Today In History

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• 363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign that brings about his own death
• 1046 Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the 7 year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama
• 1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
• 1558 Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spaniard Francisco Fernandes
• 1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
• 1645 Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III
• 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
• 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
• 1743 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
• 1746 Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen
• 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
• 1907 The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
• 1908 1st ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica
• 1910 Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon" premieres
• 1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1
• 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die
• 1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• 1915 World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
• 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes)
• 1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx)
• 1935 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago)
• 1936 Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)
• 1956 "King Kong" 1st televised
• 1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
• 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland
• 1957 Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley (Elvis Pelvin)
• 1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
• 1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
• 1996 Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame
• 1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox & Willie Wells for Hall of Fame
• 1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
• 2001 In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
• 2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
• 2005 The Burkinabé Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its first National Convention
• 2013 Willcom announces the world’s smallest mobile phone, weighing 32 grams
• 2014 A survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reports that about 1/3 of women in the European Union have experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15
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