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12/14....
On this day...
0644 Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam
0867 Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0872 John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1124 Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria
1575 Polish Parliament selects István Báthory as king of Poland
1582 Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25
1600 Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
1708 Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris
1774 Massachusetts militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Fort William & Mary
1782 Charleston SC evacuated by British
1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort KY to Cincinnati OH
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1819 Alabama admitted to the Union as the 22nd state
1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
1849 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee
1882 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
1889 American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Philadelphia
1894 Day One 1st Test Cricket Australia vs England Australia 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
1894 Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
1901 1st table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium
1903 Reg Foster completes 287 England vs Australia on Test Cricket debut
1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete
1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1917 UFA, "Universal Film AG", forms in Germany
1918 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in New York NY
1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in New York NY
1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)
1924 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou
1924 Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma" premieres in Paris
1926 Danish Madsen government, forms
1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1928 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs England starts with Bradman 12th man
1929 Alexander Zaimis elected President of Greece
1930 New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
1931 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
1932 French government of Herriot falls
1933 Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam
1934 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
1935 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs South Africa, Durban
1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing
1938 American League permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
1938 Major leagues agree on standard ball
1938 Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
1938 Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League president
1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland - League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1941 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York
1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea
1944 Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star General)
1944 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
1945 Elmer Rice's "Dream Girl" premieres in New York NY
1946 Togo is made a trusteeship territory of the UN
1946 UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in New York NY
1946 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 performances
1947 Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
1950 UN General Assembly establishes High Commissioner for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
1950 "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1952 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan, Calcutta
1952 Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar
1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic
1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO
1957 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 performances
1957 "Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
1959 J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 meters
1959 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed President of Cyprus
1960 Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1960 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
1960 Washington Senators joins American League
1961 Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
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