5 */
6
7#ifndef _calendar_history_
8#define _calendar_history_
9
1001/01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution in Cuba
1101/01 Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959
1201/01 Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947
1301/01 First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902
1401/04 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north)
1501/05 -50 degrees F, Strawberry UT, 1913
1601/05 The FCC hears the first demonstration of FM radio, 1940
1701/05 Twelfth night
1801/06 Millard Fillmore's birthday (let's party!)
1901/08 Battle of New Orleans
2001/09 Plough Monday
2101/10 First meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946
2201/10 Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776
2301/11 Anniversary of the Peoples Republic of Albania
2401/11 De Hostos' Birthday in Puerto Rico
2501/11 Milk delivered in bottles for first time, 1878
2601/11 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal
2701/11 Surgeon General condemned cigarettes, 1964
2801/11 The Whiskey-A-Go-Go opens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1963
2901/14 The first "Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park, 1967
3001/16 Prohibition begins, 1920
3101/18 Grey whale migration, California
3201/20 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
3301/24 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922
3401/24 Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848
3501/26 Sydney, New South Wales settled, 1788
3601/27 Grissom, White and Chaffe burned to death in Apollo 1, 1967
3701/27 Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973
3801/28 First ski tow, Woodstock VT, 1914
3901/28 Space Shuttle Challenger (51-L) explodes 74 seconds after liftoff
40 killing Scobee, Smith, McNair, Resnick, Jarvis, Onizuka and McAuliffe,
41 1986
4201/30 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic, 1948
4301/30 Tet Offensive, 1968
4401/31 "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, 1961
4501/31 Explorer I launched, 1958. Van Allen Belt discovered
4601/31 Irving Langmuir, 1881, invented tungsten filament lamp
4702/01 First TV soap: Secret Storm, 1954
4802/01 Forces led by Khomeini take over Iran, 1979
4902/01 Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrates 15 minutes before landing
50 killing Husband, McCool, Chawla, Clark, Ramon, Brown, and Anderson, 2003
5102/04 Cybernet inaugurated, 1969
5202/04 Patricia Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army, 1974
5302/08 1963 Revolution Anniversary in Iraq
5402/09 -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934
5502/12 US President Abraham Lincoln's real birthday
5602/12 Santa Barbara oil leak, 1969
5702/14 Bombing of Dresden, 1945
5802/15 Chicago Seven convicted, 1970
5902/16 Nylon patented, 1937
6002/16 Stephen Decatur burns US frigate in Tripoli, 1804
6102/18 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930
6202/19 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, 1945
6302/20 John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times, 1962
6402/21 Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties
6502/21 First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878
6602/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965
6702/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
6802/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
6902/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972
7002/29 French and Indian raid on Deerfield MA, 1704
7103/01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft
72 in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
7303/02 Blackthorn winds (New England) (Does anyone know what this is?)
7403/04 First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C.
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13405/07 Germany surrenders after WWII, 1945
13505/08 Beginning of ostrich mating season
13605/08 US institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor, 1972
13705/09 94 degrees, New York, 1979
13805/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940
13905/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933
14005/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804
14105/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948
14205/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854
14305/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982
14405/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974
14505/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay
14605/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804
14705/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile
14805/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956
14905/22 US Civil War ends, 1865
15005/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960
15105/23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953
15205/23 Federal Republic of Germany founded, 1949
15305/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador
15405/25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980
15505/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830
15605/26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924
15705/27 Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937
15805/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953
15905/29 First food stamps issued, 1961
16005/30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua, 1912
16106/02 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924
16206/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070
16306/05 Robert Kennedy assassinated, 1968
16406/05 US leaves the Gold Standard, 1933
16506/06 First drive-in movie, 1933
16606/06 Normandy landing, 1944
16706/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
16806/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971
16906/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC
17006/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System
17106/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834
17206/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752
17306/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215
17406/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford
175 that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop,
176 1878
17706/16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980
17806/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967
17906/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972
18006/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953
18106/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893
18206/20 Victoria crowned, 1837
18306/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948
18406/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge
18506/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964
18606/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772
18706/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970
18806/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876
18906/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950
19006/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
19106/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959
19206/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498
19306/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915
19406/27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971
19506/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978
19606/30 "That" explosion in Siberia, 1908
19706/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960
19807/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863
19907/03 Dog days begin
20007/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863
20107/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776
20207/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776
20307/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845
20407/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928
20507/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917
20607/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949
20707/07 Terrorists detonate four bombs on London public transport, 2005
20807/08 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
20907/08 Liberty Bell cracks while being rung at funeral of John Marshall, 1835
21007/09 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847
21107/10 134 degrees in Death Valley, 1913
21207/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933
21307/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908
21407/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945
21507/17 Disneyland opens, 1955
21607/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927
21707/19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692
21807/20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969
21907/21 First Train Robbery, Jesse James gets $3000 near Adair, Iowa, 1873
22007/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954
22107/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904
22207/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
22307/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956
22407/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948,
225 later JFK
22608/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
227 this day
22808/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492
22908/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958
23008/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892
23108/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964
23208/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914
23308/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945
23408/06 Caricom in Barbados
23508/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890
23608/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914
23708/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974
23808/08 The Great Train Robbery -- $7,368,000, 1963
23908/09 Helter Skelter... the Charles Manson murders take place, 1969
24008/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC
24108/09 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
24208/09 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
24308/09 Singapore secedes from Malaysia, 1965
24408/10 Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people, 1833
24508/10 US and Panama agree to transfer the canal in the year 2000, 1977
24608/11 Dog days end
24708/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
24808/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days)
24908/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977
25008/12 Last US ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
25108/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961
25208/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934
25308/14 Social Security begins in US, 1935
25408/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
25508/15 Hurricane hits Plymouth Plantation, 1635
25608/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898
25708/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891
25808/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed
25908/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite,
260 marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960
26108/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856
26208/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets
26308/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963
26408/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565
26508/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927
26608/24 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres in New York and Los Angeles, 1969
26708/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960
26808/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814
26908/25 Gen. De Gaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944
27008/26 19th amendment of US constitution gives women the vote, 1920
27108/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
27208/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
27308/28 Martin Luther King leads over 200,000 in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
27408/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975;
