Today In History...
In 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in Scotland's Lochleven Castle.
In 1858 In a speech in Springfield, IL, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
In 1883 Baseball's first Ladies Day takes place when the New York Gothams offer free admission for women to a game against Cleveland.
In 1894 The first recorded "squeeze play" in baseball is pulled off by a pair of Yale players in a game against Princeton.
In 1903 Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
In 1932 President Hoover is renominated by the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1933 The National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law. (It is later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
In 1933 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
In 1940 A pro-Communist government is installed in the Baltic state of Lithuania, following an invasion of Soviet forces.
In 1943 Comedian Charlie Chaplin marries his fourth wife, 18-year-old Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill, in Carpenteria, CA.
In 1947 Dumont's "News from Washington" is the first network news broadcast.
In 1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicates Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron, a ban that was lifted 18 years later.
In 1960 The Alfred Hitchcock movie "Psycho" opens in Hollywood.
In 1961 Soviet ballet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
In 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli Prime Minister.
In 1963 Soviet Lt. Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6.
In 1970 Kenneth Gibson of Newark, New Jersey, becomes the first black to win a mayoral election in a major Northeast city.
In 1976 The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Francis Meloy Jr., is kidnapped and killed in Beirut.
In 1976 Riots break out in the black South African township of Soweto.
In 1977 Soviet Communinst Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the USSR, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously.
In 1978 President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos ratify the Panama Canal treaties.
In 1980 The U.S. Supreme Court approves patenting of gene-splicing.
In 1983 Cheering crowds greet Pope John Paul II as he began his second visit to his native Poland.
In 1983 Canada's Liberal Party chooses John N. Turner to be its new leader to succeed the retiring Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
In 1986 A one-day general strike occurs in South Africa, marking the 10thanniversary of the Soweto uprising.
In 1987 A New York jury finds Bernhard Goetz innocent of attempted murder in the subway shooting of 4 men that approached him for money.
In 1988 Impeached and ousted Arizona Governor Evan Mecham and his brother, Willard, are found innocent by a Phoenix jury of concealing a $350,000 campaign loan.
In 1989 The film "Ghostbusters II" opens nationally.
In 1991 The 7th International Conference on AIDS opened in Florence, Italy.
In 1992 Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is indicted on felony charges in the Iran-Contra affair (he was later pardoned by President Bush).
In 1993 The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to give Haiti's military rulers one week to restore exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, or face an embargo on oil and weapons.
In 1994 Former President Jimmy Carter, on a private visit to North Korea, said the Communist nation's leaders were eager to resume talks with the U.S. to improve relations.
In 1995 Bosnian government forces aided by Bosnian Croats unleash a major offensive in hopes of breaking the Serb stranglehold on Sarajevo.
In 1995 Salt Lake City is awarded the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
In 1995 The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 4,500 for the first time, ending the day at 4,510.79.
In 1997 The British government severs contacts it had just renewed with Sinn Fein after the Irish Republican Army killed two Protestant policemen in Lurgan, Northern Ireland.
In 1998 Massachusetts' highest court clears the way for Louise Woodward to return home to England, upholding a judge's ruling that freed the British nanny convicted of killing a baby.
In 2001 President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet face-to-face for the first time and a meeting in Slovenia.
In 2001 City lawmakers elect Klaus Wowereit Berlin's first openly gay mayor.
In 2002 After winning the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods becomes the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to capture the first two major championships of the year.
In 2003 12 people sent to prison as the result of a Tulia, Texas, drug bust are released on bail by a judge who said they'd been railroaded by an undercover agent. (A total of 35 people were later pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry.)
In 2004 Al Lapin Jr., co-founder of the International House of Pancakes in 1958, dies in Los Angeles at age 76.
In 2012 Coca-Cola begins business in Myanmar after 60 years.
In 1858 In a speech in Springfield, IL, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
In 1883 Baseball's first Ladies Day takes place when the New York Gothams offer free admission for women to a game against Cleveland.
In 1894 The first recorded "squeeze play" in baseball is pulled off by a pair of Yale players in a game against Princeton.
In 1903 Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
In 1932 President Hoover is renominated by the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1933 The National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law. (It is later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
In 1933 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
In 1940 A pro-Communist government is installed in the Baltic state of Lithuania, following an invasion of Soviet forces.
In 1943 Comedian Charlie Chaplin marries his fourth wife, 18-year-old Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill, in Carpenteria, CA.
In 1947 Dumont's "News from Washington" is the first network news broadcast.
In 1955 Pope Pius XII excommunicates Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron, a ban that was lifted 18 years later.
In 1960 The Alfred Hitchcock movie "Psycho" opens in Hollywood.
In 1961 Soviet ballet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West while his troupe was in Paris.
In 1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli Prime Minister.
In 1963 Soviet Lt. Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6.
In 1970 Kenneth Gibson of Newark, New Jersey, becomes the first black to win a mayoral election in a major Northeast city.
In 1976 The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Francis Meloy Jr., is kidnapped and killed in Beirut.
In 1976 Riots break out in the black South African township of Soweto.
In 1977 Soviet Communinst Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the USSR, becoming the first person to hold both posts simultaneously.
In 1978 President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos ratify the Panama Canal treaties.
In 1980 The U.S. Supreme Court approves patenting of gene-splicing.
In 1983 Cheering crowds greet Pope John Paul II as he began his second visit to his native Poland.
In 1983 Canada's Liberal Party chooses John N. Turner to be its new leader to succeed the retiring Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
In 1986 A one-day general strike occurs in South Africa, marking the 10thanniversary of the Soweto uprising.
In 1987 A New York jury finds Bernhard Goetz innocent of attempted murder in the subway shooting of 4 men that approached him for money.
In 1988 Impeached and ousted Arizona Governor Evan Mecham and his brother, Willard, are found innocent by a Phoenix jury of concealing a $350,000 campaign loan.
In 1989 The film "Ghostbusters II" opens nationally.
In 1991 The 7th International Conference on AIDS opened in Florence, Italy.
In 1992 Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is indicted on felony charges in the Iran-Contra affair (he was later pardoned by President Bush).
In 1993 The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to give Haiti's military rulers one week to restore exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, or face an embargo on oil and weapons.
In 1994 Former President Jimmy Carter, on a private visit to North Korea, said the Communist nation's leaders were eager to resume talks with the U.S. to improve relations.
In 1995 Bosnian government forces aided by Bosnian Croats unleash a major offensive in hopes of breaking the Serb stranglehold on Sarajevo.
In 1995 Salt Lake City is awarded the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
In 1995 The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 4,500 for the first time, ending the day at 4,510.79.
In 1997 The British government severs contacts it had just renewed with Sinn Fein after the Irish Republican Army killed two Protestant policemen in Lurgan, Northern Ireland.
In 1998 Massachusetts' highest court clears the way for Louise Woodward to return home to England, upholding a judge's ruling that freed the British nanny convicted of killing a baby.
In 2001 President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet face-to-face for the first time and a meeting in Slovenia.
In 2001 City lawmakers elect Klaus Wowereit Berlin's first openly gay mayor.
In 2002 After winning the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods becomes the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to capture the first two major championships of the year.
In 2003 12 people sent to prison as the result of a Tulia, Texas, drug bust are released on bail by a judge who said they'd been railroaded by an undercover agent. (A total of 35 people were later pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry.)
In 2004 Al Lapin Jr., co-founder of the International House of Pancakes in 1958, dies in Los Angeles at age 76.
In 2012 Coca-Cola begins business in Myanmar after 60 years.
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