

1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog

1966 The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sergeant Pepper"

1966 A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.

1966 New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.

1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational

1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth

1969 West German president Heinemann visits Netherlands

1969 Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam                   in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial

1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)

1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year

1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000

1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey

1971 A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack                  on British soldier

1969 West German president Heinemann visits Netherlands

1969 Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam.                   in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial

1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)

1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year

1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000

1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey

1971 A woman is killed after members of the Irish Republican Army carry out an attack.                   on British soldiers in Strabane, County Tyrone

1971 A British Army bomb-disposal specialist is killed by a bomb in Lurgan, County.                           Armagh

1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test

1972 Taoiseach Jack Lynch met with British Prime Minister Edward Heath in London to.                   give Irish approval to Attlee's paper that said new arrangements should be.                                'acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland'

1974 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)

1974 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7

• 1974 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
• 1975 "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
• 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
• 1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
• 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
• 1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1979 US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
• 1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested

1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan

1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese

1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay

1985 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24

1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed

1986 "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances

1986 Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year

1986 Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana

1987 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR

1989 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia

1989 Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon

1991 Rachmon Nabijev elected president of Tadzjikistan

1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched

1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141

1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales

1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood

1993 11 year old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of.                        English 2 year old James Bulger

1995 Ireland votes to end 58-year-old amendment on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)

1996 "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC

1996 84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton

1996 Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship

1996 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup

1996 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore

1996 Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship

1997 "Street Corner Symphony" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 performances

2002 90th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 25-16

2006 Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a                    court hearing.

2007 Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the.                            federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right.                   Liberal/National coalition government.

2007 72nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-10 in Auburn

2012 Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million.                        views

2012 Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone

2012 The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled

2012 77th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 49-0 in Tuscaloosa

2013 101st CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-                  23

2013 64th Formula One WDC: Sebastian Vettel wins by 155 points

2014 A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what.                             turned out to be a fake gun in a playground

2015 Tunisia declares state of emergency after an attack on a bus in Tunis carrying.                            presidential guards kills at least 12

2015 Turkey shots down a Russian fighter jet after claiming it had flown into Turkish.                            airspace

2015 Venezuelan opposition leader Luis Díaz is shot and killed days before the.                                   country's general election

2015 Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder of 17.                     year old African American Laquan McDonald in 2014