1829 – Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral on fire, does £60,000 damage
1924 – International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1931 – 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
1934 – Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism and nazism
1940 – Frank Sinatra’s singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
1942 – LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1956 – Despite a severe ankle injury Tenley Albright leads an American 1-2 in the women’s figure skating at the Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics; Carol Heiss takes the silver medal
1965 – Joe Orton’s “Loot” premieres in Brighton
1983 – CBS’ premiere of fact based WW2 drama “The Scarlet and the Black”, based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty
2003 – 53rd NHL All-Star Game, Office Depot Centre, Sunrise, FL: West beats East, 6-5; MVP: Danny Heatley, Atlanta Thrashers, LW
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 1st February 2021
1909 – US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah, opens
1947 – Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of christian-dems and communists
1951 – Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed
1972 – The Ministry of Defence also issues a detailed account of the British Army’s version of events during ‘Bloody Sunday’
1992 – Defenseman Denis Potvin’s #5 becomes first number retired by NY Islanders; Potvin played entire 15 year NHL career in NY
1993 – NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
2004 – Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
2005 – Arsenal’s English Premier League record 33-game unbeaten streak at home ends when the Gunners go down, 4-2 to Manchester United at Highbury
2009 – Super Bowl XLIII, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Arizona Cardinals, 27-23; MVP: Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh, WR
2014 – Ray Guy (Oakland/LA Raiders) becomes second pure kicker, and first pure punter to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Historical Events for 31st January 2021
1804 – British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao
1905 – Carroll Wright appointed 1st Commissioner of Labor, USA
1917 – Mexican President Carranza announces a new constitution with many liberal elements; most of which his regime will not implement
1952 – Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries
1978 – Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1980 – Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
1998 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Switzerland’s Martina Hingis retains her title; beats Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-3 for 5th Grand Slam title
2000 – Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.
2015 – Atlanta Hawks set a new NBA monthly win record as they move to 17-0 for January, with a 91-85 win against the Philadelphia 76ers
2019 – Blockbuster NBA trade: NY Knicks send Kristaps Porziņģis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke to Dallas Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and 2 future 1st-round picks
Historical Events for 30th January 2021
1592 – Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
1713 – England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
1913 – UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1928 – 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US
1933 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis, Melbourne: Joan Hartigan Bathurst beats Coral McInnes Buttsworth 6-4, 6-3
1940 – Benjamin Britten’s “Lesson Illuminations” premieres in London
1957 – US Congress accepts “Eisenhower-doctrine”
1961 – “I Fall to Pieces” single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)
1977 – 8th (final) part of “Roots” is most-watched US entertainment show ever (100 million)
1998 – Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” premieres
Historical Events for 29th January 2021
1676 – Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia
1879 – Custer Battlefield National Monument established in Montana
1924 – Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1942 – Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
1969 – Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1989 – Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
2000 – Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the 3rd player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; finishes with 35 in a 96-94 loss to Minnesota; behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419)
2011 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Kim Clijsters wins her 4th and final Grand Slam title; beats Li Na of China 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2012 – 28th Sundance Film Festival: “The House I Live In”, directed by Eugene Jarecki, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2017 – NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 20-13; MVPs: Travis Kelce, KC Chiefs, TE; Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo Bills, LB
Historical Events for 28th January 2021
1561 – By Edict of Orleans French persecution of Huguenots is suspended
1671 – British pirate Henry Morgan captures Panama City from its Spanish defenders
1865 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
1929 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Colin Gregory wins his only Grad Slam title, beating Richard Schlesinger of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
1939 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Emily Hood Westacott beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-1, 6-2 for her only Grand Slam singles title
1951 – “La Vie Commence Demain” the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial insemination, opens in London
1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
1973 – Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet”
1984 – Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record point scoring streak ends at 51 games when Oilers beaten 4-2 by LA Kings; Gretzky totals 61-92-153 during the period
1992 – St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues’ tie in Los Angeles
Historical Events for 27th January 2021
1870 – After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to the Union
1916 – Communist party “Spartacus Letters” 1st published in Berlin
1924 – Clas Thunberg of Finland claims 3 gold medals in one day when he wins the 1,500m, 10,000m and all-round speed skating events at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; won 5,000m the day before
1954 – Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim in 15-round unanimous decision to retain his world light heavyweight boxing title at the Orange Bowl, Miami; last of famous trilogy of fights, all won by Moore
1970 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats big serving local Dick Crealy 6-4, 9-7, 6-2
1971 – The body of a man who had been shot dead is found in Belfast
1991 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his 1st Australian title; beats Ivan Lendl 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1992 – Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
1992 – Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
1997 – 24th American Music Awards: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win
Historical Events for 26th January 2021
1748 – Britain, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1907 – John Millington Synge’s “Playboy of Western World” opens in Dublin; play claimed as immoral and causes riots
1957 – India annexes Kashmir
1958 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
1966 – The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
1981 – Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 v Australia at Adelaide Oval
1983 – Dutch British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1988 – “Phantom of the Opera” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ performances
1993 – West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
2001 – An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
Historical Events for 25th January 2021
1817 – Gioachino Rossini’s opera “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
1854 – Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s play “Bednost ne Porok” premieres in Moscow
1882 – Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
1890 – United Mine Workers of America forms
1894 – In his only successful title defence, James J Corbett KOs English champion Charley Mitchell in 3 rounds at the Duvall Athletic Club, Jacksonville, Florida for the world heavyweight boxing title
1981 – Mao’s widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
1988 – Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1990 – Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die
2017 – Kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna, 72nd Grand Champion
2018 – Doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, closest since 1950s
Historical Events for 24th January 2021
1458 – Matthias I Corvinus chosen King of Hungary
1679 – King Charles II disbands English parliament
1892 – Battle of Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries
1899 – Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
1922 – Lehman Caves National Monument established
1956 – 6th NBA All Star Game, Rochester War Memorial Coliseum, NY: West beats East, 108-94; MVP: Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C
1970 – 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1976 – Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1999 – 56th Golden Globes: “Saving Private Ryan”, Jim Carrey, and Cate Blanchett win