calendar.history revision 113543
1/* 2 * History 3 * 4 * $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history 113543 2003-04-16 02:19:27Z grog $ 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. 7503/06 Hindenburg explodes and burns upon landing at Lakehurst, NJ, 1939 7603/13 "Striptease" introduced, Paris, 1894 7703/14 Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907 7803/15 Day of the 1848 revolution in Hungary 7903/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley OH 8003/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874 8103/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966 8203/15 Ides of March. Gaius Julius Caesar assassinated by senators, 83 including adoptive son Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio, 44BC 8403/16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926 8503/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by US infantrymen 8603/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926 8703/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped 8803/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965 8903/19 Swallows return to Capistrano 9003/20 Radio Caroline, the original British pirate radio station, sinks, 1980 9103/24 Construction of New York subway system begins, 1900 9203/25 Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, 1911 9303/26 Popeye statue unveiled, Crystal City TX Spinach Festival, 1937 9403/27 Khrushchev becomes Premier of Soviet Union, 1958 9503/28 Three Mile Island releases radioactive gas, 1979 9603/29 Swedish settled Christiana (Wilmington) DE, 1638 9703/30 Alaska purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, 1867 9803/30 Five rings around Uranus discovered, 1977 9903/30 Pencil with eraser patented, 1858 10004/01 People of superb intelligence, savoir-faire, etc. born this day. 10104/04 Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968 10204/04 NATO Established, 1949 10304/06 Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830 10404/07 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland, 1943 10504/07 Alewives run, Cape Cod 10604/08 Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin meet in Encounter Bay, 1802 10704/09 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, 1865 10804/12 Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil War at Ft Sumter, 1861 10904/12 Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981 11004/12 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, 1961 11104/13 Laotian New Year (3 days) in Laos 11204/14 US President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, 1865 11304/14 Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912 11404/15 US President Abraham Lincoln dies, 1865 11504/15 Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines, IL, 1955 11604/17 Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces, 1961 11704/18 Einstein's Death, 1955 11804/18 First Laundromat opens, Fort Worth Texas, 1934 11904/18 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 12004/19 Landing of the "33" in Uruguay 12104/19 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943 12204/20 Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of busing, 1971 12304/21 Lyrid meteor shower 12404/23 Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954 12504/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564, 126 birthdate unknown 12704/27 Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521 12804/29 Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913 12905/01 Beltaine; Feast of the god Bel, sun god 13005/03 Anti-war protest disrupts business in Washington, 1971 13105/04 Four Kent State students are shot down by the National Guard, 1970 13205/05 John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, Dayton, TN, 1925 13305/07 Germany surrenders after WWII, 1945 13405/08 Beginning of ostrich mating season 13505/08 US institutes mining of Haiphong Harbor, 1972 13605/09 94 degrees, New York, 1979 13705/10 Germany invades Low Countries, 1940 13805/10 Nazi bookburning, 1933 13905/14 Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 14005/14 Nation of Israel proclaimed, 1948 14105/15 Asylum for Inebriates founded, Binghamton NY, 1854 14205/17 24" rain in 11 hours, Pearl River, S. China, 1982 14305/17 Six SLA members killed in televised gun fight, 1974 14405/18 Battle of Las Piedras in Uruguay 14505/18 Napoleon crowned Emperor, 1804 14605/21 Battle of Iquique in Chile 14705/21 US explodes first hydrogen bomb, 1956 14805/22 US Civil War ends, 1865 14905/23 Israeli raid into Argentina to capture Adolf Eichmann, 1960 15005/23 Two Yetis sighted, Mt. Everest, 1953 15105/23 Federal Republic of Germany founded, 1949 15205/24 Battle of Pinchincha in Ecuador 15305/25 Oral Roberts sees 900 foot tall Jesus Christ, Tulsa OK, 1980 15405/25 Successful test of the limelight in Purfleet, England, 1830 15505/26 Congress sets first immigration quotas, 1924 15605/27 Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937 15705/29 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay climb Mt. Everest, 1953 15805/29 First food stamps issued, 1961 15905/30 US Marines sent to Nicaragua, 1912 16006/02 Native Americans "granted" citizenship, 1924 16106/04 Roquefort cheese developed, 1070 16206/05 Robert Kennedy assassinated, 1968 16306/05 US leaves the Gold Standard, 1933 16406/06 First drive-in movie, 1933 16506/06 Normandy landing, 1944 16606/10 Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C. 16706/10 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971 16806/11 Greeks seize Troy, 1184BC 16906/13 Pioneer flies past Neptune, and therefore out of the Solar System 17006/14 Sandpaper invented by I. Fischer, Jr., 1834 17106/15 Ben Franklin's kite experiment, 1752 17206/15 Magna Carta signed, 1215 17306/15 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland Stanford 174 that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground during the gallop, 175 1878 17606/16 "The Blues Brothers" premieres