History Today: War between African and British, Earthquake hits New Madrid

• 755 An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during Chinese Tang Dynasty
• 882 Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII
• 1392 Nanboku-chō - Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
• 1431 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
• 1538 King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
• 1575 The 1575 Valdivia earthquake takes place.
• 1577 Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory
• 1598 Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese
• 1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
• 1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
• 1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
• 1689 English Parliament passes Bill of Rights establishing limits on crown powers and requirement for regular elections
• 1707 Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
• 1740 Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
• 1761 Seven Years' War: After four-month siege, Russian army under Pyotr Rumyantsev takes Prussian fortress of Kolobrzeg (German: Kolberg).
• 1767 Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premieres
• 1773 Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British imposed Tea Act
• 1811 Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage
• 1817 Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
• 1824 Great North Holland Canal opens
• 1826 Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
• 1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC
• 1838 Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
• 1838 Battle of Blood River: Zulu impis defeated by Voortrekkers in South Africa (Great Trek)
• 1850 Ships the Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand
• 1857 Earthquake in Naples, Italy
• 1858 Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island
• 1862 Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
• 1863 Braxton Bragg is replaced by Joseph E. Johnston as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee
• 1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
• 1877 Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
• 1880 Transvaal region declares itself as the Republic of South Africa
• 1880 Beginning of the First Boer War between British Empire and Boer South African Republic
• 1883 Tonkin Campaign: The French capture the citadel in Hanoi
• 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
• 1886 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"
• 1890 Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN
• 1892 Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW
• 1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
• 1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
• 1900 Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony
• 1900 A National Civic Federation is formed in the US to arbitrate labor disputes
• 1901 Boer general Kritzinger captured
• 1903 Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers
• 1903 The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel opens its doors to guests for the first time
• 1905 "Variety" covering all phases of show business, 1st published
• 1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY)

• 1908 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH)
• 1909 A conservative revolution and US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos from office
• 1912 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
• 1912 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
• 1912 First Balkan War: The Ottoman Navy is defeated by the Royal Hellenic Navy at the Battle of Eli
• 1918 German troops evacuate Finland, give over Kiev in the Ukraine to revolutionary forces and pull back from Estonia as Bolshevik forces move in
• 1920 8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000
• 1921 The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) calls for a united front in a pass burning campaign on Dingaan's Day
• 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty, agreed to by the British Parliament and Sinn Fein, is ratified
• 1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
• 1922 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
• 1924 Noel Coward's "Vortex" premieres in London
• 1931 German SPD begins Iron Front against fascism
• 1933 Abe de Vries & Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht
• 1936 John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat" premieres in NYC
• 1937 Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
• 1938 Bradman scores 143 South Aust v NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
• 1941 Sarawak occupied by Japanese forces
• 1942 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
• 1943 "Tamiami Champion" (New York to Florida) trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200
• 1944 Ardennes campaign ('Battle of the Bulge') begins in Belgium
• 1944 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
• 1944 US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
• 1945 Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
• 1946 1947 NFL Draft: Bob Fenimore from University of Oklahoma A&M first pick by Chicago Bears
• 1946 Thailand joins the United Nations
• 1948 "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances
• 1949 Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden.
• 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 1953 Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A
• 1956 "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 888 performances
• 1957 Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• 1958 Bogota warehouse fire kills 82
• 1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
• 1960 "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
• 1960 TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
• 1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 performances
• 1962 NY Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
• 1962 Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
• 1964 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
• 1965 Gemini 6 returns to Earth
• 1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
• 1965 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
• 1966 The Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in UK
• 1968 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI begins broadcasting
• 1968 Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain at Second Vatican Council
• 1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 to abolish the death penalty
• 1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing
• 1970 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR)
• 1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1970 "Love Story" based on the novel by Erich Segal, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw is released
• 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
• 1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
• 1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
• 1972 Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
• 1972 Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
• 1973 O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
• 1973 US kidnap victem Paul Getty III freed
• 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1975 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
• 1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
• 1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
• 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
• 1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis
• 1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
• 1978 Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.
• 1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
• 1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
• 1979 4 British Army soldiers are killed by a PIRA landmine near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Another British Army soldier was killed by a PIRA landmine near Forkill, County Armagh
• 1979 Libya raises crude oil prices, joining four other OPEC nations, which has a dramatic effect on the United States
• 1980 President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state
• 1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
• 1982 Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets
• 1982 The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%.
• 1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
• 1986 Revolt in Kazakhstan against Communist party, known as Zheltoksan, which becomes the first sign of ethnic strife during Gorbachev's tenure
• 1987 Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea
• 1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
• 1989 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
• 1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
• 1989 Protest breaks out in Timişoara in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor, László Tőkés.
• 1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti
• 1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
• 1990 Rev Jean Betrand Aristide elected president of Haiti
• 1991 Fla Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
• 1991 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
• 1991 Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 1993 "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 1998 Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - the United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq
• 2012 4 people are killed after Cyclone Evan strikes Fiji
• 2012 Corinthians defeat Chelsea 1-0 to win the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2012 A gang rape of a woman on a bus in India that resulted in her death leads to national and international outrage
• 2013 21 people are killed and 20 are injured after a bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, Philippines
• 2013 79th Heisman Trophy Award: Jameis Winston, Florida State (QB)
• 2014 An Army Public School in Pakistan is attacked by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants who kill 145 people
• 2015 US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25% for the first time since 2006