1509 – The Battle of Diu, naval battle at port of Diu, India between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire, establishes Portugese trading control
1830 – The sovereignty of Greece confirmed in a London Protocol
1870 – US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races and colour
1947 – Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1965 – Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1969 – Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O’Neill announces the dissolution of the Stormont parliament and the holding of new elections
1971 – A series of house searches by the British Army in Catholic areas of Belfast, resulting in serious rioting and gun battles
1971 – KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1998 – Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby
2005 – 51st National Film Awards (India): “Shwaas” wins the Golden Lotus
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 2nd February 2019
1852 – Alexandre Dumas Jr’s “La Dame aux Camélias” premieres in Paris
1854 – Pope Pius IX encyclical “On persecution of Armenians”
1899 – The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.
1920 – Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
1933 – 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves the German Reichstag (Parliament)
1977 – Toronto’s Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
1983 – Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
1986 – “Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood” closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
1991 – NH snaps its 32-game losing streak at home beating Holy Cross, 72-56
2009 – “RuPaul’s Drag Race” hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
Historical Events for 1st February 2019
1789 – Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1910 – Dragoumis government forms in Greece
1929 – 1st clean and jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402½ lbs
1958 – Tommy Taylor scores 2 goals and Duncan Edwards 1, in Manchester United’s 5-4 win vs Arsenal at Highbury; pair amongst 7 players killed 5 days later when team’s charter plane crashes at Munich airport
1980 – Soap opera “Love of Life” ends a 28 year run
1982 – Senegal and Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
1991 – US Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
2004 – 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2014 – Syrian civil war death toll reaches 130,000, while 4 million are displaced
2014 – Janet Yellen becomes Chair of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Ben Bernanke
Historical Events for 31st January 2019
1927 – NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can’t hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants
1931 – NHL’s Quebec Bulldogs’ Joe Malone scores a record 7 goals
1943 – Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad
1945 – US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath
1950 – US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb
1962 – Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort “USS Falgout”, first African American to command a combat ship
1966 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Roy Emerson makes it 4 straight Australian titles; beats American Arthur Ashe 6-4, 6-8, 6-2, 6-3
1972 – Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson’s funeral
1994 – Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36
2018 – Houston guard James Harden becomes first player in NBA history to log a 60-point triple-double with 60 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and a block in Rockets’ 114-107 win over Orlando Magic
Historical Events for 30th January 2019
1349 – Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred
1858 – William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, “Leap to Freedom”
1894 – US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
1924 – Great Britain clinch inaugural Olympic curling gold medal with a 46-4 win over France at the Chamonix Games
1937 – 2nd of Stalin’s purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death
1943 – USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean
1944 – World War II: United States troops land on Majuro, Marshall Islands
1989 – Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
2011 – 27th Sundance Film Festival: “Like Crazy”, directed by Drake Doremus, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2016 – Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attack Dalori village near Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing at least 65 and injuring 136
Historical Events for 29th January 2019
1903 – Dutch railroad workers strike
1946 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: John Bromwich wins his 2nd Australian title; beats fellow Australian Dinny Pails 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
1978 – Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
1979 – NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 13-7; MVP: Ahmad Rashād, Minnesota Vikings, WR
1980 – 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
1984 – 34th NBA All-Star Game, Denver: East beats West, 154-145 (OT); MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G; first All-Star Saturday; Legends Classic, West wins, 64-63; first Slam-Dunk winner, Larry Nance
1989 – USSR’s Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1991 – Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
2002 – “Foolish” single released by Ashanti (Billboard Song of the Year 2002)
2005 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: In an all-American final Serena Williams wins her 2nd Australian title; beats Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
Historical Events for 28th January 2019
1754 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity
1813 – Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is published by Thomas Egerton in the United Kingdom
1928 – Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway
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
1952 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Thelma Coyne Long beats Helen Angwin 6-2, 6-3 for 1st of her 2 Australian singles titles
1968 – 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper
1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, with all 7 crew members killed, including Christa McAuliffe who was to be the first teacher in space
2012 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Victoria Azarenka becomes first Belarusian player to win Grand Slam singles title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-0
2018 – French drivers Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win their 6th Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford WRT
Historical Events for 27th January 2019
672 – St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1927 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Gerald Patterson wins his only home title; beats countryman John Hawkes 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16, 6-3
1934 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only Australian title; beats Jack Crawford of Australia 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1961 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: Margaret Court retains title; repeat of previous year’s final beating Jan Lehane O’Neill 6-1, 6-4
1967 – The Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
1972 – Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers shot dead by IRA in an attack on their patrol car in the Creggan Road, Derry
1979 – 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win
1982 – Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland
1992 – Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
2013 – 7 people are killed and 3 are injured after a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility, Turkey
Historical Events for 26th January 2019
1921 – Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Neth forms
1931 – Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1948 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Marie Toomey 6-3, 6-1 for 4th straight Australian single title
1957 – Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves
1958 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
1968 – Israeli submarine Dakar sinks in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1972 – Serbian air stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute – world’s highest fall without a parachute
1980 – 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
1991 – NY Lotto pays $90 million to nine winners (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)
2002 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: American Jennifer Capriati wins her 2nd consecutive Australian title; beats Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
Historical Events for 25th January 2019
1494 – Alfonso II succeeds his father as king of Naples
1858 – Felix Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
1914 – An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorse the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters
1960 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 58 points, the most ever by an NBA rookie, as Philadelphia Warriors beat Detroit Pistons, 127-117 at Bethlehem, PA
1974 – Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald’s buys San Diego Padres baseball team for $12 million
1979 – 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
1992 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Monica Seles beats American Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2, 6-3 for her 5th career Grand Slam title
1992 – Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41″
1998 – Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
2018 – Doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, closest since 1950s