History Today :Ecuador founded, Lincoln orders hanging of Indians

• 963 Leo VIII elected Pope
• 1060 Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
• 1160 Jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras
• 1196 Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolas Flood"
• 1240 Mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev
• 1527 Pope Clemens VII flees to Orvieto
• 1534 Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish
• 1631 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
• 1641 Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
• 1648 Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament
• 1723 Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution
• 1732 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC
• 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
• 1756 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, India
• 1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published in Scotland
• 1787 Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor
• 1790 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1822 Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
• 1841 Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D premieres
• 1843 Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
• 1845 Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.
• 1846 Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris)

• 1862 US President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
• 1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
• 1865 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery
• 1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
• 1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
• 1873 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
• 1875 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
• 1876 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn
• 1876 City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time
• 1876 US Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as pres (although Tilden won)
• 1877 Washington Post publishes 1st edition
• 1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
• 1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC
• 1896 D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura
• 1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.
• 1903 Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
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• 1906 The British grant Transvaal self-government
• 1907 Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361
• 1912 China votes for universal human rights
• 1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
• 1914 German troops over run Lodz
• 1916 German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest
• 1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
• 1917 French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
• 1917 Taking advantage of the temporary relaxation of authority in Russia, Finland declares itself a republic, following the Ukraine on 20 November
• 1925 Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
• 1925 Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
• 1929 Turkey introduces female suffrage
• 1930 18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6
• 1939 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB)
• 1939 Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady" premieres in NYC
• 1940 Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
• 1940 Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia
• 1941 Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
• 1941 NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
• 1942 Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth
• 1942 RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die)
• 1944 US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall
• 1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
• 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
• 1952 Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata
• 1953 Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14
• 1957 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
• 1957 AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)
• 1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
• 1958 US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
• 1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
• 1961 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) (1st African American to win)
• 1962 US abandons Skybolt balistic missile program
• 1963 Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
• 1963 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
• 1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
• 1964 KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1964 President Segni of Italy resigns
• 1965 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
• 1965 Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
• 1966 Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
• 1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
• 1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
• 1968 PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn
• 1968 WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
• 1969 "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances
• 1969 300,000 attend Altamont California, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
• 1969 USSR performs nuclear test
• 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
• 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
• 1971 A woman dies trying to salvage property from the Salvation Army Citadel in Belfast after bomb which started a large fire in an adjoining building
• 1973 Bahrain's constitution goes into effect
• 1975 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
• 1975 Balcombe Street Siege: for 6 days, four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers hold two hostages at an apartment in London, England
• 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
• 1977 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
• 1978 Spain adopts constitution
• 1980 Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
• 1980 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502
• 1981 Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
• 1982 Droppin Well bombing: 11 British soldiers and 6 civilians are killed by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) time bomb at the Droppin’ Well Bar in Ballykelly, County Londonderry
• 1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
• 1984 France performs nuclear test
• 1984 Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
• 1986 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
• 1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
• 1987 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"
• 1987 Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec)
• 1987 Jane Crafter/Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1988 Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1988 Carlos Andres Perez re-elected president of Venezuela
• 1988 Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets v WI at the WACA but Australia lose
• 1988 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)
• 1988 Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
• 1988 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
• 1988 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Balt Orioles
• 1989 Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52
• 1989 Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal
• 1990 NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
• 1990 Saddam anounces release of all foriegn hostages
• 1990 Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100
• 1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
• 1991 "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
• 1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
• 1992 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
• 1992 Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 1993 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29
• 1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
• 1994 Orange County California files for bankruptcy
• 1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
• 1995 6th Billboard Music Awards: TLC & Hootie & The Blowfish win
• 1998 87th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Italy in Milan (4-1)
• 2001 The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
• 2003 12th SEC Championship Game: #3 LSU beats #5 Georgia, 34-13
• 2003 8th Big 12 Championship Game: #13 Kansas State beats #1 Oklahoma, 35-7
• 2005 Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
• 2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars
• 2008 17th SEC Championship Game: #2 Florida beats #1 Alabama, 31-20
• 2008 4th ACC Championship Game: Virginia Tech beats #18 Boston College, 30-12
• 2008 13th Big 12 Championship Game: #4 Oklahoma beats #19 Missouri, 62-21
• 2009 98th Davis Cup: Spain beats Czech Republic in Barcelona (5-0)
• • 2012 7 people are killed and 770 injured during Egyptian protests
  • 2012 Typhoon Bopha’s death toll rise to 418 with 318 missing and 179,000 displaced
  • 2012 A 243 million year old Nyasasaurus fossil is discovered in Tanzania
  • 2013 A 2-year old boy dies from Ebola in Meliandou, Guinea
  • 2014 23rd SEC Championship Game: #1 Alabama beats #14 Missouri, 42-13
  • 2014 10th ACC Championship Game: #2 Florida State beats #12 Georgia Tech, 37-35
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