1776 – France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
1876 – Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
1943 – German troops vacate Jefna, Tunisia
1947 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon for the Misbegotten” premieres in NYC
1967 – Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Terry Sawchuk makes 40 saves as Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1 in Game 6 to take title, 4-2
1983 – 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
1997 – Police arrest transsexual prostitute Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
2002 – Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala
2011 – The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
2019 – Drone delivers a kidney for transplant surgery in Baltimore, Maryland, for the first time
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 1st May 2020
1751 – The New York Gazette carries the first public report of a cricket match played in America (New York)
1863 – Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled first opens its doors
1883 – Bob Rogers is acknowledged as the first American pro sports trainer when he is hired by the NY Athletic Club
1909 – Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
1961 – Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
1976 – 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr wins aboard Bold Forbes, the second of 3 Derby successes
1989 – 135 acre Disney’s MGM studio officially opens to public
1994 – “Rise and Fall of Little Voice” opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 performances
2000 – President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares existence of “a state of rebellion”, after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at height of EDSA III rebellion
2008 – The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.
Historical Events for 30th April 2020
1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1725 – Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna
1939 – New York World’s Fair opens
1969 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney records his third MLB no-hitter in 10-0 rout of Houston Astros
1976 – Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1985 – Last edition of Brink Daily Mail and Sunday Express in South Africa
1986 – Bill Elliott sets all-time NASCAR qualifying record, winning pole for the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway; 212.809 mph (342.483 km/h; 44.998 seconds)
1989 – US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1990 – As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
1997 – “London Assurance” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances
Historical Events for 29th April 2020
1648 – Beginning of the 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine – Polish King Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
1888 – Old Kavallison, Congo: Henry Morton Stanley meets Emin Pasha
1943 – US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
1945 – First food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (Operation Manna)
1967 – “Respect” single released by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967)
1982 – American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron
1985 – Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 – Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
2005 – Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation
2018 – Sweden’s official Twitter account confirms Swedish meatballs actually originated in Turkey
Historical Events for 28th April 2020
1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1253 – -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
1829 – Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1914 – 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia
1951 – Mohammad Mosaddegh elected Prime Minister of Iran by the Parliament of Iran (Majlis)
1969 – 4th Academy of Country Music Awards: Glen Campbell and Cathie Taylor win
1975 – South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1986 – Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event
2013 – 8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan
2018 – Shaquem Griffin is the first one-handed person to be drafted into the NFL, for the Seattle Seahawks
Historical Events for 27th April 2020
1522 – Battle of Bicocca: a combined French and Venetian force is decisively defeated by a Spanish-Imperial and Papal army
1646 – King Charles I flees Oxford
1805 – US Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1890 – French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou, West Sudan
1910 – Louis Botha and James Hertzog establish the moderate nationalists South African Party promising equality of Britons and Boers
1942 – Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma, killing 100, injuring 300
1947 – Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US
1959 – Mao Zedong resigns as Chairman of the PRC after the disastrous failure of the Great Leap Forward
1968 – The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) hold a rally to protest the banning of a Republican Easter parade
1989 – Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
Historical Events for 26th April 2020
1848 – Alfred Russel Wallace departs the U.K. for South America, beginning four years of travel, collecting, and research in the region
1865 – Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North Carolina
1971 – San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy
1971 – Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15″ in 24 hrs
1974 – Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1984 – Liverpool’s Cavern Club reopens
1986 – Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
1991 – 23 killed in Kansas and Oklahoma by tornadoes
2002 – Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 17 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
2012 – Indonesia suspends imports of American beef after a confirmed case of mad cow disease in California
Historical Events for 25th April 2020
1792 – “La Marseillaise”, later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg
1896 – Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire at Cripple Creek, Colorado
1932 – Rose Franken’s “Another Language” premieres in NYC
1954 – Bell labs announces the 1st solar battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
1961 – Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1980 – Announcement of US hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1983 – NASA space probe Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto’s orbit.
2009 – NFL Draft: Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford first pick by Detroit Lions
2011 – At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.
2012 – The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrank 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012
Historical Events for 24th April 2020
1914 – A shipment of 35,000 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition are landed at Larne for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland
1954 – 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
1963 – 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
1965 – Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
1978 – Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game
1979 – Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election
1982 – Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin
1992 – George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
1997 – “Steel Peer” opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances
2015 – Armenia commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire
Historical Events for 23rd April 2020
1516 – Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria endorses “The German Beer Purity Law” (Reinheitsgebot) and adds to it standards for the sale of beer
1597 – William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance
1705 – Richard Steele’s “Tender Husband” premieres in London
1838 – English steamship “Great Western” crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
1861 – Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces (US Civil War)
1891 – Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia
1949 – Chinese Red army conquers Nanjing
1964 – James Baldwin’s play “Blues for Mr Charlie” premieres in NYC
1965 – Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
1991 – USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions