1669 – 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery
1862 – -Jan 3rd] Vicksburg campaign
1918 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon of the Caribees” premieres in NYC
1920 – Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
1956 – Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
1970 – Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland’s communist party leader
1971 – First preview issue of “Ms” magazine is published in the US launched by Gloria Steinem
1984 – 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
1989 – US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don’t catch him
2005 – New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike over pension and wage increases, shutting down all subway and bus services for three days
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 19th December 2020
1055 – Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
1686 – Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Daniel Defoe)
1777 – Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for the winter
1928 – 1st autogyro flight in US
1945 – Austrian Republic re-establishes
1951 – Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1978 – Indira Gandhi ambushed in India
1986 – Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hrs of community service and fined $500
1986 – “Platoon” directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1987)
2014 – The Guardian newspaper calls 2014 ‘The year the people stood up’
Historical Events for 18th December 2020
1832 – HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin aboard reaches Tierra del Fuego for the first time
1900 – The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
1961 – Britain’s EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
1964 – “The Pink Panther” cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
1970 – Polish uprising fails
1977 – Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off
1987 – Ivan F Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading
1988 – Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record
1989 – “I Love Lucy” Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years
2019 – US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198)
Historical Events for 17th December 2020
1792 – Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city
1914 – Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
1924 – 1st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY
1957 – The largest trade in NHL history at the time in terms of quantity; Chicago Black Hawks move Nick Mickoski, Jack McIntyre, Bob Bailey and Hec Lalonde to Detroit Red Wings for Earl Reibel, Billy Dea, Bill Dineen and Lorne Ferguson
1978 – OPEC raises oil prices by 18% and agrees on a 14.5% petroleum price increase for 1979, to be implemented quarterly
1988 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1992 – Gen Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus
2005 – Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
2012 – 17 people are killed and 70 are injured by a blast in a market in the Khyber Agency, Pakistan
2015 – Libyan warring political factions sign a UN-brokered deal to form a unified government
Historical Events for 16th December 2020
1908 – 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH)
1926 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1927 – Australian cricket’s batting maestro Don Bradman makes his 1st-class debut for NSW v South Australia at the Adelaide Oval finishing Day 1 on 65 not out
1938 – Adolf Hitler institutes the state decoration and civil order of merit, Cross of Honour of the German Mother
1950 – Child star Shirley Temple announces her retirement from films aged 22
1951 – NBC premiere of “Dragnet” in black and white
1967 – “Playtime”, French film directed by Jacques Tati, starring himself, is released
1978 – Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter’s recognition of People’s Republic of China
1979 – “An American Christmas Carol” directed by Eric Till starring Henry Winkler premieres in the US
1981 – Dutch Van Agt’s 2nd government falls
Historical Events for 15th December 2020
1612 – German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope
1791 – 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1863 – Skirmish at Bean’s Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)
1864 – Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
1864 – Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon and Glade Springs, Virginia
1874 – 1st reigning king to visit US is the King of Hawaii, received by President Grant
1919 – Fiume (Rijeka) declares it’s Independence
1939 – “Gone With the Wind”, drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, premieres in Atlanta (Best Picture 1940, inflation not adjusted highest-grossing film of all time)
1941 – North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing
1980 – Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N’djamena
Historical Events for 14th December 2020
1600 – Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
1862 – Battle of Kinston, fought in Lenoir County, North Carolina begins (Goldsboro Expedition), Union victory (US Civil War)
1941 – Japan and Thailand sign a treaty of alliance
1950 – Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1961 – Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John” is 1st country song to get a gold record
1971 – Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
1980 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 – Louis Jordan’s revue “Five Guys Named Moe” premieres in London
1991 – Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in the Red Sea, 476 killed
1995 – Musical “Les Miserables” opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
Historical Events for 13th December 2020
1621 – Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
1732 – Prussia joins Austria and Russia in signing the Treaty of Berlin, a secret treaty regarding succession to the Polish throne
1901 – Test debut of English cricketer Sydney Barnes vs Australia at the SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings
1947 – “Caribbean Carnival” closes at International NYC after 11 performances
1967 – San Diego, CA records snow at a zero elevation after temperatures plunge 19 degrees (F) in eight hours.
1977 – 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1978 – CBS’ premiere of “Lovey: A Circle of Children Part II”, sequel to “A Circle of Children”, which is also based on Mary Mac Cracken
1979 – Saudi Arabia raises marker crude price to $24 per barrel
1991 – NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
2014 – 80th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Mariota, Oregon (QB)
Historical Events for 12th December 2020
1878 – Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing “St Louis Dispatch”
1906 – Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish US government member, appointed Secretary of Commerce
1915 – 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau, Germany
1966 – US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
1971 – Romanian tennis star Ilie Năstase finishes ATP Masters Grand Prix with a perfect 6-0 record to win the rich season ending event at the Coubertin Stadium, Paris
1992 – Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
1997 – Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
2006 – Peugeot produces its last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in Coventry, formerly a major centre of the British motor industry.
2011 – 77th Heisman Trophy Award: Robert Griffin III, Baylor (QB)
2018 – China built 88 out of world’s 143 skyscrapers in 2018 more than any country ever (buildings over 200 meters/656 ft)
Historical Events for 11th December 2020
359 – Honoratus, first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office.
1816 – Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
1878 – Anglo-Zulu War: British high commissioner Henry Bartle Frere presents an ultimatum to the Zulu Kingdom to submit to British rule or face war
1913 – “Mona Lisa” recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
1934 – Ford C Frick becomes president of baseball’s National League
1941 – Dutch government in London declares war on Italy
1945 – Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip
1951 – Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball
1987 – Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI v India at Bombay
1993 – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle elected President of Chile