in Chicago, 1980 17706/17 China explodes its first Hydrogen bomb, 1967 17806/17 Watergate Democratic National Committee break-in, 1972 17906/19 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in Sing-Sing prison, 1953 18006/19 Lizzie Bordon acquitted, 1893 18106/20 Victoria crowned, 1837 18206/21 Berlin airlift begins, 1948 18306/21 Sun rises over Heelstone at Stonehenge 18406/22 Civil rights workers disappear in Mississippi, 1964 18506/23 Slavery abolished in England, 1772 18606/24 Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1970 18706/25 Custer's Last Stand at Little Big Horn, 1876 18806/25 North Korea invades South Korea, 1950 18906/26 Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 19006/26 St. Lawrence Seaway dedicated by Eisenhower & Queen Elizabeth II, 1959 19106/26 Toothbrush invented, 1498 19206/27 100 degrees, Fort Yukon, 1915 19306/27 Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East, 1971 19406/28 Supreme Court decides in favor of Alan Bakke, 1978 19506/30 "That" explosion in Siberia, 1908 19606/30 China and Soviet Union announce split over ideology, 1960 19707/01 Battle of Gettysburg begins, 1863 19807/03 Dog days begin 19907/04 Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863 20007/04 Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776 20107/04 New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776 20207/04 Thoreau enters woods, 1845 20307/06 First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928 20407/06 Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 20507/07 First radio broadcast of "Dragnet", 1949 20607/08 First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776 20707/08 Liberty Bell cracks while being rung at funeral of John Marshall, 1835 20807/09 10-hour working day set by law, NH, 1847 20907/10 134 degrees in Death Valley, 1913 21007/12 Minimum wages established: 40 cents/hour, 1933 21107/13 Women first compete in Olympic games, 1908 21207/16 Detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM, 1945 21307/17 Disneyland opens, 1955 21407/18 Ty Cobb gets 4000th base hit, 1927 21507/19 Five Massachusetts women executed for witchcraft, 1692 21607/20 Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon, 1969 21707/21 First Train Robbery, Jesse James gets $3000 near Adair, Iowa, 1873 21807/21 Vietnam divided at 17th parallel, 1954 21907/23 Ice cream cone introduced, St. Louis MO, 1904 22007/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 22107/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956 22207/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948, 223 later JFK 22408/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on 225 this day 22608/03 Columbus sets sail for Cathay, 1492 22708/03 USS Nautilus crosses under north polar ice cap, 1958 22808/04 Axe murder of Andrew and Abbey Borden, 1892 22908/04 Bombing of N. Vietnam begins, 1964 23008/04 Britain declares war on Germany starting World War I, 1914 23108/06 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, 1945 23208/06 Caricom in Barbados 23308/06 Cy Young pitches first game, 1890 23408/08 Montenegro declares war on Germany, 1914 23508/08 Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency, 1974 23608/08 The Great Train Robbery -- $7,368,000, 1963 23708/09 Helter Skelter... the Charles Manson murders take place, 1969 23808/09 Persia defeats Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BC 23908/09 US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 24008/09 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945 24108/09 Singapore secedes from Malaysia, 1965 24208/10 Chicago incorporated as a village of 300 people, 1833 24308/10 US and Panama agree to transfer the canal in the year 2000, 1977 24408/11 Dog days end 24508/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954 24608/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days) 24708/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977 24808/12 Last US ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972 24908/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961 25008/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934 25108/14 Social Security begins in US, 1935 25208/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947 25308/15 Hurricane hits Plymouth Plantation, 1635 25408/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898 25508/17 First public bath opened in N.Y., 1891 25608/18 Anti-Cigarette League of America formed 25708/19 Air Force cargo plane snares payload from Discoverer 14 spy satellite, 258 marking start of practical military reconnaissance from space, 1960 25908/19 Gail Borden patents condensed milk, 1856 26008/22 Death of King Richard III, 1485, Last of the Plantagenets 26108/22 Joe Walker sets X-15 all time altitude mark (67 miles), 1963 26208/22 St. Columbia reports seeing monster in Loch Ness, 565 26308/23 Sacco and Vanzetti executed, 1927 26408/24 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres in New York and Los Angeles, 1969 26508/24 -126.9 F at Vostok, Antarctica, 1960 26608/24 British troops burn Washington, 1814 26708/25 Gen. De Gaulle leads French forces into Paris, 1944 26808/26 19th amendment of US constitution gives women the vote, 1920 26908/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912 27008/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883 27108/28 Martin Luther King leads over 200,000 in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963 27208/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975; 273 Nova Cygni 1975. 