History Today : Britain plan attack on US, Britain sell Surname and more
- 1409 The University of Leipzig opens
- 1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
- 1682 English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam
- 1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
- 1763 Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
- 1777 British General Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
- 1790 Austrian army occupies Brussels
- 1802 Britain sells Suriname to the Netherlands
- 1805 Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz
- 1813 Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy
- 1816 First savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
- 1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
- 1848 Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary
- 1851 French President Charles Louis Bonaparte in a Coup d'etat overthrows the Second Republic establishing himself as Emperor.
- 1864 Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
- 1877 Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" premieres in Weimar
- 1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
- 1883 John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F premieres
- 1885 Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna
- 1887 Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens
- 1887 French president Grevy (80) resigns
- 1891 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
- 1899 US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
- 1899 Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
- 1900 Exiled South African President of Transvaal Paul Kruger arrives in Germany, though the Kaiser refuses the meet him
- 1901 King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
- 1902 Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer
- 1907 English Professional Football Players' Association forms
- 1908 Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
- 1913 Archdiocese of Managua created
- 1913 French Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
- 1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
- 1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
- 1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
- 1922 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
- 1924 British-German trade agreement signed
- 1927 First Model A Fords sold, for $385
- 1928 Cardinals' 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
- 1929 First skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
- 1932 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
- 1934 5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
- 1939 British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
- 1939 NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
- 1941 Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
- 1941 NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
- 1941 US Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
- 1941 Japanese Marshal Admiral Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
- 1943 First RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt -Nazi Reich Security Head Office) transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
- 1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
- 1944 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
- 1944 German troops seize Betuwse dikes
- 1944 US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
- 1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
- 1950 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
- 1950 15th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-0 in Birmingham.
- 1951 "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
- 1951 Philadelphia sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
- 1951 16th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-7 in Birmingham
- 1952 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
- 1952 First human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)
- 1954 "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
- 1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
- 1954 US Senate censures Joeseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute"
- 1969 "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
- 1969 Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
- 1970 Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
- 1970 Michael Tippett's opera "The Knot Garden" premieres in London
- 1971 Soviet Mars 3 is first to soft land on Mars
- 1971 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
- 1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
- 1971 Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes President of UAE
- 1972 "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
- 1972 "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
- 1972 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10
- 1972 In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
- 1972 37th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 17-16 in Birmingham
- 1973 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
- 1973 Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington, D.C. opens
- 1973 US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
- 1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
- 1974 Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
- 1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
- 1975 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster, Drente (NL), 3 killed
- 1975 G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
- 1975 Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
- 1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
- 1978 Chanting "Allah is great", anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
- 1978 43rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-16 in Birmingham
- 1979 Crowds attack US embassy in Tripoli, Libya
- 1979 Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
- 1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
- 1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
- 1981 Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, opens at 11:30 AM
- 1981 Spanish government requests membership of NATO
- 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
- 1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
- 1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
- 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- 1985 Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of Benigno Aquino's murder
- 1985 Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood" premieres in NYC at Imperial Theater NYC (608 performances)
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