1717 – German mob leader “Sjako” sentenced to death in Amsterdam
1724 – Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1878 – US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1955 – Heitor Villa-Lobos’ 8th Symphony premieres in Philadelphia
1969 – Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
1971 – John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
1973 – Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California
1981 – US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1990 – AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21
1991 – Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as President of Guatemala
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 13th January 2019
1605 – Controversial play “Eastward Hoe” by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1873 – P B S Pinchback relinquishes office of Louisiana Governor
1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1964 – John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] becomes archbishop of Krakow
1968 – “Illya Darling” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 320 performances
1974 – Super Bowl VIII, Rice Stadium, Houston: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7; MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB
1981 – Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 1/2 hour
1988 – LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires
1989 – “Ryan’s Hope” ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV
1994 – Tonya Harding’s bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan
Historical Events for 12th January 2019
1807 – Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die
1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1904 – Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, rebel against German colonial rule
1944 – Churchill and de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1957 – Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1963 – “Go Away Little Girl” by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1966 – Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach records his 1,000th NBA career victory (regular season and playoffs), 114-102 over the Los Angeles Lakers in Boston
1980 – Björn Borg of Sweden wins his first of 2 season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles outclassing American Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–2 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1981 – Soap opera “Dynasty” produced by Aaron Spelling and starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
2014 – 71st Golden Globes: “12 Years a Slave”, Matthew McConaughey, and Cate Blanchett win
Historical Events for 11th January 2019
1571 – Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
1709 – Colley Cibber’s play “Rival Fools” premieres in London
1915 – Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000
1962 – Volcano Huascaran in Peru erupts killing 4,000
1968 – Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1979 – “Grand Tour” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 61 performances
1980 – Debut of first Pretenders album “Pretenders”
1983 – Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time
1999 – 26th American Music Awards: Celine Dion and Eric Clapton win
2003 – Washington right wing Jaromír Jágr scores his 10th career hat-trick and adds 4 assists for 7 points and his 1,200th NHL point in a 12-2 win against Florida; Jágr has 20+ goals in each of his 13 NHL seasons
Historical Events for 10th January 2019
1356 – German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree
1429 – Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain
1799 – Friedrich von Schiller’s “Die Piccolomini” premieres in Weimar
1862 – Romney expedition, Confederate Army military expedition begins in Romney, West Virginia (US Civil War)
1946 – US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, New Jersey
1949 – RCA introduces 45 RPM record
1953 – Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish
1964 – Panama severs diplomatic relations with US
1997 – Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits
2011 – Ian McKellen officially confirms that he will reprise the role of Gandalf in “The Hobbit” film adaptations
Historical Events for 9th January 2019
1812 – Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
1839 – Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
1880 – 6′ (1.83 metres) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
1894 – Georges Feydeau’s “Un à la Patte” premieres in Paris
1903 – Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, established
1903 – Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League’s Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees)
1978 – Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1996 – First episode of “Third Rock from the Sun” screened on NBC
1999 – Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Mark Philippoussis clinches Australia’s unassailable 2-0 lead, (ends 2-1), with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Sweden’s Jonas Björkman; Australia’s first title
2016 – Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Australian Nick Kyrgios beats Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead and the home nation’s second title
Historical Events for 8th January 2019
1610 – Simon Marius. a German astronomer, independently discovers the first three moons of Jupiter one day after Galileo
1705 – George Frideric Handel’s 1st opera “Almira” premieres in Hamburg
1974 – E Wilson Jr’s musical “Let My People Come” premieres in NYC
1976 – Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1979 – Today Show gets a new theme song
1981 – India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia
1987 – Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1989 – NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears, 28-3
2009 – 14th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards: Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Film
2017 – 74th Golden Globes: “Moonlight”, Casey Affleck and Isabelle Huppert win
Historical Events for 7th January 2019
1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1945 – The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II
1962 – Assassination attempt fails on Indonesian President Sukarno
1973 – “Purlie” closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances
1980 – American President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation to bail out the Chrysler Corporation with a 1.5 billion dollar loan
1986 – STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
1993 – Bosnian War: Bosnian Army launches a surprise attack on Kravica, a village in Srebrenica
1994 – United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1996 – “Crazy after You” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 performances
2010 – College Football, 12th BCS National Championship, Rose Bowl, Pasadena: #1 Alabama beats #2 Texas, 37-21
Historical Events for 6th January 2019
1066 – King Harald of England crowned
1352 – French King Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1832 – New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1951 – Ganghwa massacre: Hundreds of South Korean communist sympathisers are slaughtered
1971 – Neil Young returns to his homeland of Canada for his first concert there since his pre-stardom days
1972 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1984 – Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee
1992 – Zviad Gamskahurdia, the President of Georgia, flees the country because of the military coup
1994 – Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding’s bodyguard
2018 – Jon Gruden returns to the NFL as Oakland Raiders head coach after nearly a decade of broadcasting (Monday Night Football 2009-17)
Historical Events for 5th January 2019
1717 – Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1888 – Dutch Heidemaatschappij (land reclamation) established
1904 – -42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1934 – Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
1949 – US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”
1975 – Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1992 – “Peter Pan” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1996 – Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba
1997 – “Show Boat” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC
1998 – Vandals decapitate Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid