Today In History...
In 1057 Macbeth, the King of Scotland, is slain by the son of King Duncan.
In 1914 The Panama Canal passed its first ship.
In 1918 The U.S. and Russia severed diplomatic relations.
In 1935 Aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.
In 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
In 1944 During World War II, Allied forces landed between Cannes and Toulon in southern France.
In 1945 South Korea was liberated from Japanese rule.
In 1945 U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ended.
In 1947 India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first prime minister.
In 1948 The Republic of Korea was proclaimed.
In 1961 East Germany began construction on the Berlin Wall.
In 1970 Patricia Palinkas became the first woman pro-football player.
In 1971 President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on increases in wages, prices, and rents.
In 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escaped an assassination attempt in which his wife was killed.
In 1979 Andrew Young resigned as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after criticism of an unauthorized meeting with the UN observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
In 1979 "Apocalypse Now" opened in U.S. movie theaters.
In 1981 Robin Leamy of the U.S. swam a record 7.98 kph for 50 minutes.
In 1984 America's Olympic medal winners were honored with a ticker tape parade in New York.
In 1988 President Reagan bid a sentimental farewell on the first night of the Republican national convention in New Orleans and praised the man destined to succeed him, Vice President George Bush.
In 1989 F.W. de Klerk became the acting President of South Africa, one day after Pieter Botha resigned.
In 1990 To gain support against a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein offered to make peace with longtime enemy Iran.
In 1991 The UN Security Council voted 13-1 to allow Iraq to export $1.6 billion worth of oil in a tightly controlled sale to pay for desperately needed food and medicine.
In 1993, Pope John Paul II ended his four-day U.S. visit with a farewell address at Denver's Stapleton International Airport, denouncing the "culture of death" of abortion and euthanasia.
In 1993 An Egyptian surrendered peacefully after hijacking a Dutch jet to Germany to demand the U.S. release Muslim cleric Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.
1994 Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a terrorist better known as "Carlos the Jackal," was captured in Sudan.
In 1995 The U.S. Justice Department agreed to pay $3.1 million to white separatist Randy Weaver and his family to settle their claims over the killing of Weaver's wife and son during a 1992 siege by federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
In 1995 Pioneering TV journalist John Cameron Swayze died at age 89.
In 1996 Bob Dole claimed the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in San Diego.
In 1996, Frederick Martin Davidson, a San Diego State University graduate student, shoots and kills three engineering professors (Davidson was later sentenced to three life terms in prison).
In 1997 The U.S. government expanded its recall of ground beef sold under the Hudson brand name to 1.2 million pounds because of new evidence of possible contamination by E. coli bacteria.
In 1999 Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship, becoming the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros.
In 2000 British Airways joined Air France in grounding its Concorde supersonic jets in the wake of the July 25 crash near Paris that claimed 113 lives.
In 2001 A Texas appeals court halted the execution of Napoleon Beazley just hours before he was scheduled to die for a murder he had committed as a teenager. He was executed the following May.
In 2001 Astronomers announce the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
In 2003 Bouncing back from the largest blackout in U.S. history, cities from the Midwest to Manhattan restored power to millions.
In 1914 The Panama Canal passed its first ship.
In 1918 The U.S. and Russia severed diplomatic relations.
In 1935 Aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.
In 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
In 1944 During World War II, Allied forces landed between Cannes and Toulon in southern France.
In 1945 South Korea was liberated from Japanese rule.
In 1945 U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ended.
In 1947 India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first prime minister.
In 1948 The Republic of Korea was proclaimed.
In 1961 East Germany began construction on the Berlin Wall.
In 1970 Patricia Palinkas became the first woman pro-football player.
In 1971 President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on increases in wages, prices, and rents.
In 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escaped an assassination attempt in which his wife was killed.
In 1979 Andrew Young resigned as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after criticism of an unauthorized meeting with the UN observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
In 1979 "Apocalypse Now" opened in U.S. movie theaters.
In 1981 Robin Leamy of the U.S. swam a record 7.98 kph for 50 minutes.
In 1984 America's Olympic medal winners were honored with a ticker tape parade in New York.
In 1988 President Reagan bid a sentimental farewell on the first night of the Republican national convention in New Orleans and praised the man destined to succeed him, Vice President George Bush.
In 1989 F.W. de Klerk became the acting President of South Africa, one day after Pieter Botha resigned.
In 1990 To gain support against a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein offered to make peace with longtime enemy Iran.
In 1991 The UN Security Council voted 13-1 to allow Iraq to export $1.6 billion worth of oil in a tightly controlled sale to pay for desperately needed food and medicine.
In 1993, Pope John Paul II ended his four-day U.S. visit with a farewell address at Denver's Stapleton International Airport, denouncing the "culture of death" of abortion and euthanasia.
In 1993 An Egyptian surrendered peacefully after hijacking a Dutch jet to Germany to demand the U.S. release Muslim cleric Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.
1994 Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a terrorist better known as "Carlos the Jackal," was captured in Sudan.
In 1995 The U.S. Justice Department agreed to pay $3.1 million to white separatist Randy Weaver and his family to settle their claims over the killing of Weaver's wife and son during a 1992 siege by federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
In 1995 Pioneering TV journalist John Cameron Swayze died at age 89.
In 1996 Bob Dole claimed the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in San Diego.
In 1996, Frederick Martin Davidson, a San Diego State University graduate student, shoots and kills three engineering professors (Davidson was later sentenced to three life terms in prison).
In 1997 The U.S. government expanded its recall of ground beef sold under the Hudson brand name to 1.2 million pounds because of new evidence of possible contamination by E. coli bacteria.
In 1999 Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship, becoming the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros.
In 2000 British Airways joined Air France in grounding its Concorde supersonic jets in the wake of the July 25 crash near Paris that claimed 113 lives.
In 2001 A Texas appeals court halted the execution of Napoleon Beazley just hours before he was scheduled to die for a murder he had committed as a teenager. He was executed the following May.
In 2001 Astronomers announce the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
In 2003 Bouncing back from the largest blackout in U.S. history, cities from the Midwest to Manhattan restored power to millions.
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