1909 – British House of Lords rejects David Lloyd George’s ‘People’s Budget’, which tried to shift tax burden to the wealthy. Leads to the Parliament Act; intent to stop unelected house overruling will of the elected house.
1924 – 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1931 – His Master’s Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
1939 – Paul Osborn’s “Mornings at 7” premieres in NYC
1967 – Julie Nixon (daughter of former Vice-President Richard Nixon) and David Eisenhower (grandson of former President Dwight D, Eisenhower), announce their engagement
1969 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 – BBC bans Wings’ “Hi, Hi, Hi”
1997 – “Eugene Onegin” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
2019 – On the way to 36 in 2nd Test v Pakistan, Australian cricket batsman Steve Smith overtakes Don Bradman’s run-tally of 6,996 Test runs; becomes fastest batsman to 7000, in terms of innings (126)
2021 – 15 year old student shoots four death and injures seven at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan