Today In History...
In 55 BC Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain.
In 1791 John Fitch is granted a U.S. patent for his working steamboat.
In 1847 Liberia is proclaimed an independent republic.
In 1883 The Krakatoa volcano erupts killing 36,000.
In 1907 Magician Harry Houdini escaped from a 75-pound ball-and-chain while underwater at San Francisco's Aquatic Park in 57 seconds.
In 1920 The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, is declared in effect.
In 1939 The first televised major league baseball game is shown on experimental station W2XBS. (Cinncinati Reds/Brooklyn Dodgers)
In 1946 Norma Jean Baker signs a contract with 20th Century Fox. Her name was changed to Marilyn after dancer Marilyn Miller and her mother's maiden name, Monroe.
In 1946 "Animal Farm" is published by George Orwell.
In 1953 The movie "The War of the Worlds" is released in the U.S.
In 1957 The USSR announces a successful test of the intercontinental ballistic missile.
In 1961 The official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto.
In 1962 Mariner II is launched for the first planet flyby (Venus).
In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson is nominated for a term in office in his own right at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In 1971 New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill announces the New York Giants football team had agreed to leave Yankee Stadium for a new sports complex to be built in East Rutherford. (Giants Stadium)
In 1972 The Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany.
In 1974 Charles Lindbergh, the first man to to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic, dies at his home in Hawaii at age 72.
In 1974 Soyuz 15 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3.
In 1977 H.A. Rey, author of a popular constellation book, dies at age 78.
In 1978 Soyuz 31 is launched.
In 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice is elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name John Paul I.
In 1981 Voyager II makes its closest approach to Saturn.
In 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin conclude a 2-day meeting in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 1983 Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov offers to "liquidate" his country's medium-range missles as part of a superpower agreement.
In 1986 In the so-called preppy murder case, 18-year-old Jennifer Levin is found strangled in New York's Central Park. Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
In 1987 West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announces his country would destroy 72 Pershing rockets if Washington and Moscow were to scrap all their intermediate-range nuclear weapons.
In 1990 The bodies of two slain college students are found in their off-campus apartment in Gainesville, FL. Three more bodies are discovered in the days that followed, setting off a panic.
In 1991 In an address to the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet Union's national legislature, President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promises national elections in a last-ditch effort to preserve his government.
In 1992 The U.S., Britain and France impose a no-fly zone over the southern third of Iraq aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.
In 1992 A federal judge declares a mistrial in the Iran-Contra cover-up trial of former CIA spy chief Clair George (George was convicted of perjury in a retrial, but was then pardoned by President Bush).
In 1993 Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and 14 co-defendants enter innocent pleas in New York federal court in, a day after their indictment on charges of conspiring to wage terrorism against the U.S.
In 1993 Landlady Dorothea Puente is convicted in Monterey, CA, of murdering three of her boardinghouse tenants. (She gets life without parole.)
In 1995 President Clinton explains his decision to impose a two-year moratorium on mining claims on 4,500 acres of federal land near the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park, saying the federal land was "more priceless than gold."
In 1996 Democrats open the 42nd national convention in Chicago.
In 1996 A Cuban court convicts fugitive American financier Robert Vesco of economic crimes and sentences him to 13 years in prison.
In 1996 Former military ruler of South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan is sentenced to death and fined $270 million for mutiny, treason and embezzlement.
In 1996 Four females become the first women in the school's 153-year history to take the oath of a Citadel cadet.
In 1997 Former South African President F.W. de Klerk, who shared Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end apartheid, resigns as leader of party that created the practice.
In 1998 A suspect in U.S. embassy bombing in Kenya is brought to the U.S. for trial.
In 2002 Vice President Dick Cheney warns the U.S. could face devastating consequences from any delay in acting to remove Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq.
In 2003 Investigators conclude that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as did damage to the craft.
In 2024 Women's Equality Day.
In 1791 John Fitch is granted a U.S. patent for his working steamboat.
In 1847 Liberia is proclaimed an independent republic.
In 1883 The Krakatoa volcano erupts killing 36,000.
In 1907 Magician Harry Houdini escaped from a 75-pound ball-and-chain while underwater at San Francisco's Aquatic Park in 57 seconds.
In 1920 The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, is declared in effect.
In 1939 The first televised major league baseball game is shown on experimental station W2XBS. (Cinncinati Reds/Brooklyn Dodgers)
In 1946 Norma Jean Baker signs a contract with 20th Century Fox. Her name was changed to Marilyn after dancer Marilyn Miller and her mother's maiden name, Monroe.
In 1946 "Animal Farm" is published by George Orwell.
In 1953 The movie "The War of the Worlds" is released in the U.S.
In 1957 The USSR announces a successful test of the intercontinental ballistic missile.
In 1961 The official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto.
In 1962 Mariner II is launched for the first planet flyby (Venus).
In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson is nominated for a term in office in his own right at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In 1971 New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill announces the New York Giants football team had agreed to leave Yankee Stadium for a new sports complex to be built in East Rutherford. (Giants Stadium)
In 1972 The Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany.
In 1974 Charles Lindbergh, the first man to to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic, dies at his home in Hawaii at age 72.
In 1974 Soyuz 15 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3.
In 1977 H.A. Rey, author of a popular constellation book, dies at age 78.
In 1978 Soyuz 31 is launched.
In 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice is elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name John Paul I.
In 1981 Voyager II makes its closest approach to Saturn.
In 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin conclude a 2-day meeting in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 1983 Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov offers to "liquidate" his country's medium-range missles as part of a superpower agreement.
In 1986 In the so-called preppy murder case, 18-year-old Jennifer Levin is found strangled in New York's Central Park. Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
In 1987 West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announces his country would destroy 72 Pershing rockets if Washington and Moscow were to scrap all their intermediate-range nuclear weapons.
In 1990 The bodies of two slain college students are found in their off-campus apartment in Gainesville, FL. Three more bodies are discovered in the days that followed, setting off a panic.
In 1991 In an address to the Supreme Soviet, the Soviet Union's national legislature, President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promises national elections in a last-ditch effort to preserve his government.
In 1992 The U.S., Britain and France impose a no-fly zone over the southern third of Iraq aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims.
In 1992 A federal judge declares a mistrial in the Iran-Contra cover-up trial of former CIA spy chief Clair George (George was convicted of perjury in a retrial, but was then pardoned by President Bush).
In 1993 Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and 14 co-defendants enter innocent pleas in New York federal court in, a day after their indictment on charges of conspiring to wage terrorism against the U.S.
In 1993 Landlady Dorothea Puente is convicted in Monterey, CA, of murdering three of her boardinghouse tenants. (She gets life without parole.)
In 1995 President Clinton explains his decision to impose a two-year moratorium on mining claims on 4,500 acres of federal land near the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park, saying the federal land was "more priceless than gold."
In 1996 Democrats open the 42nd national convention in Chicago.
In 1996 A Cuban court convicts fugitive American financier Robert Vesco of economic crimes and sentences him to 13 years in prison.
In 1996 Former military ruler of South Korea, Chun Doo-hwan is sentenced to death and fined $270 million for mutiny, treason and embezzlement.
In 1996 Four females become the first women in the school's 153-year history to take the oath of a Citadel cadet.
In 1997 Former South African President F.W. de Klerk, who shared Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end apartheid, resigns as leader of party that created the practice.
In 1998 A suspect in U.S. embassy bombing in Kenya is brought to the U.S. for trial.
In 2002 Vice President Dick Cheney warns the U.S. could face devastating consequences from any delay in acting to remove Saddam Hussein as president of Iraq.
In 2003 Investigators conclude that NASA's overconfident management and inattention to safety doomed the space shuttle Columbia as much as did damage to the craft.
In 2024 Women's Equality Day.
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