27408/30 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium, 1842 27508/30 Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960 27608/30 St. Rose of Lima in Peru 27708/30 Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected, 1963 27808/31 269 people killed after Korean Airlines 747 shot down by USSR, 1983 27908/31 Mary Anne Nichols becomes Jack the Ripper's first victim, 1888 28008/31 Non-aggression pact signed by USSR and Afghanistan, 1926 28108/31 Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain, 1957 28209/01 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972 28309/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859 28409/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752 28509/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945 28609/03 Richard ``the Lionheart'' crowned king of England, 1189 28709/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino 28809/05 US President Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961 28909/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774 29009/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620 29109/06 First Star Trek episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966 29209/06 US President McKinley shot, 1901 29309/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland 29409/08 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966) 29509/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888 29609/08 US President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974 29709/09 California becomes the 31st state of the USA, 1850 29809/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776 29909/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857 30009/11 Terrorists destroy World Trade Center in New York, 2001 30109/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943 30209/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938 30309/13 58� C (136.4� F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922 30409/13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788 30509/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122 30609/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943 30709/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778 30809/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629 30909/14 The US Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940 31009/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959 31109/15 The US Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the US State Department, 1789 31209/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630 31309/16 Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore unite to become Malaysia, 1963 31409/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862 31509/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi 31609/19 New Zealand women get the right to vote, 1893 31709/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for US President, 1884 31809/20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of 319 Science, 1848 32009/20 First meeting of the US National Research Council, 1916 32109/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519 32209/20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973 32309/22 US President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862 32409/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas US President Nixon, 1974 32509/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949 32609/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972 32709/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first US Baseball club, 1845 32809/23 US Vice President Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952 32909/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981 33009/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825 33109/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678 33209/28 A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the Persian defeat at Marathon, 333 490BC 33409/30 Red Jack kills 2, Elizabeth Stride (#3) and Catherine Eddowes (#4), 335 1888 33609/30 The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia in Charleston, Mass, 1846 33709/30 The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are announced, 1946 33810/01 NASA officially begins operations, 1958 33910/02 Thurgood Marshall sworn as the first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967 34010/04 Crimean war begins, 1853 34110/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957 34210/05 Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel 34310/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853 34410/06 Egyptian President Anwar es-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981 34510/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973 34610/07 Foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or DDR), 1949 34710/07 Georgia Tech. beats Cumberland Univ. 222-0, 1916 34810/07 Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel sent to prison on fraud charges, 1977 34910/07 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979 35010/07 Police stop Wilbur Mills car, Fanne Fox jumps into water, 1974 35110/08 Great Chicago Fire, 1871 35210/09 First two-way telephone conversation, 1876 35310/10 Beginning of the Wars for Independence in Cuba 35410/10 Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea 35510/10 Mercury at Superior Conjunction with Sun. Moves into night sky. (1984) 35610/10 Spiro T. Agnew resigns as Vice-President due to income tax fraud, 1973 35710/11 "Saturday Night Live" premiers on NBC-TV, 1975 35810/11 The Gang of Four are arrested in Peking, 1976 35910/11 The first steam powered ferry ran between New York and Hoboken, 1811 36010/11 The second Vatican Ecumenical Council opens in Rome, 1962 36110/11 First broadcast of Saturday Night Live, 1975 36210/12 Bahama Natives discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 36310/12 Khrushchev pounds his desk with shoe during a speech to the UN, 1960 36410/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920 36510/12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492 36610/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943 36710/13 US Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress 36810/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066 36910/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947 37010/15 First draft card burned, 1965 37110/18 Boston Shoemakers form first US labor