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Search for "Home Financing" 0362 Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury 1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, was granted resignation after having confessed to torture and forgery. 1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed. 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeated a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn. 1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comté 1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders 1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar 1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar 1613 Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 1613 Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia. 1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed Lieutenant-Admiral-General of Dutch fleet 1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland 1743 The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson". 1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag 1782 US congress resolves the establishment of a US mint 1792 Congress passes Presidential Succession Act 1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to the British 1804 Richard Trevithick runs his railway engine on the Penydarren Railway (9.5 miles from Pen-y-Darren to Abercynon in South Wales) – this hauled a train with 10 tons of iron and 70 passengers. It was commemorated by the Royal Mint in 2004 in the form of a £2.00 coin. (See 1829 ) 1828 First American Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia 1842 First known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. 1846 First US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell MA 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto. 1853 US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces 1857 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US 1857 US issues flying eagle cents 1858 Edwin T Holmes installs first electric burglar alarm (Boston MA) 1861 Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief 1862 Confederate Constitution & Presidency are declared permanent 1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico 1864 Battle at Okolonam MS 1864 First US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore MD 1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes first US woman to earn a DDS degree 1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1874 The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper. 1878 The first U.S. telephone directory is distributed (District Telephone Co., New Haven, CT). 1882 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1883 2nd French government of Ferry begins 1885 The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated. 1887 First US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) 1887 Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday 1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, first US brain surgeon, does his first brain operation 1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington DC 1904 The National Ski Association of America is founded. 1907 125 people perish when the s.s. Berlin sinks near Hoek van Holland. 1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1909 John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London 1910 John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London 1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique) 1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco opens 1916 World War I: In France the Battle of Verdun begins. 1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die 1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine 1918 The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. 1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss incorporation of Austria 1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona 1920 Darius Milhaud & Jean Cocteau's ballet, "Le Train Bleu," premieres in Paris 1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1923 André Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London 1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg 1925 The New Yorker publishes its first issue. 1925 The premiere issue of The New Yorker magazine appears on newsstands. 1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres 1930 Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures," premieres in New York NY 1931 Alka Seltzer introduced 1931 Chicago White Sox & New York Giants play first exhibition night game 1932 André Tardieu becomes premier of France 1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin 1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard 1937 Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman's Arrowbile. 1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms 1941 US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General 1943 Battle of Guadalcanal ended. 1943 German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia 1944 "The War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC (NYC only) 1945 Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties 1945 British Army captures Goch 1945 US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line 1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt 1947 First broadcast of first US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" 1947 In New York City Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. 1947 Inventor Edwin Land demonstrates the Polaroid Land camera, which self-develops a black-and-white photo in 60 seconds. 1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion 1948 NASCAR is incorporated. 1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated 1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 1952 Dick Button performs first figure skating triple jump in competition 1952 In Dhaka, East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) police opened fire on a procession of students, who demanded the establishment of Bengali as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "International Mother Language Day" by UNESCO. 1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding) 1952 The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes Identity Cards in the UK to "set the people free". 1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances 1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule 1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81 1957 Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises 1958 "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances 1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote) 1958 Peace symbol designed and completed by Gerald Holtom, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. 1960 Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba. 1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1961 Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zürich 1961 Gabon adopts constitution 1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km 1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1963 Number one hit on UK music charts - Frank Ifield - Wayward Wind 1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US 1965 Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City. 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. 1966 Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution 1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 1969 First launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators 1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand" 1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy 1970 Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash kills 38 passengers and nine crew members near Zrich, Switzerland. 1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. 1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York NY 1972 Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China 1972 The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. 1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out 1973 Israeli jet fighters shoot down a Libyan Airlines passenger plane over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people. 1973 Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet killing 108. 1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez 1974 Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal in carrying out a truce with Egypt. 1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution 1975 Former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman receive prison terms for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. 1975 Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances 1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht 1976 Florence Ballard, member of Diana Ross and the Supremes, dies in Detroit at age 32. 1976 Number one hit on UK music charts - Four Seasons - December '63 (Oh, What A Night) 1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY 1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period 1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km) 1980 Hanni Wenzel is first Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom) 1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4 1981 Number one hit on UK music charts - Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face 1982 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 performances 1982 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic 1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak 1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race 1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) 1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator 1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks 1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1987 Number one hit on UK music charts - Ben E King - Stand By Me 1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut 1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane 1988 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13:48.20) 1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart confesses his sins to his congregation 1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1989 US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value) 1990 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win 1991 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances 1991 USSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable 1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating 1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City 1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters) 1994 FBI Agents arrested Aldrich Hazen Ames, a 30-year Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) veteran, and his wife, Maria del Rosario Casas Ames on espionage charges. Ames' crimes began in April 1985, and resulted in at least ten Soviet sources of the CIA and FBI being killed. Other sources were imprisoned and more than 100 intelligence operations were compromised. Ames provided thousands of classified documents to the Soviet Union and later, the Russian Republic. 1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is first woman to fly in a tornado 1995 Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. 1995 Steve Fossett, a Chicago stockbroker, becomes the first person to make a solo balloon flight across the Pacific, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. 1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit 1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres 2004 The first European political party organization, the European Greens, is established in Rome. 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