Today in History
1381 Peasants’ Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
1665 New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and renamed New York after English Duke of York
1665 England installs a municipal government in New York City
1830 Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
1838 Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital
1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1864 The Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War in Louisa County ends with Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat
1898 Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain
1917 US Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present in Amsterdam
1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1967 US Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1977 Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
1980 Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests
1987 US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin wall
2007 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist and historian, is awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his humanitarian work by President Putin
2018 Singapore Summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump
2018 AT&T’s $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner can go ahead according to US district court judge
2019 Earliest evidence of humans smoking cannabis discovered in 2,500-year-old grave in Pamir Mountains, China, published in “Science Advances”
Movies & TV
1963 “Cleopatra” directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton premieres in NYC, then most expensive film ever made
1965 Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance on “American Bandstand”
1966 Dave Clark Five sets record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan Show
1967 “You Only Live Twice”, 5th James Bond film starring Sean Connery, screenplay by Roald Dahl, premieres in London
1981 “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the first Indiana Jones film directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford premieres
1997 “Batman and Robin” directed by Joel Schumacher, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris O’Donnell premieres in Los Angeles
2007 “Transformers”, directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox premieres in Sydney
2010 “Toy Story 3”, directed by Lee Unkrich, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, premieres at the Taormina Film Fest in Italy - 1st animated film to earn 1 billion
2016 70th Tony Awards: “Hamilton” wins 11 awards after record 16 nominations
Music
1909 “Shine On, Harvest Moon” by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1
1954 Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” is originally released
1970 Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1990 “Mariah Carey” debut album by Mariah Carey is released
Sports
1880 Worcester pitcher Lee Richmond throws first perfect game in MLB history in 1-0 win over Cleveland
1922 St Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
1928 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
1950 Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
1975 Hank Aaron’s 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
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