275 Nova Cygni 1975.
27608/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842
27708/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960
27808/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru
27908/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963
28008/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983
28108/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888
28208/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926
28308/31 Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain, 1957
28409/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972
28509/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859
28609/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
28709/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
28809/03 Richard ``the Lionheart'' crowned king of England, 1189
28909/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
29009/05 US President Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
29109/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774
29209/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
29309/06 First Star Trek episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966
29409/06 US President McKinley shot, 1901
29509/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland
29609/08 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966)
29709/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
29809/08 US President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
29909/09 California becomes the 31st state of the USA, 1850
30009/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776
30109/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
30209/11 CIA-sponsored terrorists overthrow Chilean government, murder President Allende, 1973
30309/11 Terrorists destroy World Trade Center in New York, 2001
30409/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
30509/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938
30609/13 58� C (136.4� F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
30709/13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
30809/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
30909/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
31009/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778
31109/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629
31209/14 The US Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
31309/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959
31409/15 The US Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the US State Department, 1789
31509/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630
31609/16 Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore unite to become Malaysia, 1963
31709/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
31809/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
31909/19 New Zealand women get the right to vote, 1893
32009/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for US President, 1884
32109/20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
322 Science, 1848
32309/20 First meeting of the US National Research Council, 1916
32409/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
32509/20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973
32609/22 US President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
32709/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas US President Nixon, 1974
32809/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
32909/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
33009/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first US Baseball club, 1845
33109/23 US Vice President Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
33209/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
33309/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
33409/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
33509/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon,
336 490BC
33709/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4),
338 1888
33909/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846
34009/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946
34110/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958
34210/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
34310/04 Crimean war begins, 1853
34410/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957
34510/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
34610/06 Egyptian President Anwar es-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
34710/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
34810/07 Foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or DDR), 1949
34910/07 Georgia Tech. beats Cumberland Univ. 222-0, 1916
35010/07 Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel sent to prison on fraud charges, 1977
35110/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
35210/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974
35310/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871
35410/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876
35510/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba
35610/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea
35710/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984)
35810/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973
35910/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975
36010/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976
36110/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811
36210/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962
36310/11 First broadcast of Saturday Night Live, 1975
36410/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492
36510/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960
36610/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920
36710/12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492
36810/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943
36910/13 US Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress
37010/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066
37110/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947
37210/15 First draft card burned, 1965
37310/18 Boston Shoemakers form first US labor org., 1648
37410/18 Soviets announce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959
37510/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949
37610/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812
37710/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973
37810/20 OPEC embargo, 1973
37910/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879
38010/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959
38110/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944
38210/23 Day of the 1956 revolution in Hungary
38310/23 Earth created at 6:30 AM, 4004BC.
38410/23 Swallows leave Capistrano
38510/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971
38610/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978
38710/27 New York's Boss Tweed is arrested on fraud charges, 1871
38810/27 The first New York Subway is opened, 1904
38910/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492
39010/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312
39110/28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts, 1636
39210/28 Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island, 1886
39310/29 Stock Market Crash, 1929
39410/30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938
39510/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517
39611/01 Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918
39711/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950
39811/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940
39911/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783
40011/03 Beef rises to 3 cents a pound, IL, 1837
40111/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954
40211/03 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing space dog Laika
40311/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979
40411/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956
40511/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605
40611/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837
40711/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805
40811/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965
40911/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927
41011/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888
41111/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921
41211/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933
41311/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstrations near White House, 1917
41411/10 Cpt. Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865
41511/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
41611/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889
41711/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
41811/12 USA first exports oil to Europe, 1861
41911/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon
420 price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request
421 from McDonald's), 1971
42211/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896
42311/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869
42411/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966
42511/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973
42611/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952
42711/18 Local standard time zones established for US, 1883
42811/19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863
42911/21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973
43011/22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963
43111/23 First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963
43211/24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby, 1963
43311/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867
43411/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895
43511/27 Friction match invented, England, 1826
43611/27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts
43711/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922
43812/01 First national corn-husking championship, Alleman IA, 1924
43912/01 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses, 1955
44012/01 Rosa Parks refuses to move to back of the bus (Montgomery, AL), 1953
44112/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910
44212/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967
44312/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971
44412/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783
44512/05 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part)
44612/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776
44712/05 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition, 1933
44812/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941
44912/08 Japan enters Second World War with invasion of Pantai Sabak, Kelantan, 1941
45012/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884
45112/10 Metric system established in France, 1799
45212/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year
45312/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901
45412/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972
45512/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
45612/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south)
45712/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976
45812/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791
45912/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
46012/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890
46112/20 US buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi.
46212/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in less than 80 days
46312/21 Women gain the right to vote in South Australia, 1894
46412/21 Women gain the right to hold political office in South Australia, 1894
46512/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865
46612/26 DPMA founded, 1951
46712/27 APT report published, 1956
46812/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845
46912/28 Comet Kohoutek at perihelion, 1973
47012/28 Proclamation of the Province of South Australia, 1836
47112/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890
47212/30 First Los Angeles freeway dedicated, 1940
47312/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland
47412/31 Winterland closes its doors, 1978
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476#endif /* !_calendar_history_ */
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