1706 – Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia and Saksen
1920 – National Negro Baseball League organizes
1927 – Uprising against Portuguese regime of Gen Carmona defeated
1935 – Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh infant. He proclaimed his innocence to the end.
1945 – USSR captures Budapest, after a 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
1954 – Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
1970 – 16th National Film Awards (India): “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” wins the Golden Lotus
1978 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 – Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
1997 – Joseph Stiglitz becomes Chief Economist of the World Bank
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 12th February 2019
1825 – Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1909 – Symphony in B minor “Polonia”, by polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski has its public premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
1909 – Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1949 – Panic in Quito, Ecuador, after “War of the Worlds” played on radio
1958 – Gen Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected President of Guatemala
1980 – “Canterbury Tales” opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
1995 – Angela Kennedy swims woman’s world record 50m butterfly
2004 – The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
2012 – Zambia defeat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in the Africa Cup of Nations
2013 – At a ceremony in Philadelphia, the NFL pays tribute to the life of the late Steve Sabol and his many contributions to the league
Historical Events for 11th February 2019
1843 – Opera “I Lombardi” premieres in Milan
1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
1907 – De Master’s Dutch government resigns
1908 – Heemskerk’s government begins in Holland
1922 – US intervention army leaves Honduras
1935 – -11°F (-24°C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
1937 – 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1943 – Transport #47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1951 – Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
2016 – Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Historical Events for 10th February 2019
1900 – Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1917 – Johanna Westerdijk installed as the Netherlands’ 1st female professor
1920 – Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1934 – Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
1940 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
1947 – Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
1959 – Tornado in St Louis kills 19 and injures 265
1964 – Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager sinks after colliding with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, killing 82
1985 – Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
2008 – 50th Grammy Awards: Amy Winehouse wins 5 awards including song “Rehab”, Herbie Hancock wins Album of the Year
Historical Events for 9th February 2019
1799 – USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1916 – Britain’s military service act enforced (conscription)
1922 – Italian government of Bonomi falls
1942 – Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1956 – KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1972 – British government declares state of emergency after month-long coal miners’ strike
1976 – Oscar Charleston selected to baseball’s Hall of Fame
1979 – ABC airs “Heroes of Rock N Roll” special
1995 – STS-63 – 2nd mission of US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program goes into space
1995 – “Heiress” opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
Historical Events for 8th February 2019
1526 – Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1672 – Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
1887 – The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe were granted United States citizenship.
1934 – Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, D.C.
1945 – Allied air attack on Goch, Kleef, Kalkar and Reichswald
1983 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
1983 – Ariel Sharon resigns from Israeli government after an inquiry shows he was indirectly responsible for the killings of hundreds of people in 1982
1994 – Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
1996 – NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns’ name behind
1996 – The massive Internet collaboration “24 Hours in Cyberspace” takes place
Historical Events for 7th February 2019
1883 – Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako, Niger
1908 – Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000
1914 – Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in “Kid Auto Races at Venice”
1936 – Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto Messmer
1979 – Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur
1979 – Pink Floyd premiere their live version of “The Wall” in Los Angeles
1986 – Haiti’s President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France: Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
1993 – NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR
2000 – Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
2010 – Super Bowl XLIV, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL; New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts, 31-17; MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB
Historical Events for 6th February 2019
1626 – Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle
1788 – Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
1819 – Stamford Raffles founds Singapore as a British trading port
1854 – Composer Robert Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
1936 – IVWinter Olympic Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1958 – Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
1973 – 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah
1978 – Snowstorm hits New England, parts of Rhode Island (54″ / 137cm)
1990 – Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles’ new $102 million stadium
1995 – Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
Historical Events for 5th February 2019
1631 – Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
1679 – German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
1783 – Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000
1917 – The last of the American troops commanded by General John Pershing leave Mexico; President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year
1967 – “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1968 – KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
1977 – “Up Your Nose” by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
1988 – Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham
1997 – Brook Lee from Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
2011 – Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, elected for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Historical Events for 4th February 2019
1699 – 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
1861 – Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time; Jefferson Davis elected President of Confederacy (US Civil War)
1880 – Black Donnelly massacre in Biddulph, Ontario. Irish immigrants James (63), Johannah (56), John (32), Thomas (25) and Bridget (21) Donnelly murdered at home by members of the Vigilance Committee
1944 – US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein, in the Pacific
1948 – Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
1951 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer
1971 – Government exhibit under construction in Brazil collapses, kills 65
1976 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 – “Pump Boys and Dinettes” opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 performances
1994 – Russian team beats ladies world record 4×800 m indoor (8:18.71)