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Middle East History
Middle East History
1991 - American hostage Joseph Cicippio was released by his kidnappers. He had been held captive in Lebanon for over five years.
1997 - Actress Anat Elimelech was killed by her boyfriend David Afuta. Afuta then killed himself.
Middle East Quote
"The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other."
- Dan Quayle
1620 - English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
1682 - English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam
1697 - St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
1763 - Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
1777 - British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
1790 - Austrian army occupies Brussels
1802 - English sell Suriname to Dutch
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
1805 - Napoleon defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz
1812 - James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
1813 - Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy
1816 - 1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1822 - In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris
1840 - Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)
1840 - William H Harrison elected president of US
1848 - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
1852 - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1864 - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1868 - 1st British government of Disraeli resigns
1877 - Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
1882 - Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1883 - John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres
1885 - Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna
1887 - Amsterdam's Oscar Carr‚s Circus Theater opens
1887 - Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (NYC)
1887 - French president Gr‚vy (80) resigns
1891 - 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
1895 - 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
1896 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin
1899 - US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1900 - South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
1901 - Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
1901 - King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
1902 - Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer
1907 - English Professional Football Player's Association forms
1907 - Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 - Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1913 - Govt -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1913 - Archdiocese of Managua created
1914 - Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
1916 - Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1917 - Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1922 - 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1
1924 - British-German trade agreement signed
1927 - 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1928 - Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1929 - 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1932 - "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1933 - 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)
1933 - Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released
1934 - 5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1939 - British Imperial Airways and British Airways merge to form BOAC
1939 - NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
1941 - Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
1941 - NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
1941 - Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
1941 - Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1942 - 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-U of Chicago)
1943 - 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
1944 - 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
1944 - General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1944 - German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 - US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
1947 - 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
1948 - Stan Musial is picked NL MVP
1950 - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
1951 - Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
1951 - "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1952 - 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
1952 - 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)
1954 - US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute"
1954 - Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1954 - "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1956 - Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957 - 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
1957 - Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1
1958 - KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 - Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
1958 - 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)
1959 - Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1961 - Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism
1961 - Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
1962 - 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
1963 - ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965
1963 - 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km
1964 - Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
1966 - Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1967 - 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
1968 - Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1969 - "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
1969 - Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
1970 - Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
1970 - Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London
1971 - Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE
1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah and Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
1971 - United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
1971 - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1972 - In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
1972 - 60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10
1972 - "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1972 - "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
1973 - 62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0)
1973 - Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Wash DC opens
1973 - US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1974 - Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1974 - Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1974 - Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1975 - Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
1975 - Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms
1975 - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
1975 - 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
1978 - Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 - Neil Diamond and Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 - Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
1979 - Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
1980 - 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981 - Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1981 - Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
1982 - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1984 - 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1984 - Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
1985 - Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1985 - "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
1986 - Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1987 - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend NJ Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 - Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colo becomes Miss Teen of America [Approx]
1987 - Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1988 - "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
1988 - 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 - STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 - UN votes 151-2 (Isr and US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains
1989 - Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
1989 - KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1989 - 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
1990 - US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1990 - Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1990 - 79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2)
1990 - 1st time 12 people in space
1990 - 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1991 - Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
1991 - Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1992 - WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
1993 - Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
1993 - Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start
1993 - Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 - A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
1994 - "Cobb" premieres
1994 - Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia
1994 - Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment
1994 - Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1995 - 17th ACE Cable Awards
1997 - MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics
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