org., 1648 37210/18 Soviets announce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959 37310/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949 37410/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812 37510/20 "Saturday Night Massacre", 1973 37610/20 OPEC embargo, 1973 37710/21 Edison makes the first practical incandescent lamp, 1879 37810/21 Guggenheim Museum opens, 1959 37910/23 Battle of Leyte Gulf begins, 1944 38010/23 Day of the 1956 revolution in Hungary 38110/23 Earth created at 6:30 AM, 4004BC. 38210/23 Swallows leave Capistrano 38310/25 The UN removes Taiwan and admits the People's Republic of China, 1971 38410/26 UN's World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated, 1978 38510/27 New York's Boss Tweed is arrested on fraud charges, 1871 38610/27 The first New York Subway is opened, 1904 38710/28 Columbus discovers Cuba, 1492 38810/28 Constantine's army defeats forces of Maxentius at Mulvian Bridge, 312 38910/28 Harvard was founded in Massachusetts, 1636 39010/28 Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe's Island, 1886 39110/29 Stock Market Crash, 1929 39210/30 Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast, 1938 39310/31 Luther nails 95 Theses to door of Castle Church, Wittenberg, 1517 39411/01 Austria-Hungary become two separate nations, 1918 39511/01 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Truman at the Blair House, 1950 39611/02 Luftwaffe completes 57 consecutive nights of bombing of London, 1940 39711/02 Two Frenchmen make the first free hot air balloon flight, 1783 39811/03 Beef rises to 3 cents a pound, IL, 1837 39911/03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize, 1954 40011/03 Sputnik II launched, 1957, bearing space dog Laika 40111/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979 40211/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956 40311/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605 40411/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837 40511/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805 40611/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965 40711/09 Giant panda discovered (?!), China, 1927 40811/09 Jack the Ripper kills fifth and final victim, Jane Kelly, 1888 40911/09 Margaret Sanger forms American Birth Control League, 1921 41011/09 Roosevelt establishes the Civil Works Administration, 1933 41111/10 41 Women arrested in suffragette demonstrations near White House, 1917 41211/10 Cpt. Wirz, commandant of Andersonville Prison hanged, 1865 41311/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871 41411/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889 41511/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan 41611/12 USA first exports oil to Europe, 1861 41711/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon 418 price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request 419 from McDonald's), 1971 42011/15 Niagara Falls power plant startup, 1896 42111/16 Opening of the Suez Canal, 1869 42211/17 46,000 meteoroids fall over AZ in 20 minutes, 1966 42311/17 Richard Nixon says "I am not a crook.", 1973 42411/18 First hydrogen bomb blasts Enewetok, 1952 42511/18 Local standard time zones established for US, 1883 42611/19 Gettysburg Address delivered, 1863 42711/21 Announcement of 18 1/2 minute gap on Watergate tape, 1973 42811/22 Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963 42911/23 First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963 43011/24 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby, 1963 43111/25 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 1867 43211/27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895 43311/27 Friction match invented, England, 1826 43411/27 Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts 43511/29 King Tut's tomb opened, 1922 43612/01 First national corn-husking championship, Alleman IA, 1924 43712/01 Martin Luther King Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery buses, 1955 43812/01 Rosa Parks refuses to move to back of the bus (Montgomery, AL), 1953 43912/03 First neon light display, Paris, 1910 44012/03 First successful human heart transplant led by Dr. Barnard, 1967 44112/03 The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert, 1971 44212/04 Washington takes leave of his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC, 1783 44312/05 End of Prohibition, 1933 (at least the alcohol part) 44412/05 Phi Beta Kappa founded, 1776 44512/05 The Eighteenth Amendment repealed, ending Prohibition, 1933 44612/07 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, 1941 44712/09 Ball-bearing roller skates patented, 1884 44812/10 Metric system established in France, 1799 44912/10 Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year 45012/12 First wireless message sent across Atlantic by Marconi, 1901 45112/13 Apollo 17 leaves the moon, with "last" men to walk on moon aboard, 1972 45212/13 Dartmouth College chartered, 1769 45312/13 Geminid meteor shower (look south) 45412/15 Argo Merchant oil spill, 1976 45512/15 Bill of Rights adopted, 1791 45612/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891 45712/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890 45812/20 US buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi. 45912/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in less than 80 days 46012/21 Women gain the right to vote in South Australia, 1894 46112/21 Women gain the right to hold political office in South Australia, 1894 46212/24 KKK formed in Pulaski, Tenn, 1865 46312/26 DPMA founded, 1951 46412/27 APT report published, 1956 46512/27 Ether first used as anesthetic in childbirth, 1845 46612/28 Comet Kohoutek at perihelion, 1973 46712/28 Proclamation of the Province of South Australia, 1836 46812/29 Battle of Wounded knee, 1890 46912/30 First Los Angeles freeway dedicated, 1940 47012/31 St. Sylvester in Switzerland 47112/31 Winterland closes its doors, 1978 472 473#endif /* !_calendar_history_ */ 474