1883 – Battle of Boschberg takes place in South Africa as part of the Mapoch War
1923 – Ku Klux Klan surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood Florida, 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995)
1933 – Don Bradman holds off England’s hostile pace bowling to score an unbeaten 103 leading Australia to a 111 run victory in the 2nd ‘Bodyline’ Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1939 – 5th Orange Bowl: #2 Tennessee beats #4 Oklahoma, 17-0
1942 – The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey
1957 – In the first of 4 meetings between the fighters, Gene Fullmer wins the world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Sugar Ray Robinson at New York’s Madison Square Garden
1983 – Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing “Doonesbury”
1984 – 50th Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Michigan, 9-7
1987 – 16th Fiesta Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Miami, 14-10
2011 – Fela! based on music and lyrics by Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, closes on Broadway after 463 performances and 3 Tony awards
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 1st January 2023
1788 – London’s Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
1851 – City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
1936 – 2nd Orange Bowl: Catholic University beats Mississippi, 20-19
1948 – 14th Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #12 Kansas, 20-14
1948 – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective
1962 – 28th Orange Bowl: #4 LSU beats #7 Colorado, 25-7
1970 – “The Epoch” (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
1987 – International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
1998 – All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free
2009 – 95th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #6 Penn State, 38-24
Historical Events for 31st December 2022
1775 – Battle of Quebec: American Continental Army led by Richard Montgomery is defeated trying to take the British stronghold of Quebec City in the American Revolutionary War, General Montgomery is killed and Benedict Arnold is injured
1945 – Ratification of United Nations Charter completed
1953 – Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president
1955 – “Vamp” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 60 performances
1961 – National Football League Championship, City Stadium, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0; first of 5 NFL titles won in 7-season span by Packers and head coach, Vince Lombardi
1983 – President Shagari of Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup and Major General Muhammadu Buhari is installed as Head of State
1990 – Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds
1995 – 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10
1997 – 72 year-old Marv Levy retires as coach of the NFL Buffalo Bills after 12 seasons, including 4 consecutive losing Super Bowl appearances
2014 – 81st Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #8 Mississippi State, 49-34
Historical Events for 30th December 2022
1813 – Danzig surrenders to allied armies
1908 – Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers outscore Edmonton HC, 14-9 in 2 game challenge series
1929 – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates
1941 – Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization
1970 – The financial cost of the disturbances and riots in Northern Ireland during 1969 and 1970 are today estimated to be £5.5 million
1973 – NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys, 27-10
1975 – Ballon d’Or: FC Dynamo Kyiv forward Oleg Blokhin claims award for best European football player ahead of former winners, Bayern Munich defender Franz Beckenbauer and Ajax forward Johan Cruyff
1982 – Anthony Shaffer’s “Whodunnit” premieres in NYC
1995 – Lowest ever UK temperature recorded of -27.2°C iat Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands, equaling the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982
2006 – Madrid Barajas International Airport is bombed.
Historical Events for 29th December 2022
1705 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon’s play “Idoménée” premieres in Paris
1911 – Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of the Republic of China
1920 – Yugoslav government bans communist party
1922 – Dutch Constitution proclaimed
1933 – New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert refuses to release future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds
1947 – Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
1967 – Star Trek’s “Trouble With Tribbles” 1st airs
1968 – Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes
1993 – Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
1996 – “Dreams and Nightmares” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
Historical Events for 28th December 2022
1921 – The beginning of the Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa; the rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on and became an open armed rebellion against the state
1944 – Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross
1961 – 50th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0)
1967 – Muriel Siebert is 1st woman to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
1968 – 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1)
1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World
1994 – David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)
1997 – Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship
2009 – Scarlett Johansson makes her debut on Broadway in the Arthur Miller play “A View from the Bridge”
Historical Events for 27th December 2022
1521 – The “Zwickau Prophets” appear in Wittenberg
1657 – “Flushing Remonstrance” petition signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, protesting the ban on Quaker worship
1845 – Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia
1904 – W B Yeats and Lady Gregory’s “On Baile’s Strand” premieres in Dublin
1919 – Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1941 – Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an “open city”
1942 – 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1959 – National Football League Championship, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore: Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants, 31-16; Colts score 24 straight points in 4th quarter
1972 – LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
1974 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Historical Events for 26th December 2022
1492 – 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti)
1862 – 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
1941 – Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the US Congress, warning that Axis would “stop at nothing”
1946 – Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1967 – Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1976 – NFC Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-13
1977 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 – India’s former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi is released from jail
1988 – Anti African student rebellion in Nanjing, China
1988 – “Legs Diamond” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
Historical Events for 25th December 2022
274 – Roman Emperor Aurelian dedicates a temple to Sol Invictus on the supposed day of the winter solstice and day of rebirth of the Sun.
604 – Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers
1261 – John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.
1775 – Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate
1776 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington crosses Delaware River into New Jersey, surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians
1818 – 1st known Christmas carol (“Silent Night, Holy Night” – “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht) sung (Austria)
1936 – Belgian bishops condemn fascism and communism
1953 – KNEV (95.5 The Vibe) radio broadcaster in Reno, Nevada begins broadcasting
1997 – For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
2012 – 8 people are killed and thousands left homeless after two fires strike Manila, Philippines
Historical Events for 24th December 2022
1798 – Russia and Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition
1898 – Herman Heijermans’ “Ghetto” premieres in Amsterdam
1910 – Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta’s Fountain, San Francisco
1930 – Sukarno sentenced to four years in prison by Indonesian authorities in Bandung, Dutch East Indies
1935 – National Council of Negro Women forms
1948 – First US completely solar heated house is occupied (Dover, Mass)
1953 – KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Ballon d’Or: Manchester United’s winger George Best wins award for best European football player ahead of teammate Bobby Charlton and Red Star Belgrade winger Dragan Džajić; first Northern Irish national to win the award
1990 – Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones
2000 – The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery