History Today:1st US shop to use electricity,1st US hospital

• 268 Pope St Dionysius dies
• 418 Pope Zosimus (417-18) dies
• 795 St Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest
• 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrechtington
• • 1792 Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze
  • 1793 Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians.
  • 1799 George Washington is eulogized by Colonel Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace & 1st in hearts of his countrymen"
  • 1805 France & Austria signs Peace of Pressburg
  • 1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia
  • 1809 British invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen
  • 1811 A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
  • 1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies
  • 1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December]
  • 1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" premieres in Milan
  • 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma" premieres in Milan
  • 1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF
  • 1848 William & Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia
  • 1848 The Phi Delta Theta fraternity is founded at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
  • 1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
  • 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt)
  • 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft Sumter
  • 1860 First ever inter-club football match between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England
  • 1862 -Dec 28th) Battle of Dumfries, VA
  • 1862 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
  • 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minnesota, due to their uprising
  • 1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st US coffee percolator
  • 1870 The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
  • 1871 Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
  • 1872 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18")
  • 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention
  • 1878 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
  • 1879 Johannes Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture" premieres
  • 1883 The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
  • 1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
  • 1892 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala)
  • 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed
  • 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) & Christy Williams (42)
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  • 1914 US Government protests British interference with American merchant ships at sea, on the same day Germans announce they will treat food as contraband, subject to seizure; weakens America's protest
  • 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
  • 1917 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
  • 1917 US Federal government took over operation of American railroads for duration of WW I
  • 1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW)
  • 1918 After spending Christmas with American troops in France, Wilson goes to London for preliminary discussions about the forthcoming peace conference
  • 1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
  • 1925 NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1
  • 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
  • 1925 NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70
  • 1925 The Communist Party of India is founded.
  • 1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming
  • 1928 World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic
  • 1931 George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in NYC
  • 1931 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy

  • 1936 Israel's Philarmonic Orchestra forms
  • 1938 Bradman scores 225 South Aust v Qld before Christ gets him out
  • 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa
  • 1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey
  • 1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels
  • 1940 1st-class cricket debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
  • 1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in NYC
  • 1945 CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
  • 1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 111 performances
  • 1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater NYC for 60 performances
  • 1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
  • 1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
  • 1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
  • 1947 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
  • 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs That same day, LA set a record high of 84°F
  • 1948 Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty arrested
  • 1950 Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)
  • 1954 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
  • 1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
  • 1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Los Angeles Rams 38-14
  • 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
  • 1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London
  • 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres St James Theater in NYC
  • 1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game
  • 1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch's opera "Katerina Ismailova" premieres in Moscow
  • 1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater NYC for 4 performances
  • 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"
  • 1963 US furnishes cereal to USSR
  • 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
  • 1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game
  • 1964 Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley claim last victim
  • 1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
  • 1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game

  
  

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